1st T20I of 5-match series between India and New Zealand to be played today

First T20
International of five-match cricket series between India and New Zealand will
be played at Eden Park in Auckland today. The match will start at 12:20 PM
Indian time.

India will
play five T20 matches, three ODIs and two Tests in the one and half-month long
tour to New Zealand. This will be India’s first-ever involvement in a
five-match T20 series since they played their first 20-over international in
South Africa back in 2006.

The first
two T20 matches will be held in the high-scoring Eden Park in Auckland while
the third one will be played at Hamilton. The fourth T20 encounters will be
played in Wellington and the last one at Mount Maunganui.

The
three-match ODI series will start from 5th of February with the first match at
Hamilton, followed by the second at Auckland and the third ODI at Mount
Maunganui.