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Iyer became the 302nd player to make his Test debut for the national team and before the toss against New Zealand.
In the last six Test matches between India and New Zealand, Team India won three tosses while Blackcaps won three.
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Having rested their key players, New Zealand seem fully charged up. For India, the stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane has some major responsibilities to shoulder in the absence of key players- Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant.
KL Rahul's injury has opened the doors for Shreyas Iyer who would be playing his maiden Test.
Kane Williamson is aware that spin is a "big component" in a Test series in India and expects his specialist slow bowlers -- left-arm orthodox Ajaz Patel and off-spinner William Somerville -- to adapt to the conditions quickly and make a difference.
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.
India and New Zealand will clash in a two-match Test series with the first game starting in Kanpur from Thursday.
India batter KL Rahul was ruled out of first Test against New Zealand due to injury, said BCCI sources on Tuesday.
Dravid's entry into the dressing room is a win-win situation for Pujara, whose game is modelled on current India head coach's tight defensive technique.
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.
The star Bangladesh batter sustained a thumb injury during the Everest Premier League in Nepal; Bangladesh will play two Tests in New Zealand as part of the teams' new World Test Championship cycle.
New Zealand's Ajaz Patel is excited to return to the country of his birth but as a cricketer, he is well aware of the challenges that a spinner has to tackle against India in their own backyard.
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.
Rohit's 56-run knock followed by Axar Patel's three-wicket haul helped India defeat New Zealand by 73 runs in the third and final T20I here at the Eden Gardens on Sunday.
Rohit's 56-run knock followed by Axar Patel's three-wicket haul helped India defeat New Zealand by 73 runs in the third and final T20I here at the Eden Gardens on Sunday.
With this win, India won the three-match series 3-0 and now both teams will square off in two-match Test series, beginning Thursday in Kanpur.
India produced a clinical all-round performance to thrash New Zealand by 73 runs in the third and final T20I and complete a 3-0 clean sweep in the three-match series at the iconic Eden Gardens, here on Sunday.
The newly-appointed T20 captain says Ashwin, Axar and Chahal performed well whenever given the opportunity.
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