India vs New Zealand 2026 Schedule: Full Dates, Venues and Squads for Every T20I, ODI and Test

India's 12-match tour of New Zealand runs from October 22 to December 1, 2026, covering five T20Is, five ODIs and two Tests across six New Zealand cities. The T20I leg starts the tour on October 22 at Hagley Oval in Christchurch, with Shreyas Iyer leading a 16-member squad that was announced in early October.

Full schedule: dates and venues

The tour is split into three legs, each in a different city cluster, so fans juggling work and cricket need to track the format as much as the date.

T20I series (October 22 – November 1)

1st T20I — October 22, Hagley Oval, Christchurch
2nd T20I — October 24, Hagley Oval, Christchurch
3rd T20I — October 27, Wellington
4th T20I — October 30, Eden Park, Auckland
5th T20I — November 1, Seddon Park, Hamilton

All five T20Is start at 12:30 PM IST (8:00 PM local in New Zealand), and will be televised on the Sony Sports Network with streaming on SonyLIV.

ODI series (November 4 – 15)

1st ODI — November 4, Eden Park, Auckland
2nd ODI — November 7, Wellington
3rd ODI — November 10, Seddon Park, Hamilton
4th ODI — November 13, Bay Oval, Tauranga
5th ODI — November 15, Bay Oval, Tauranga

ODIs start considerably earlier for Indian viewers — around 7:30 AM IST — because of the time difference with New Zealand.

Test series (November 19 – December 1)

1st Test — November 19-23, Basin Reserve, Wellington
2nd Test — November 27 – December 1, Hagley Oval, Christchurch

Play in the Tests begins at roughly 3:30 AM IST, so most Indian fans will be following the first session only through highlights or catching the back end of the day's play before heading to work.

Who's in the squad

India's T20I squad, picked by the selection panel now headed by interim chief selector Pragyan Ojha following Ajit Agarkar's exit, is: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Tilak Varma (vice-captain), Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Axar Patel, Shivam Dube, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Naman Dhir, Arshdeep Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Yadav, Prince Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy and Kuldeep Yadav.

Two recalls stand out. Bhuvneshwar Kumar returns to India's T20I set-up after roughly four years out of the format, and Varun Chakaravarthy is back in the squad in place of Ravi Bishnoi. Neither the ODI nor the Test squad had been announced at the time of writing, so selection chatter around that 50-over and red-ball group is still open.

New Zealand's T20I and ODI group is led by Mitchell Santner. Their all-rounder Rachin Ravindra has been ruled out of the T20Is after dislocating his shoulder during a promotional shoot, and fast bowler Will O'Rourke is out of the ODIs and the Tests with hamstring and calf issues — two fitness blows for the home side before a ball is bowled.

Why this series matters

This is India's first bilateral assignment in New Zealand since the white-ball tour completed its home leg against the West Indies, which ran until October 17. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, both now playing ODIs only, were the stand-out performers in that series — Rohit scored a century in the second ODI and Kohli made an unbeaten 139 in the opener — and reporting around the squad suggests both are expected to continue into the New Zealand 50-over leg, though their names will only be confirmed once the ODI squad is officially named. Shubman Gill is set to lead India across the ODIs and the Tests.

On the Test side, India's red-ball team arrives in the middle of a congested World Test Championship 2025-27 cycle. After a mixed run through the year, including series defeats, India moved back into the top half of the table following a Test win in Sri Lanka, and New Zealand — themselves a strong side in home conditions — will be a stiff away test ahead of a home season that still has Australia to come in January 2027.

What it means for you

If you're planning to follow the tour from India, a few practical points matter more than the headline dates:

Time your viewing. T20Is (12:30 PM IST) are the easiest to watch live on a weekday; ODIs (7:30 AM IST) mean an early start; Tests (3:30 AM IST) are realistically a highlights-and-second-session watch for most people in India.
Broadcast and streaming. The T20Is air on Sony Sports Network with SonyLIV streaming; check your existing sports subscription before the series starts on October 22 rather than scrambling on the day.
Hold off on fantasy teams for the ODIs and Tests. Since India's 50-over and red-ball squads were not out at the time of writing, wait for the official BCCI announcement — expected in the days before the November 4 opening ODI — before locking in a fantasy XI that assumes Rohit, Kohli or any other player's inclusion.
Don't confuse this with "India A". A separate, unofficial India A tour with its own fixtures is running in New Zealand around the same period; if you're searching for scores, make sure you're looking at the senior team's schedule above.
New Zealand's injury list changes selection bets. With Rachin Ravindra and Will O'Rourke both missing parts of the tour, New Zealand's playing combinations — and by extension India's team-selection decisions — may shift from what was expected when the squads were first picked.

The tour sets up a busy end to 2026 for Indian cricket: the T20Is and ODIs feed into preparation for the 2027 ODI World Cup cycle, while the two Tests are a stop on the road to the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia, which begins in Nagpur in January 2027.

Sources: Schedule and venue details compiled from Outlook India and Sportsdunia; T20I squad list and broadcast details from Khel Now and Esquire India; West Indies ODI series context and Rohit Sharma/Virat Kohli form from the Outlook India report on their next ODI appearance; World Test Championship 2025-27 standings from the ICC's official state-of-play table.