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ICC World Test Championship - Wed 18 Nov, 22:00 Their lineups Preview

India Playing XI: Predicted Lineup and Batting Order

India v New Zealand, Wed 18 Nov, 22:00: the last XI stands until the toss confirms one

Updated 23 August 2026, after the Sri Lanka game

Match lineups →
1 Yashasvi Jaiswal Batter, batted 1 45 53 balls 2 Lokesh Rahul Keeper, batted 2 18 33 balls 3 Devdutt Padikkal Batter, batted 3 117 193 balls 4 Shubman Gill Batter, batted 4 50 108 balls 5 Rishabh Pant Keeper, batted 5 63 89 balls 6 Ravindra Jadeja All-rounder, batted 6 43 83 balls 7 Dhruv Jurel Keeper, batted 7 115* 177 balls 8 S Saransh Jain All-rounder, batted 8 6 8 balls 9 Manav Suthar Bowler, batted 9 18 51 balls 10 Mohammed Siraj Bowler, batted 10 3 29 balls 11 Prasidh Krishna Bowler, batted 11 4* 7 balls
Last Test: Match drawn, 23 Aug 2026. The scorecard →

India Batting Order

Who batted where over the last 10 Tests, and the runs there

PositionInnsAvgSRAlso
1Yashasvi Jaiswal 10 59.4 66.7 -
2Lokesh Rahul 10 79.5 48.9 -
3Sai Sudharsan 6 58.8 42.4 D. Padikkal (2), W. Sundar (1)
4Shubman Gill 9 62.8 56.2 D. Jurel (1)
5Rishabh Pant 7 62.1 72.4 D. Jurel (1), K. Nair (1)
6Ravindra Jadeja 7 95.7 54.0 D. Jurel (3)
7Dhruv Jurel 3 97.5 62.7 W. Sundar (2), N. Kumar Reddy (2)
8Washington Sundar 4 73.5 48.0 M. Suthar (2), A. Patel (1)
9Akash Deep 2 37.0 60.7 M. Siraj (2), K. Yadav (2)
10Jasprit Bumrah 3 5.0 17.0 M. Siraj (3), K. Yadav (2)
11Mohammed Siraj 3 5.5 22.4 P. Krishna (3), J. Bumrah (1)
Inns is how often each batted there. A player who did not bat is left out.

India Selections

Every player India picked in the last 10 Tests, the most first

PlayerXIBatsLast
Yashasvi Jaiswal 10/10 1 XI
Lokesh Rahul 10/10 2 XI
Dhruv Jurel 10/10 7 XI
Mohammed Siraj 10/10 10 XI
Shubman Gill 9/10 4 XI
Ravindra Jadeja 9/10 6 XI
Washington Sundar 8/10 8 -
Rishabh Pant 7/10 5 XI
Sai Sudharsan 6/10 3 -
Kuldeep Yadav 6/10 10 -
Jasprit Bumrah 6/10 10 -
Nitish Kumar Reddy 4/10 7 -
Prasidh Krishna 4/10 11 XI
Devdutt Padikkal 3/10 3 XI
Manav Suthar 3/10 8 XI
Karun Nair 2/10 5 -
Akash Deep 2/10 9 -
Shardul Thakur 1/10 7 -
Saransh Jain 1/10 8 XI
Axar Patel 1/10 8 -
Anshul Kamboj 1/10 9 -

India Test Lineups Questions

What is India's predicted XI against New Zealand?

Until the toss, India's last XI stands as the predicted one, from 23 Aug 2026 against Sri Lanka: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Lokesh Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Saransh Jain, Manav Suthar, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.

Who opens the batting for India?

Over the last 10 Tests, Yashasvi Jaiswal batted at one 10 times and Lokesh Rahul at two 10 times.

Who bats at three for India?

Sai Sudharsan, 6 times in the last 10 Tests, then Devdutt Padikkal (2).

Who has played every Test for India recently?

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Lokesh Rahul, Dhruv Jurel, Mohammed Siraj played all of India's last 10 Tests.