Published: Jun 09, 2016, 03:01 PM (IST)
Edited: Sep 02, 2016, 01:36 PM (IST)
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced venues for three-match Test and five-match ODI series against New Zealand that are scheduled to be played from October 2016. The first Test will be played at Indore’s Holkar stadium, which will host its maiden Test. However, it will be a proud moment for India‘s first Test captain and Indore-born C.K.Naidu. The remaining Tests will be played at Kanpur’s Green Park Stadium and Kolkata’s iconic Eden Garden. The Test series will be followed by ODIs series, which will be played at Dharamsala, Delhi, Mohali, Ranchi and Vizag. While Virat Kohli will lead in Tests, MS Dhoni will captain in ODIs. READ: India announce venues for 5 Tests against England
The last time New Zealand played in India was in 2012, in which the Black Caps suffered a 2-0 drubbing. In the first match, India edged past New Zealand by an innings and 115 runs, thanks to Cheteshwar Pujara’s patient 159-run knock. But, it was Ravichandran Ashwin who caught the New Zealand batsman in spin. He nicely blended his stock ball with wily carom balls to put the visitors on the back foot. He was adjudged Player of the Match for scalping 12 wickets in the match.
In the second match, then emerging player Virat Kohli was named Player of Match for scoring a hundred and a fifty. Ashwin was yet again among wickets, as he bagged a five-wicket haul in the second innings to restrict New Zealand to 248 runs. Overall, he bagged 18 wickets in the series and was awarded Player of the Series. Read: India to play 4 Test matches against Australia at Bengaluru, Dharamsala, Ranchi and Pune
This season India will play as many as 17 Test matches: four against West Indies, three against New Zealand, five against England, four against Australia and one against Bangladesh.
