Following a clinical win in the second Test against the West Indies in Wellington, New Zealand, the team has recalled spinner Ajaz Patel for the third and final Test, which is set to commence on December 18 in Mt Maunganui.
Tom Blundell suffered a hamstring injury while batting on the opening day in the first Test in Christchurch against the West Indies. In the absence of Blundell, Tom Latham did the captaincy with wicketkeeping duties in both innings.
India will be looking to saving their pride as they take on Kiwis in the third Test at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium. With the hosts being 0-2 down in the three-match series and having endured their first series loss in Tests at home in 12 years, they will be aiming to play out of their skins in
India pacer Washington Sundar on Thursday reflected on Pune's pitch after the end of Day 1 of the second Test match against New Zealand and said that the bowlers had to give more speed to the ball.
The one-off Test match between Afghanistan and New Zealand is yet to start at the Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, as the fourth day of the match was also called off after rain played a spoilsport.
Tom Blundell and Zak Foulkes have been called into the squad as replacements for Finn Allen and Adam Milne, who were both ruled out for the entirety of the series
The two-Test series between South Africa and New Zealand will take place from February 4 onwards till February 17, with two games set to be played in Mount Maunganui and Hamilton.
New Zealand crashed out of the 50-over World Cup when falling to a disappointing 70-run loss to eventual runners-up India in the semi-final stage of the tournament and need to quickly turn their focus to the longest form of the game when they take on Bangladesh in a two-match Test series tha