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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 24 32 balls 2 Lokesh Rahul Keeper, batted 2 100 165 balls 3 Sai Sudharsan Batter, batted 3 81 104 balls 4 Shubman Gill Batter, batted 4 126 177 balls 5 Rishabh Pant Keeper, batted 5 81 121 balls 6 Dhruv Jurel Keeper, batted 6 19 20 balls 7 Washington Sundar All-rounder, batted 7 52* 68 balls 8 Manav Suthar Bowler, batted 8 28 41 balls 9 Mohammed Siraj Bowler, batted 9 22 12 balls 10 Kuldeep Yadav Bowler, batted 10 9* 26 balls 11 Prasidh Krishna Bowler 3-43 bowling
Last Test: India won by an innings and 300 runs, 6 Jun 2026. The scorecard →

India Batting Order

Who batted where over the last 20 Tests, and the runs there

PositionInnsAvgSRAlso
1Yashasvi Jaiswal 15 94.5 73.5 R. Sharma (4), M. Agarwal (1)
2Rohit Sharma 11 54.0 65.7 L. Rahul (7), S. Gill (2)
3Shubman Gill 9 84.4 61.1 S. Sudharsan (4), C. Pujara (3)
4Virat Kohli 6 60.3 50.8 S. Gill (4), R. Patidar (2)
5Rishabh Pant 7 72.0 84.7 R. Jadeja (4), V. Kohli (3)
6Ravindra Jadeja 6 67.8 50.1 S. Khan (3), L. Rahul (3)
7Ravindra Jadeja 7 42.1 50.9 S. Bharat (4), D. Jurel (3)
8Ravichandran Ashwin 10 26.3 54.6 A. Patel (3), W. Sundar (1)
9Kuldeep Yadav 6 16.7 21.0 A. Patel (3), R. Ashwin (3)
10Jasprit Bumrah 8 10.4 40.1 M. Shami (4), A. Deep (2)
11Mohammed Siraj 10 5.8 20.2 J. Bumrah (3), S. Iyer (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 20 Tests, the most first

PlayerXIBatsLast
Ravindra Jadeja 18/20 7 -
Mohammed Siraj 16/20 11 XI
Yashasvi Jaiswal 15/20 1 XI
Rohit Sharma 15/20 2 -
Shubman Gill 15/20 3 XI
Ravichandran Ashwin 15/20 8 -
Jasprit Bumrah 13/20 10 -
Lokesh Rahul 11/20 2 XI
Virat Kohli 10/20 4 -
Dhruv Jurel 10/20 7 XI
Kuldeep Yadav 10/20 9 XI
Rishabh Pant 9/20 5 XI
Axar Patel 8/20 8 -
Washington Sundar 7/20 7 XI
Shreyas Iyer 6/20 5 -
Sarfaraz Khan 6/20 6 -
Srikar Bharat 6/20 7 -
Akash Deep 5/20 10 -
Sai Sudharsan 4/20 3 XI
Cheteshwar Pujara 4/20 3 -
Mohammed Shami 4/20 10 -
Rajat Patidar 3/20 4 -
Nitish Kumar Reddy 3/20 7 -
Devdutt Padikkal 2/20 4 -
Umesh Yadav 2/20 9 -
Mayank Agarwal 1/20 1 -
Hanuma Vihari 1/20 3 -
Suryakumar Yadav 1/20 6 -
Manav Suthar 1/20 8 XI
Mukesh Kumar 1/20 11 -
Prasidh Krishna 1/20 - XI

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 6 Jun 2026 against Afghanistan: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Lokesh Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant, Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Manav Suthar, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna.

Who opens the batting for India?

Over the last 20 Tests, Yashasvi Jaiswal batted at one 15 times and Rohit Sharma at two 11 times.

Who bats at three for India?

Shubman Gill, 9 times in the last 20 Tests, then Sai Sudharsan (4).

Who has played every Test for India recently?

Nobody played all of India's last 20 Tests. Ravindra Jadeja played the most, 18.