India Playing 11 vs New Zealand - 1st Test, New Zealand tour of India 2024

India is set to clash with New Zealand in the 1st Test of the upcoming Test series. The Rohit Sharma & Co. will aim to grab another clean sweep against the Kiwis in the India vs New Zealand campaign.

They grabbed a stunning Test series win against Bangladesh in the last series. Notably, New Zealand has a massive change in their leadership as Tom Latham will lead the side in the series.

However, the home team has the same skipper Rohit Sharma who has done a commendable job in the ICC World Test Championship 2023-24.

Indian Team takes the top spot and is far ahead of many teams in the win percentage. Below is the predicted playing 11 for the side.

India Playing 11 vs New Zealand - 1st Test, New Zealand tour of India 2024

Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma will lead India in the first game and take the opener's slot. He will look to come up with a better show than the last series, where he could only score 1 fifty across 4 innings.

Yashasvi Jaiswal

Yashasvi Jaiswal will be another batter for India in the playing 11. He gave a decent show in the previous series against Bangladesh.

Shubman Gill

Shubman Gill slammed a wonderful century in the last Test series against Bangladesh and will aim to come up with a stunning show against New Zealand too.

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Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli will look to dominate with the bat in the next series against New Zealand. He struggled in the previous series but will aim for his classic comeback like he has done in the past.

Rishabh Pant (WK)

Rishabh Pant is the wicketkeeper of the side in the squad. He will lead the same role in the 1st Test against New Zealand too. He smacked a rocking ton in the previous series against Bangladesh.

KL Rahul

KL Rahul will be another addition to the middle-order and will be part of the playing 11. He will look to charge with the bat like the last series.

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Ravindra Jadeja

Ravindra Jadeja will be the choice of the left-arm spinner for the team in the next series too. He scored 94 runs in 2 games in the last campaign and also 9 wickets across 2 matches.

Ravichandran Ashwin

Ravichandran Ashwin was the highest wicket-taker for the side in the previous series with 11 wickets. He would look to follow up with a similar stunning show.

Mohammed Siraj

Mohammed Siraj is a right-arm pacer for the side and will look to dominate with his pace attack. He was also part of the previous series and grabbed 4 wickets in 2 games at 34+ average.

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Jasprit Bumrah

Jasprit Bumrah will lead the pace attack and try to jolt Bangladesh batters with his excellence. He was also the highest wicket-taker with Ashwin in the last game.

Akash Deep

Akash Deep will be the third pacer for the side after his superb work in the previous series. He got quick wickets for the team at the start.