BENGALURU, India (AP) — Persistent rain has delayed the toss for the first cricket test between India and New Zealand on Wednesday at Bengaluru, India.
India is currently atop the World Test Championship standings, and a 3-0 win in this series against New Zealand would assure its spot for the final at Lord’s next June.
After beating Bangladesh 2-0 in the preceding test series, a full-strength Indian squad was once again available for selection.
New Zealand has already been on a long sub-continental tour. It began with the one-off washed-out test against Afghanistan in Greater Noida, India, followed by a 2-0 loss in Sri Lanka.
India’s squad for the three Tests against New Zealand
Rohit Sharma (c), Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (wk), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep
Travelling Reserves: Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mayank Yadav and Prasidh Krishna
New Zealand squad for the three Tests against India
Tom Latham (c), Tom Blundell (wk), Michael Bracewell (1st Test only), Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Matt Henry, Daryl Mitchell, Will O’Rourke, Ajaz Patel, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Ben Sears, Ish Sodhi (2nd and 3rd Test only), Tim Southee, Kane Williamson, Will Young