India vs New Zealand Predicted XI, 1st T20I: Pant Likely to Feature in Playing XI

With Shikhar Dhawan ruled out of the New Zealand series, KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma will be the ones opening the batting, followed by Virat Kohli. The middle order looks complete with Shreyas Iyer at four. That would also help Rishabh Pant make a comeback to the team and will most likely play at five.

The bowling unit will consist of Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami and Navdeep Saini, while the two spinners could be Ravindra Jadeja and Yuzvendra Chahal.

India predicted XI: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvebdra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Shami