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The Indian cricket team will be playing the third and final Test of the series against New Zealand at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai from November 1 onwards after losing their first home Test series in 12 years. Furthermore, New Zealand also won two consecutive Test matches against India in India for the first-time in their history, to claim their first Test series win on the Indian shores.
After two one-sided defeats in Bengaluru and Pune, the Indian cricket team will be hurting, and they will have a chance to make amends in the final Test of the series at one of the most iconic settings in the world of cricket. The Rohit Sharma-led team will also be looking to secure their first win of the Test series, to improve their chances of making the World Test Championship (WTC) final next year apart from gathering some much needed momentum before the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) Test tour to Australia.
In this article, SportsTiger looks at India’s probable playing XI versus New Zealand for the third Test at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Openers: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma (c)
Yashasvi Jaiswal has gotten starts in all the four innings of the ongoing Test series against New Zealand in trying conditions, including a fifty in Pune, but his runs haven’t proven to be enough for India. Captain Rohit Sharma has a fifty to his name in the two Test matches versus the Black Caps, but lack of runs in other innings hasn’t help India’s cause
