Possible Playing XI of Team India: Venkatesh Iyer in place of Hardik and Ishaan can get a chance in place of Kohli

The three T20 match series between India and New Zealand is going to start from today. The first match of the series will be played at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur. Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah have been rested for this series. It will also be the first series for Rohit Sharma as T20 captain and new head coach Rahul Dravid.

After being out of the Super-12 in the T20 World Cup, now this series is considered very important for Team India. After the rest of the star players, it is a big question that with which players will captain Rohit Sharma take the field in Jaipur. Let's have a look at the probable playing XI of the Indian team for the first match.

In the first match, the responsibility of the opening pair was on the shoulders of Team India's new T20 captain Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul. In the last three matches of the T20 World Cup, this pair showed a great game for the Indian team. The duo put on 140 for the first wicket against Afghanistan, 70 off just 30 balls against Scotland and 86 against Namibia. A similar performance will be expected from both against New Zealand as well.

Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer can play the responsibility of the middle order. Ishaan has been in good form for quite some time now and in this match he can be tried at No.3 in place of Virat Kohli. Suryakumar Yadav can be seen at number 4. He could not get much batting opportunity in the World Cup, but in the last match he scored an unbeaten 25 off 19 balls against Namibia. He will definitely be desperate to do well in this series. Shreyas Iyer can be seen at number 5.