Mumbai, Oct. 18 -- Former Indian batter Cheteshwar Pujara picked his playing XI for the first Test against New Zealand starting from November 19 onwards.

After five T20Is and ODIs each starting from November 22 onwards, India will be playing two important ICC World Test Championship (WTC) matches against NZ, with the first one scheduled from November 19 at Wellington and the second one from November 27 at Christchurch.

As per a video posted by Cricinfo, Pujara persists with the opening pair of KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal and gives Devdutt Padikkal a number three spot after his heroics in Sri Lanka, where he made two centuries.

Skipper Shubman Gill takes his usual number four spot, followed by wicketkeeper-batters Rishabh Pant and Dhr...