New Zealand, after suffering an embarrassing away series loss to India, will now host Pakistan for two Test matches, starting on Thursday. The first match is set to be played at Christchurch while the next will be held at Hamilton from 25th November.
Pakistan, on one hand, are coming in with the 2-1 Test series win over West Indies while New Zealand on the other had a torrid tour to India, firstly getting whitewashed in Tests by 3-0 and later losing the ODI series too by 4-1.
Ahead of the first Test, let’s have a look at the five players battle to look out for in the series.