Schedule

Date & Time	Match Details	Coverage
Thu Aug 23 - Mon Aug 27 04:00 GMT | 09:30 Local 09:30 IST	1st Test - India vs New Zealand at Hyderabad India won by an innings and 115 runs India 438; New Zealand 159 and 164
Fri Aug 31 - Tue Sep 4 04:00 GMT | 09:30 Local 09:30 IST	2nd Test - India vs New Zealand at Bangalore India won by 5 wickets New Zealand 365 and 248; India 353 and 262/5
Sat Sep 8 (D/N) 14:30 GMT | 20:00 Local 20:00 IST	1st T20I - India vs New Zealand at Visakhapatnam Match abandoned without a ball bowled
Tue Sep 11 (D/N) 14:30 GMT | 20:00 Local 20:00 IST	2nd T20I - India vs New Zealand at Chennai New Zealand won by 1 run New Zealand 167/5 (20 overs), India 166/4 (20 overs) Dominance: NZ 18% | Ind 78% | Equal 4%

News

• S Badrinath to replace VVS for NZ test series
  

              Our View: From artist to a grinder.

• Laxman retires from international cricket
  

              Our View: The wristwork will miss it's best man.

• VVS Laxman is back for the Test series against NZ
  

              Our View: Without the Wall

Articles

• New Zealand maintained the status quo
  

              New Zealand continue their inability to tackle spin.

• India in transition
  

              Pujara showed why he deserves to succeed Dravid.

• 281 – Retired great
  

              For a nation, this is not just a number.

Squads

India (Test) : MS Dhoni (c / wk), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Subramaniam Badrinath, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara, Suresh Raina, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravichandran Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, Umesh Yadav, Pragyan Ojha, Piyush Chawla, Ishant Sharma, VVS Laxman (retired)

New Zealand (Test) : Ross Taylor (c), Trent Boult, Doug Bracewell, Daniel Flynn, James Franklin, Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum (wk), Chris Martin, Tarun Nethula, Jeetan Patel, Tim Southee, Kruger van Wyk (wk), Neil Wagner, BJ Watling, Kane Williamson

India (T20I) : MS Dhoni (c / wk), Gautam Gambhir (v-c), Ravichandran Ashwin, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Piyush Chawla, Ashok Dinda, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Virat Kohli, Irfan Pathan, Suresh Raina, Virender Sehwag, Rohit Sharma, Manoj Tiwary, Yuvraj Singh

New Zealand (T20I) : Ross Taylor (c), Doug Bracewell, James Franklin, Martin Guptill, Ronnie Hira, Brendon McCullum (wk), Nathan Mcullum, Kyle Mills, Adam Milne, Rob Nicol, Jacob Oram, Tim Southee, Daniel Vettori, BJ Watling, Kane Williamson