Team India (IND) is all set to face the Kiwis in the three-match T20 series, which begins on Friday, January 27, after sweeping the three-match ODI series against New Zealand (NZ). The first T20 will take place at Ranchi’s JSCA International Stadium Complex. At 7:00 PM IST, the game will begin. In all three T20 games, Hardik Pandya will serve as the men in blue’s captain.
On Thursday, the team participated in an optional training session after arriving in Ranchi on Wednesday. Ishan Kishan and Shubman Gill are anticipated to start for India, and Suryakumar Yadav could bat third. Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal, the two Indian spinners, are anticipated to play.
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Most Probable playing XI for both the teams are:-
India playing XI: Ishan Kishan (wk), Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Rahul Tripathi, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik
New Zealand playing XI: Finn Allen, Devon Conway, Glenn Phillips, Daryl Mitchell, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson, Blair Tickner, Jacob Duffy
The men in blue will be hoping to pull a fast one on the visitors, and New Zealand will be hoping to shock Indian fans with a spectacular recovery after a dismal showing against India in the ODI series. Both the teams will look to give their best, Although India is weighing more in the contest having a power packed team including inform players like Shubhman Gill the player who scored the most runs over the course of the three ODIs and totaled 360 runs at an astounding average of 180 and a strike rate of 128.57, including two centuries and also playing in home conditions will give an advantage to Men in Blue. Whereas on other side Black Caps includes players like Devon Conway who batted magnificently well in ODI’s and will look to have a comeback in the rivalry.
