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India vs New Zealand: All 12 Matches, Start Times by City

Eden Park in Auckland at dusk during a floodlit T20 international, with a large crowd in the stands and fielders on the green outfield
Eden Park in Auckland during the England v New Zealand T20I on February 9, 2013 (cropped). It hosts the fourth T20I on October 30 and the first ODI on November 4. Photo: Kiwi Flickr via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.

India tour New Zealand from October 22 to December 1 for 12 matches: five T20Is at 8:00 pm New Zealand time (12:30 pm IST), five ODIs at 3:00 pm (7:30 am IST) and two Tests at 11:00 am (3:30 am IST). New Zealand Cricket published the dates and start times, as Geo Super reports. It is the largest inbound tour NZC has hosted, in five main centres.

The five T20Is

MatchDate (NZ)Venue
1st T20IThu, Oct 22Hagley Oval, Christchurch
2nd T20ISat, Oct 24Hagley Oval, Christchurch
3rd T20ITue, Oct 27Sky Stadium, Wellington
4th T20IFri, Oct 30Eden Park, Auckland
5th T20ISun, Nov 1Seddon Park, Hamilton

The five ODIs

MatchDate (NZ)Venue
1st ODIWed, Nov 4Eden Park, Auckland
2nd ODISat, Nov 7Sky Stadium, Wellington
3rd ODITue, Nov 10Seddon Park, Hamilton
4th ODIFri, Nov 13Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui
5th ODISun, Nov 15Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui

The two Tests

MatchDates (NZ)Venue
1st TestThu, Nov 19 to Mon, Nov 23Basin Reserve, Wellington
2nd TestFri, Nov 27 to Tue, Dec 1Hagley Oval, Christchurch

Each Test day starts at 11:00 am New Zealand time. Both Tests count towards the ICC World Test Championship, WION notes, and India have not won a Test series in New Zealand since 2009.

Start time in your city

CityT20Is (8 pm NZ)ODIs (3 pm NZ)Tests, day 1 (11 am NZ)
Delhi, Mumbai12:30 pm7:30 am3:30 am
Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad12:00 pm7:00 am3:00 am
Dhaka1:00 pm8:00 am4:00 am
Colombo12:30 pm7:30 am3:30 am
Dubai11:00 am6:00 am2:00 am
Riyadh10:00 am5:00 am1:00 am
Johannesburg9:00 am4:00 am12:00 am
Lagos8:00 am3:00 am11:00 pm (previous day)
London, Dublin8:00 am (Oct 22, 24); 7:00 am (Oct 27, 30, Nov 1)2:00 am10:00 pm (previous day)
New York, Toronto3:00 am (Oct 22, 24, 27, 30); 2:00 am (Nov 1)9:00 pm (previous day)5:00 pm (previous day)
Chicago2:00 am (Oct 22, 24, 27, 30); 1:00 am (Nov 1)8:00 pm (previous day)4:00 pm (previous day)
Los Angeles12:00 am6:00 pm (previous day)2:00 pm (previous day)
Singapore, Kuala Lumpur3:00 pm10:00 am6:00 am
Perth3:00 pm10:00 am6:00 am
Sydney, Melbourne6:00 pm1:00 pm9:00 am
Auckland8:00 pm3:00 pm11:00 am

New Zealand is on daylight time (UTC+13) for the whole tour. "Previous day" means the evening or night before the New Zealand date above. UK and Irish clocks go back on October 25 and US and Canadian clocks on November 1, so those cities have two T20I times.

Hagley Oval in Christchurch on a clear day, with a white-roofed pavilion, a striped outfield and hills in the distance
Hagley Oval in Christchurch, which hosts the first two T20Is and the second Test (cropped). Photo: Michal Klajban via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

How to watch

Before the tour

India's squads for the tour had not been announced on October 4. The team plays five home T20Is against West Indies until October 17: see the India vs West Indies T20I dates and start times.