India vs New Zealand, 1st T20I Playing 11: The first match as part of the India-New Zealand T20 series is being held in Ranchi, the city of former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Team India won the toss and chose to bowl first.
India Vs New Zealand 1st T20I LIVE Score
IND vs NZ Playing 11: As part of India-New Zealand T20 series, the first match is being held in Ranchi, the city of former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Team India won the toss and chose to bowl first. New Zealand team will bat first. Team India led by Hardik Pandya will be looking for a win against the Kiwis at home. Meanwhile, under the captaincy of Mitchell Santner, New Zealand will try to beat India at home after 6 years.
The team will not be part of the Big-3 (Rohit, Kohli, Rahul) team in this series. Pandya has taken up the challenge of creating an effective team combination among youngsters. On the other hand, seniors like Trent Bould, Tim Southee, Kane Williamson are also absent from the Kiwis team.
No chance for Prithvi Shah..
Prithvi Shah did not get a chance in India’s playing-11. Ishan Kishan and Shubhaman Gill will enter the ring as openers. Also, young players Jitesh, Mukesh and senior player Chahal did not get a place in the first T20.
Team India in Ranchi..
According to statistics both teams are equal. So far 22 T20 matches have been played between India and New Zealand. In this, India won 10 matches, New Zealand won 9 matches and 3 matches were tied. On the other hand, if we talk about the Ranchi ground, India has played 3 T20 matches on this ground so far and won all three.
Ishaan talking to the team..
Ishan Kishan leads the huddle talk in Ranchi 😀
Toss coming up shortly.#INDvNZ @mastercardindia pic.twitter.com/HQGDSk9vtp
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 27, 2023
Team India Playing XI:
Ishan Kishan (keeper), Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (captain), Deepak Hooda, Washington Sundar, Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep Yadav, Umran Malik, Arshdeep Singh
Captain @hardikpandya7 wins the toss and elects to bowl first in the 1st T20 against New Zealand.
A look at our Playing XI for the game 👇👇
Live – https://t.co/9Nlw3mU634 #INDvNZ @mastercardindia pic.twitter.com/fNd9v9FTZz
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 27, 2023
New Zealand Playing XI:
Finn Allen, Devon Conway (keeper), Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner (captain), Michael Bracewell, Jacob Duffy, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson, Blair Tickner
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