2012/13 England Tour of India Schedule, IND v ENG Test Series Fixture, ODI, T20 Timetable

England will start their 3 month tour of India with 3 warm up games starting from 30th October followed by 4 match test series starting from 4 match test series, 2 T20 series and then Xmas and new year break. After the break they will play 5 match ODI series from 11th to 27th January, 2013.

Find the complete schedule of 2012 England Tour of India.

2012/13 India vs England Test Series:

Thursday 15th to Monday 19th November, 2012

1st Test Match:
Venue: Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad 
Timing: 04:00 GMT, 09:30 IST

Friday 23rd to Tuesday 27th November, 2012

2nd Test Match:
Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai  
Timing: 04:00 GMT, 9:30 IST

Wednesday 5th to Sunday 9th December, 2012

3rd Test Match:
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata  
Timing: 04:00 GMT, 9:30 IST

Thursday 13th to Monday 17th December, 2012

4th Test Match:
Venue: Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur  
Timing: 04:00 GMT, 9:30 IST

2012 India vs England T20 Series:

Thursday, 20th December, 2012

1st T20: Day/Night
Venue: Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune   
Timing: 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST

Saturday, 22nd December, 2012

2nd T20: Day/Night
Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai  
Timing: 14:30 GMT, 20:00 IST

2013 India vs England ODI Series:

Friday, 11th January, 2013

1st ODI: Day/Night
Venue: Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot   
Timing: 09:00 GMT, 14:30 IST

Tuesday, 15th January, 2013

2nd ODI: Day/Night
Venue: Nehru Stadium, Kochi    
Timing: 09:00 GMT, 14:30 IST

Saturday, 19th January, 2013

3rd ODI: Day/Night
Venue: HEC International Cricket Stadium Complex, Ranchi     
Timing: 09:00 GMT, 14:30 IST

Wednesday, 23rd January, 2013

4th ODI: Day/Night
Venue: Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh     
Timing: 06:30 GMT, 12:00 IST

Sunday, 27th January, 2013

5th ODI: Day
Venue: Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala     
Timing: 03:30 GMT, 9:00 IST

India vs New Zealand 2nd Test Live Score, Commentary - IND v NZL Second Test Teams

Second and last test match between host India and New Zealand will be played from Friday, 31st August to Tuesday, 4th September, 2012 M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore and the timing will be 04:00 GMT, 9:30 IST. India leading the 2 match series by 1-0.

India had dominated the entire 1st test with both bat and ball. Chitteshwar Pujara made a solid come back after injury with a brilliant century while R Ashwin and Pragyan Ojha bowled really well in the spin friendly pitch. India has a good chance to make a clean sweep as the Bangalore pitch will be similar.

New Zealand has to overcome the fear of spin as they were totally clueless against the spin as none of their batsmen were able to fight. Guptil, McCullum and captain Ross Taylor needs to play with patience and give solid platform for the otherwise in experience line-up.

Indian Playing 11 for the 2nd test at Bengaluru:

Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Chitteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina/S Badrinath, Zaheer Khan, R Ashwin, Pragyan Ojha, Umesh Yadav.

New Zealand Playing 11 for the 2nd test at Bengaluru:

Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor (capt), Daniel Flynn, James Franklin, Kruger van Wyk (wk), Doug Bracewell, Tim Southee, Jeetan Patel/ Tarun Nethula, Chris Martin. 

India vs New Zealand Second Test 1st Day Live Score:

India v New Zealand 1st Test Live Score, Commentary - IND v NZL First Test 2nd Day Teams

First test match between host India and New Zealand will start from Thursday, 23rd August, 2012 at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad and timing will be 04:00 GMT, 9:30 IST.

India is playing first test since the retirement of Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman and now they definately have less experience in the middle order and now lot of pressure will come on Tendulkar, Pujara and Dhoni. Pitch will supposed to be in favour of spinners so     

New Zealand will definately miss services of Daniel Vettori on the spinner friendly pitches as they have very new spin attack against strong batting line up. They will highly depend on Ross Taylor, Brandon McCullum and Guptill to score big runs.

Indian Playing 11 for the 1st test at Hyderabad:
Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Chitteshwar Pujara, MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina/S Badrinath, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, R Ashwin, Ishant Sharma/ Pragyan Ojha, Umesh Yadav.

New Zealand Playing 11 for the 1st test at Hyderabad:

Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor (capt), Daniel Flynn, James Franklin, Kruger van Wyk (wk), Doug Bracewell, Tim Southee, Jeetan Patel/ Tarun Nethula, Chris Martin. 

India vs New Zealand First Test 1s Day Live Score:

Indian Test Squad for Series against New Zealand - IND Test Team, Pujara, Chawla in

Indian selectors announced the 15 members test squad  for the upcoming 2 match test series against New Zealand starting from 23rd August. Shachin Tendulkar has returned to international cricket after 6 months while VVS Laxman has retained his place. Pujara also back in team due to good show in the tour of West Indies for A team. 

Ajinkya Rahane also included in the team with Piyush Chawla as a surprise while Ishant Sharma also make a come back after injury. Ojha and Ashwin will be other spinners as Suresh Raina also returned to the test team.

Indian Test Team/Squad:

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

New Zealand Test Squad for Series against India - NZL Test Team, Vettori out

New Zealand selectors announced test squad for the 2 match series against India. Their most experienced player Daniel Vettori is not coming due to injury. James Franklin and Jeetan Patel has been included in the team while Bracewell has been dropped..

Find the complete player list of New Zealand Test Team.

New Zealand Test Squad/Team:

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