Three Test series between India and New Zealand started from October 16
Reportedly the first Test will be played in Bengaluru, before which indian captain rohit sharma has claimed to be fully prepared against the Kiwi team. Rohit said that his focus will be on improving his performance rather than the opposition team. Apart from this, he also reacted to jasprit bumrah being made the vice-captain.
Meanwhile rohit sharma said, "Different teams present different challenges to us. new zealand is a different team and they will present a new challenge to us, but we have played a lot of cricket with them. We know about their players, their strengths and weaknesses. Our focus will be on performing better than the previous series. No matter which team comes in front of us, but we have to focus on improving ourselves. Our target is to learn from the previous series and perform even better."
Moreover jasprit bumrah has been made the vice-captain of Team india for the upcoming series against New Zealand. rohit sharma said about bumrah that making him the captain is one of the long-term leadership role plans of the management. He told that bumrah has already started sharing his experience with the youth by mentoring them. Captain Rohit believes that bumrah has the ability to take charge of the indian team if needed. india has recently defeated bangladesh 2-0 in the Test series. Now the series against new zealand is also going to be important from the point of view of the World Test Championship.