India vs New Zealand, 1st Test: Where to watch, squads, pitch report, weather, live streaming and more

India vs New Zealand, 1st Test: Rohit Sharma's led-Indian cricket team will play its first of the three-Test series with the Tom Latham-led New Zealand cricket team from 16 October onwards at Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

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Aiming to win 19th Test series at home in a row since 2012-13, India will begin its series on a high after whitewashing Nazmul Hossain Shanto-led Bangladesh national cricket team by 2-0 in a two-test series in September.

The New Zealand Test series will also help India prepare for a crucial Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia next month.

This test series is an opportunity to seal a spot for India in a third consecutive World Test Championship finals.

India vs New Zealand, 1st Test: Schedule

The first test will be played from 16-20 October at Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

The second Test will be played 24-28 October at Pune's Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium. While the third and final Test will take place from 1-5 November at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium.

All three Test matches will begin from 9.30 am onwards IST.

India vs New Zealand, 1st Test: Head to Head

In total, India and New Zealand have played 62 Test matches, where India won 22, while New Zealand were undefeated on 13 occasions. Twenty-seven were drawn.

India won 17 Tests at home, whole 5 were away from home.

India vs New Zealand, 1st Test: Weather report

According to the Indian Meteorology Department (IMD), Bengaluru may experience heavy rains over the next few days.

AS per IMD's prediction, the spell between October 14 and October 17 is expected to see plenty of precipitation, with a 70-90% chance of rain on Day 1 and Day 2 of the Test match. The met department also issued thunderstorm warnings and yellow alerts in parts of Karnataka.

India vs New Zealand, 1st Test: Pitch report

Bengaluru offers a good batting surface, but including spinners in the squad has helped both teams in previous Test. Batting first gives an extra edge for the team, so team winning the toss may opt for batting first at M Chinnaswany Stadium.

India vs New Zealand, 1st Test: Where to watch

The India vs New Zealand Test series will be telecast live on Sports 18 and live-streamed on the JioCinema app and website.

India vs New Zealand, 1st Test: Squads

India’s squad: 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's squad: Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Mark Chapman, Will Young, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham, Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner, Rachin Ravindra, Tom Blundell, Ajaz Patel, Ben Sears, Matt Henry, Tim Southee, William O'Rourke