Kane Williamson’s New Zealand and Hardik Pandya’s India are scheduled to face one another within the first of the three T20Is on Friday, November 18 on the Sky Stadium in Wellington.
NZ vs IND, 1st T20I: India begin powerful journey to revive satisfaction after horror T20 WC semis. Courtesy: Reuters
By Sabyasachi Chowdhury: India and New Zealand are set to lock horns within the first recreation of the three-match T20I sequence on Friday, November 18 on the Sky Stadium in Wellington.
India lately crashed out of the T20 World Cup 2022 after dealing with a heavy 10-wicket defeat by the hands of eventual champions England. Their model of enjoying the 20-over format and their capacity to carry out in huge matches below stress had been additionally questioned.
Hardik Pandya captained India to victory earlier this 12 months in Ireland, however beating the Black Caps might not be a stroll within the park. The Indian squad is a fairly one because the likes of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah and KL Rahul gained’t be part of the sequence.
It stays to be seen if India take a special strategy of enjoying within the shortest format after issues didn’t fairly go as per plan within the World Cup.
New Zealand, alternatively, had been firing on all cylinders within the World Cup after they topped their Super 12 Group. However, a seven-wicket win in opposition to Pakistan within the semis noticed them getting knocked out of the competitors.
The Black Caps haven’t crushed India in a bilateral T20I match since 2020. Two of the matches went into Super Overs, however the Men in Blue someway managed to get previous the end line.
Head to go
Matches – 20, India – 9, New Zealand – 9, N/R – 0, Tied – 2
In New Zealand
Matches – 10, India – 4, New Zealand – 4, N/R – 0, Tied – 2
Players to be careful for
Suryakumar Yadav (India)
Suryakumar Yadav has been in stupendous type of late. The right-hander completed because the third-highest run-scorer within the T20 World Cup with half-centuries in opposition to South Africa, Zimbabwe and the Netherlands. The right-handed batter lately additionally turned the one batter to attain 1000 T20I runs in a calendar 12 months. Suryakumar can be trying to break Virat Kohli’s document of most runs by an Indian batter in T20s in a calendar 12 months.
Ish Sodhi (New Zealand)
Ish Sodhi picked up six wickets from 5 matches within the T20 World Cup and was a key a part of the New Zealand crew. Against India, the leg-spinner has a powerful document. In 15 matches, Sodhi has picked up 20 wickets at an economic system charge of seven.26. In truth, he’s the main wicket-taker in T20Is between India and the Black Caps. Sodhi’s position within the middle-overs goes to carry loads of significance if the Kiwis need to win the sequence.
Probable Playing XIs
New Zealand
Finn Allen, Devon Conway, Kane Williamson (C), Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, James Neesham/Mitchell Santner, Michael Bracewell, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson, Ish Sodhi, Blair Tickner
India
Ishan Kishan/Rishabh Pant (wk), Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Sanju Samson, Hardik Pandya (C), Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav/Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik
Edited By:
sabyasachi chowdhury
Published On:
Nov 17, 2022
