India vs New Zealand 2026 series : Team India has to play a 5 -match T20 and three -match ODI series against New Zealand in January 2026. In this white ball series, players of both teams can be seen performing well. BCCI has shortlisted 8 venue for this series. The most surprising thing is that this list does not name the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Chepock Stadium in Chennai and MA Chidambaram Stadium in Bengaluru. The Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad has been included in this list.
Shortlisted venue
Shortlisted venue is- Jaipur, Mohali, Indore, Rajkot, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Nagpur and Trivandrum. International matches have been played here earlier too. In this white ball series, a three -match ODI series will be played between the first two teams and then there will be a 5 -match T20 series. This series will be played before the ICC T20 World Cup 2026. This will help both teams a lot.
This is also because the ICC T20 World Cup 2025 tournament is to be played in India and Sri Lanka. The practice of players from India and New Zealand will also be done before this tournament. Team India has to play a 2 -match Test series against the West Indies in October this year and then it will be seen playing a series of formats against South Africa.
Team India’s schedule to go here
The two -match Test series against the West Indies will be held in Ahmedabad and New Delhi. After this, he has to play a two -match Test series against South Africa. These two Test matches will be played in Kolkata and Guwahati. There will also be three ODI matches between these two which will be hosted in Ranchi, Raipur, and Vijag. 4 T20 matches will be played in Cuttack, New Chandigarh, Dharamshala and Lucknow in November and December.
Currently, if we talk about the series against New Zealand, it will be played in January 2026. After this, the T20 World Cup 2026 will be held in India and Sri Lanka in February and March. After the end of the ICC event, IPL 2026 will also start. In the ODI series against New Zealand, veteran batsmen of the Indian team Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma can also be seen performing brilliantly.