Heavy rain in Wellington forced the cancellation of the opening Twenty20 match between New Zealand and India without a ball being bowled on Friday. This means that the team will next meet in the second scheduled T20 game in Mount Maunganui on Sunday at 7.30pm (06.30GMT) with the third tie on November 22 in Napier.
Both teams eager for success after being eliminated from the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup in Australia last week.
India have rested regular skipper Rohit Sharma, stalwart Virat Kohli and opener KL Rahul for the series and are still without injured pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah.
Suryakumar Yadav, India’s new batting sensation, and pace bowler Umran Malik are included in the India squad. All-rounder Hardik Pandya captains the T20 side with Shikhar Dhawan taking over as skipper for the one-day internationals.
New Zealand’s selectors omitted veterans Trent Boult and Martin Guptill from the series, which concludes in Napier on Tuesday.
