Jaipur: The first T20 match between India and New Zealand starts at 7.00 pm tonight in Jaipur. New Zealand finished second after battling Australia in the final of the T20 World Cup in the United States. However, New Zealand set a record by advancing to the final of the 2019 ODI World Cup, this year’s Test and T20 World Cup series. Only one of them defeated India in the final of the World Test Championship to win the trophy. It also shattered our semi-final dream of beating India in the Super 12 round league match of the T20 World Cup. In this situation, New Zealand, which has started its tour of India 3 days after the conclusion of the T20 World Cup, is scheduled to play 3 T20 and 2 Test matches. The first match of the T20 series will be played today in Jaipur, the second match will be played on November 19 in Ranchi and the third match will be played on November 21 in Kolkata.
The first Test is scheduled to start on November 25 in Kanpur and the second on December 3 in Mumbai. With Kohli stepping down as captain of the T20 tournament, he has been rested for the series against New Zealand. He will be replaced by Rohit Sharma. Rahul Dravid has taken over as the new head coach following the end of Ravi Shastri’s tenure. While many of the leading players have been rested, the expectation of the fans is that India, who are battling with a young squad, will have to avenge their World Cup defeats. New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has been rested for Bolt, but New Zealand are set to be led by fast bowler Tim Southee. The team is a strong team in every way.
Overall, today’s match between the balanced teams is sure to heat up. India: Rohit Sharma (capt), KL Rahul (vice-captain), R Ashwin, Avesh Khan, Yajvendra Sahal, Deepak Sahar, Rudraj Kejriwal, Ishant Kishan, Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammad Punt, Akshar Patel, Hershel Patel, Suriyakumar Yadav. New Zealand: Tim Southee (capt), Todd Austil, Trent Bolt, Mark Chapman, Loki Ferguson, Martin Cupil, Kyle Jamison, Adam Milne, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Tim Seybert,
face to face…
India – New Zealand in international matches since 2007. The teams have clashed in 7 T20 series so far. Each of them wins 3 series and both teams play a draw. Another country won a triangular series in which these teams participated.
In these 7 series, India have won 8 of the 18 T20 matches in which the two teams have clashed, while New Zealand have won 9. A game was dropped. New Zealand top-scored with 219 and India with 208. India at least 67 runs, New Zealand. Curled in 61 runs.