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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 32 Tests, and the runs there

PositionInnsAvgSRAlso
1Yashasvi Jaiswal 16 74.7 59.8 R. Sharma (7), L. Rahul (5)
2Lokesh Rahul 15 82.3 48.2 S. Gill (6), R. Sharma (5)
3Cheteshwar Pujara 15 64.2 38.0 S. Gill (7), D. Padikkal (3)
4Virat Kohli 21 55.8 47.5 S. Gill (7), A. Rahane (4)
5Rishabh Pant 13 91.9 80.4 A. Rahane (10), H. Vihari (3)
6Rishabh Pant 10 60.5 63.4 R. Jadeja (8), S. Iyer (3)
7Ravindra Jadeja 12 59.6 52.2 R. Ashwin (4), N. Kumar Reddy (3)
8Shardul Thakur 10 33.2 62.6 R. Ashwin (7), W. Sundar (5)
9Umesh Yadav 5 12.2 51.3 M. Shami (4), A. Deep (3)
10Jasprit Bumrah 17 14.0 53.2 M. Siraj (7), U. Yadav (3)
11Mohammed Siraj 18 6.0 36.0 P. Krishna (6), M. Shami (2)
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 32 Tests, the most first

PlayerXIBatsLast
Mohammed Siraj 29/32 11 XI
Rishabh Pant 25/32 5 XI
Lokesh Rahul 23/32 2 XI
Ravindra Jadeja 22/32 7 XI
Jasprit Bumrah 22/32 10 -
Shubman Gill 21/32 4 XI
Virat Kohli 21/32 4 -
Yashasvi Jaiswal 16/32 1 XI
Cheteshwar Pujara 16/32 3 -
Ajinkya Rahane 15/32 5 -
Rohit Sharma 14/32 1 -
Shardul Thakur 12/32 8 -
Ravichandran Ashwin 12/32 8 -
Mohammed Shami 10/32 9 -
Mayank Agarwal 9/32 2 -
Nitish Kumar Reddy 8/32 7 -
Washington Sundar 8/32 8 -
Umesh Yadav 8/32 9 -
Prasidh Krishna 8/32 11 XI
Hanuma Vihari 6/32 5 -
Dhruv Jurel 6/32 7 XI
Shreyas Iyer 5/32 6 -
Akash Deep 5/32 9 -
Sai Sudharsan 4/32 3 -
Karun Nair 4/32 3 -
4/32 7 -
Devdutt Padikkal 3/32 3 XI
Jaydev Unadkat 3/32 9 -
Prithvi Shaw 2/32 1 -
Ishan Kishan 2/32 7 -
Wriddhiman Saha 2/32 7 -
Manav Suthar 2/32 9 XI
Harshit Rana 2/32 9 -
Ishant Sharma 2/32 9 -
Navdeep Saini 2/32 9 -
Kuldeep Yadav 2/32 10 -
Mukesh Kumar 2/32 11 -
Srikar Bharat 1/32 7 -
Saransh Jain 1/32 8 XI
Anshul Kamboj 1/32 9 -
Thangarasu Natarajan 1/32 11 -
Suryakumar Yadav 1/32 - -

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 32 Tests, Yashasvi Jaiswal batted at one 16 times and Lokesh Rahul at two 15 times.

Who bats at three for India?

Cheteshwar Pujara, 15 times in the last 32 Tests, then Shubman Gill (7).

Who has played every Test for India recently?

Nobody played all of India's last 32 Tests. Mohammed Siraj played the most, 29.