Ajinkya Rahane-led India will take on New Zealand in the first Test at the Green Park in Kanpur. Follow Live Match Updates
India and New Zealand will clash in a two-match Test series with the first game starting in Kanpur from Thursday.
Rahane, with his career on the line, gets to lead India may be one last time while 100-Test veteran Ishant Sharma will be praying that young Mohammed Siraj doesn't nudge him out.
New Zealand coach Gary Stead has hinted that if the conditions demand, the visiting side may field three specialist spinners against India in the first Test, starting at Green Park in Kanpur on Thursday.
It is understood that Shubman has been told that he would bat in the middle-order in the first Test against New Zealand in Kanpur, where Ajinkya Rahane will lead the team in the absence of Virat Kohli, who is on a break.
India and New Zealand will lock horns in the two-match Test series which gets underway from Thursday.
Since it is a bubble to bubble transfer, the Black Caps will not have to quarantine before the first T20I against hosts India on Wednesday.
By batting at the nets in short spans, against a variety of bowlers, and by doing everything else that is in his control, the seasoned Rahane is bracing up for the upcoming Test series against New Zealand, knowing well it could decide his future in the Indian team.
Fit-again senior pacer Trent Boult has been named in the 13-member New Zealand squad for the first Test against India starting in Wellington on February 21.
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