The Indian women's cricket team's ODI series against New Zealand will now get underway on February 12, a day later than originally scheduled.

Initially, the Indian team was slated to play five ODIs and a T20I, starting February 9, across three venues but New Zealand Cricket (NZC) shifted all the matches to Queenstown last month to avoid travelling amid the pandemic.

With the teams not having to travel, the host board on Friday (February 4) revised the fixtures to give the two sides more time between games.

"NZC has made changes to the dates of the KFC India Tour of NZ between the WHITE FERNS and India Women, to be played exclusively at John Davies Oval in Queenstown.

"The date of the first KFC T20I remains the same but there has been some adjustments made to the subsequent five match KFC ODI series," a statement from NZC read.

The bilateral series, which is important for the preparation of the 2022 ODI World Cup in March-April, will kick-off with the solitary T20I on February 9.

However, the first three ODIs have been rescheduled from their original dates. The ODI series opener will now be played on February 12 instead of February 11 while the second ODI has been pushed back to February 15 from February 14 and the third ODI is now slated for February 18, rather than February 16.

There is no change in the scheduling of the last two ODIs, which will be played on February 22 and 24.

Notably, the Indian women’s team has already landed in New Zealand and is currently serving the mandatory Managed Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ) in Christchurch.

(With PTI inputs)