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India Test Players to Miss Final Two ODIs Against New Zealand
Five India Test players will miss the final two ODIs against New Zealand: captain Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Anshul Kamboj, Mohammed Siraj and Kuldeep Yadav.
They will travel to Wellington on November 11 to prepare for the two-Test series in New Zealand.
The fourth and fifth ODIs are scheduled for November 13 and 15 in Mount Maunganui.
The first Test will be played in Wellington from November 19 to 23, followed by a match in Christchurch from November 27 to December 1.
India must win both Tests to stay in contention for the 2025–27 World Test Championship final.
The players joining the Test squad from India A are due to travel to Wellington after their match in Lincoln ends on November 10.
India’s Test squad members will miss the final two ODIs against New Zealand to prepare for the upcoming Test series.
The fourth and fifth ODIs are scheduled for November 13 and 15 in Mount Maunganui.
Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Anshul Kamboj, Mohammed Siraj and Kuldeep Yadav are among those who will leave for Wellington on November 11.
India’s two Tests against New Zealand are scheduled to begin on November 19.
India must win both Tests to remain in contention for a place in the 2025–27 World Test Championship final.
- Who
- India Test squad members, including Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Anshul Kamboj, Mohammed Siraj and Kuldeep Yadav.
- What
- They will miss the final two ODIs against New Zealand to prepare for the Test series.
- When
- The ODIs are scheduled for November 13 and 15, 2026.
- Where
- The ODIs will be played in Mount Maunganui, New Zealand.
- Why
- They are leaving to begin preparations for the two-match Test series.
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Eight players selected for the Test series are playing an unofficial Test for India A in Lincoln.
Gill, Rahul, Kamboj, Siraj and Kuldeep are scheduled to travel to Wellington with the coaches to prepare for the Tests.
The fourth and fifth ODIs against New Zealand are scheduled in Mount Maunganui.
The first Test is scheduled to be played at Wellington’s Basin Reserve.
The second Test is scheduled to be played at Christchurch’s Hagley Oval.
- ODI venues
- Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui
- Final two ODIs
- November 13 and 15, 2026
- Players named to leave for Wellington
- Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Anshul Kamboj, Mohammed Siraj and Kuldeep Yadav
- First Test
- Basin Reserve, Wellington, November 19–23
- Second Test
- Hagley Oval, Christchurch, November 27–December 1
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Kotak and Morkel will leave for Wellington on November 11 along with batters Shubman Gill and KL Rahul, seamers Anshul Kamboj and Mohammed Siraj, and wristspinner Kuldeep Yadav, who are all part of the Test squad and will not be playing the fourth and fifth ODIs in Mount Maunganui