New Delhi:
India vs New Zealand 1st T20: India has made a clean sweep of New Zealand 3-0 in the three-match ODI series. Now Team India is fully prepared for the T20 series as well. The three-match T20 series will start between India and New Zealand from January 27. The first match of the series will be played on January 27 at the JSCA Stadium in Ranchi. Here the Indian team has had a great record so far. Team India has not lost a single T20 match on this ground yet. Here India has also defeated New Zealand in a T20 match. Now once again the Indian team will take the field on January 27 under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya.
India never lost T20 in Ranchi
Talking about India’s record of T20 matches at Ranchi’s JSCA Stadium, Team India has not lost a single T20 match here so far. He has played 3 matches and won all three. Team India defeated Sri Lanka by 69 runs here in February 2016. After this, in October 2017, Australia was defeated by 9 wickets. At the same time, Team India defeated New Zealand by 7 wickets in 2021. This time also Team India would like to maintain its record.
India and New Zealand last played their T20 match here in 2021 and Team India won by 7 wickets. In this match, New Zealand scored 153 runs while batting first. In response, India achieved the target in 17.2 overs by losing 3 wickets. Captain Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul had scored brilliant half-centuries for Team India. Rohit scored 55 runs in 36 balls.
india new zealand t20 series schedule
India vs New Zealand 1st T20 – January 27 – Ranchi.
India vs New Zealand 2nd T20 – January 29 – Lucknow.
India vs New Zealand 3rd T20 – 1 February – Ahmedabad.
India-New Zealand T20 squad
Team India: Hardik Pandya (Captain), Suryakumar Yadav (Vice-Captain), Ishan Kishan (Wicket-keeper), Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Jitesh Sharma (Wicket-keeper), Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik, Shivam Mavi, Prithvi Shaw, Mukesh Kumar.
New Zealand Team: Mitchell Santner (captain)Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, Dane Cleaver, Devon Conway, Shane Duffy, Lockie Ferguson, Ben Lister, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Michael Rippon, Henry Shipley, Ish Sodhi and Blair Tickner
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