India vs New Zealand 1st T20 Playing 11: IND take on NZ in Nagpur. (PTI)
With skipper Suryakumar Yadav confirming that Ishan Kishan will play at No.3 against New Zealand in the 1st T20I at Nagpur on Wednesday, it is all but confirmed Shreyas Iyer, who was drafted in the squad for the first 3 T20Is due to Tilak Varma’s injury, is likely to miss out of the playing XI.
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The Men in Blue might look to line up with 2 specialist pacers and one specialist spinner which means Kuldeep Yadav, who hasn’t had the best ODI series, will miss out of the playing XI in the 1st T20I in favour of Varun Chakaravarthy. With Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya and Arshdeep Singh likely to lead the pace attack, Chakaravarthy and vice captain Axar Patel will line up as India tweaker options.
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For the Kiwis, they’ll be using this series as a tune-up for the upcoming T20 World Cup next month in India and Sri Lanka. Expect the Black Caps to field their strongest lineup yet as they start to acclimatize with the subcontinental conditions ahead of the showpiece event in February.
India predicted XI: Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy.
New Zealand predicted XI: Finn Allen, Devon Conway (WK), Glenn Phillips, Daryl Mitchell, Mark Chapman, Mitchell Santner (C), Rachin Ravindra, James Neesham, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Ish Sodhi.
India Squad: Sanju Samson(w), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Ishan Kishan, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh
New Zealand Squad: Tim Robinson, Devon Conway(w), Rachin Ravindra, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner(c), Kyle Jamieson, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy, Matt Henry, Bevon Jacobs, Kristian Clarke, Zakary Foulkes
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