The visitors will do start as the favourites in the contest despite their history in the land (only one Test match won in New Zealand in the last 44 years), but the team management will face two big selection questions ahead of the series.
New Zealand survived a scare on Saturday to take home the three-game ODI series against India by winning the 2nd ODI by 22 runs in Auckland.
Revenge, as they say, is a dish best served cold and on a chilly Auckland night, New Zealand defended a total of 273 by restricting India to 251 in 48.3 overs taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
Defending the total, the Kiwi bowlers were right on the money as they dismissed India for 251 in 48.3 overs to hand the visitors their second successive defeat. India had lost the first match by four wickets.
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In the all-rounder's rankings, R Ashwin improved a place to capture the fourth position with 308 points while Ravindra Jadeja retained his No.3 spot.
Manjarekar didn't look pleased with the decision of KL Rahul being chosen as the Man of the Match in 2nd T20I and took to Twitter and post: "Player of the match should have been a bowler.''
Skipper Virat Kohli on Wednesday morning took to Twitter to share a photo with the fittest group of players in the current Indian team - Manish Pandey, Ravindra Jadeja and KL Rahul after the top gym session at a meal out in the Auckland.
Ravindra Jadeja played a crucial 39-run knock to steer India to victory in the third ODI, sealing the series 2-1.
Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja played a crucial innings in the final ODI against West Indies in Cuttack, steering the side to a 2-1 series win.
According to the MCC, West Indies were not out of line when they appealed for the run out of Ravindra Jadeja after seeing TV replays.
The incident took place in the 48th over of India's innings, when Jadeja went for a quick single but the fielder affected a direct hit at the striker's end.
The incident took place in the 48th over of India's innings, when Jadeja went for a quick single but the fielder affected a direct hit at the striker's end.
Since Windies did not appeal at the time of direct hit, was it okay for a third-umpire referral after watching the replay on the giant screen?
The Aussie ODI skipper was also asked about who is the toughest bowler that he has faced in his career to which Finch said: "Pakistan's Saeed Ajmal and Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan."
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Indian captain Virat Kohli shared a picture from the team's conditioning sessions, praising his teammate on his running speed.
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While the Indian players have already started preparing for the challenges that await them at the historic Eden Gardens, former India batsman VVS Laxman believes that the bowlers will have their task cut-out
Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav and Ishant Sharma are expected to be more than a handful during the series but Mithun seemed more wary about the Ashwin-Jadeja threat.
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