New Zealand vs India
1st Test

New Zealand play India in the 1st Test of India tour of New Zealand 2026 at Basin Reserve, Wellington, on Wed 18 Nov 2026, starting at 11:00 local time (22:00 UTC).

Earlier in India tour of New Zealand 2026: 4th T20I (Fri 30 Oct 2026): New Zealand won by 87 runs; 5th T20I (Sun 1 Nov 2026): New Zealand won by 7 wkts; 1st ODI (Wed 4 Nov 2026): India won by 5 wkts - 2nd inns reduced to 32 overs - DLS Target 143; 2nd ODI (Sat 7 Nov 2026): India won by 4 runs (DLS method); 3rd ODI (Tue 10 Nov 2026): Match abandoned due to rain (with toss).

The five scheduled days: Day 1 Thu 19 Nov; Day 2 Fri 20 Nov; Day 3 Sat 21 Nov; Day 4 Sun 22 Nov; Day 5 Mon 23 Nov. Play starts at the same local time each day unless the umpires change it for weather or light.

In Tests, India and New Zealand have met 65 times: India won 22, New Zealand 16, 27 drawn (records to 27 August 2026).

Basin Reserve opened in 1868, holds 6,800, its ends are the Vance Stand End and the Scoreboard End. Wellington’s Test ground, the only cricket ground with listed status from Heritage New Zealand.

At Basin Reserve: Its first first-class match, Wellington v Auckland, was played on 30 November 1873; its first Test was New Zealand v England from 24 to 27 January 1930. Brendon McCullum made 302 here, the first New Zealand Test triple-century, passing Martin Crowe’s 299 from 1991. New Zealand made 680 for 8 declared against India in February 2014, the highest Test total at the ground.

Ground facts: en.wikipedia.org ↗