IND vs NZ Series 2026: Full ODI & T20 Schedule, Head-to-Head Record and Team India

IND vs NZ Series 2026: India recently played a Test, ODI, and T20 series against South Africa. The players are currently resting. The Indian team for the T20 World Cup 2026 was announced last Saturday. Now the question is, when will the Indian team return to the field? We are here to answer that question. First, let's clarify that India will not be playing any matches in 2025. Their next assignment will begin in January 2026. The first team the Indian team will face will be in a series consisting of three ODIs and five T20 matches. The Indian team has a full 20 days before returning to the field.

IND vs NZ Series 2026 Details

The team India will face in the first series of the new year is none other than New Zealand. India will play both the ODI and T20 series at home. The ODI series will be played first, starting on January 11th. The last match will be on the 18th. This will be followed by a 5-match T20 series, which will run from January 21st to January 31st. This means a total of 8 matches will be played between the two teams. We are providing the schedule for all these matches below. Before that, you should also know about the head-to-head records of both teams in ODIs and T20s.

IND vs NZ Head-to-Head Record in ODIs

India and New Zealand have played 120 ODI matches against each other so far. Team India has won 62 matches, while New Zealand has won 50. 7 matches ended without a result, and one match was tied. Neither India nor New Zealand has yet announced their squads for the ODI series.

IND vs NZ Head-to-Head Record in T20s

Talking about the head-to-head record in T20s, a total of 25 T20 International matches have been played between the two countries so far, in which India has won 14 matches, while the Kiwi team has won 10. One match was tied. The Indian team for the 5-match series has been announced, while the Kiwi team is yet to be finalized.

IND vs NZ ODI Series 2026 Match Details

January 11 - 1st ODI, Vadodara (1:30 PM)

January 14 - 2nd ODI, Rajkot (1:30 PM)

January 18 - 3rd ODI, Indore (1:30 PM)

IND vs NZ T20 Series 2026 Match Details

January 21 - 1st T20, Nagpur (7:00 PM)

January 23 - 2nd T20, Raipur (7:00 PM)

January 25 - 3rd T20, Guwahati (7:00 PM)

January 28 - 4th T20, Visakhapatnam (7:00 PM)

January 31 - 5th T20, Thiruvananthapuram (7:00 PM)

Team India squad for the T20 series:

Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Axar Patel (Vice-Captain), Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Rinku Singh.

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