Featuring two of the top cricket teams in the world, ESPN+ will stream the New Zealand Tour of India exclusively for fans in the U.S., with the first of three T20 matches starting on Wednesday, Nov. 17, at 8:30 a.m. ET. The tour will also include two Test matches that are part of the 2021-2023 International Cricket Council (ICC) World Test Championship.
India is the ICC’s No. 2 ranked team in both T20 and Test formats, while New Zealand is coming off a run to the ICC T20 Cricket World Cup final in which they narrowly lost to Australia. New Zealand is also the No. 1 ranked Test team. All matches of the New Zealand Tour of India will be streamed on ESPN+ in both English and Hindi.
Format | Date | Match Start (ET) | Coverage Begins | Matchup | Venue/Location |
T20 | Wed, Nov 17 | 8:30 AM | 7:30 PM | India vs New Zealand | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur |
Fri, Nov 19 | 8:30 AM | 7:30 PM | JSCA Stadium, Ranchi | ||
Sun, Nov 21 | 8:30 AM | 7:30 PM | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | ||
Test | (Test 1)
Wed – Sun, Nov 24-28 |
11 PM | 10 PM | India vs New Zealand | Green Park Stadium, Kanpur |
11 PM | 10:30 PM | ||||
11 PM | 10:30 PM | ||||
11 PM | 10:30 PM | ||||
11 PM | 10:30 PM | ||||
(Test 2)
Thu – Mon, Dec 2-6 |
11 PM | 10 PM | India vs New Zealand | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | |
11 PM | 10:30 PM | ||||
11 PM | 10:30 PM | ||||
11 PM | 10:30 PM | ||||
11 PM | 10:30 PM |
With top international cricket like VIVO IPL, ICC World Cup events and BCCI Home Tours, ESPN+ continues to build a comprehensive, world class offering for cricket fans in the U.S. with more than 230 matches per year, including New Zealand Cricket and Cricket West Indies matches, a growing on-demand archive of cricket match highlights and clips, and ESPNCricinfo.com, the world’s leading source for cricket news, analysis and information across a variety of platforms.
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