India vs New Zealand First Test Match Preview

India vs New Zealand: New Zealand vs India first test match of the three test match series is held at Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad. This match was kicked-off at 09:30 local, 04:00 GMT.

In this match, India captain MS Dhoni won the toss and elected bat first. The world top raked team, India has been in good form they have sweep the test series with 2-0 against Australia. Where as New Zealand were beaten by Bangladesh in the recently concluded ODI series with 0-4.

These two teams played 47 head-to-head test matches. In which, India won 15 Tests and lost 9, draw in 23 matches.

India Squad: Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Sreesanth, Pragyan Ojha.

New Zealand Squad: Brendon McCullum, Tim McIntosh, BJ Watling, Ross Taylor, Jesse Ryder, Kane Williamson, Daniel Vettori, Gareth Hopkins, Jeetan Patel, Hamish Bennett, Chris Martin.