IND vs NZ 1st T20I Scorecard: The first T20I cricket match between New Zealand and India was abandoned due to rainfall, on Friday. Both teams were supposed to lock horns in Wellington. The second and third matches of T20I will be on November 20th and 22nd. The matches will start at 12 pm. Both teams will look to put their T20 World Cup semi-final disappointments behind them. In the recently-concluded T20 World Cup, both teams faced heartbreaking defeats against Pakistan and England. Both will be eager to get back on the right track and start the preparations for the 2024 edition of the tournament. Hardik Pandya is captain. India has named a young squad for the series.
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Squads:
India Squad: Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik, Washington Sundar, Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Deepak Hooda, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj, Shreyas Iyer, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshal Patel.
New Zealand Squad: Finn Allen, Devon Conway(w), Kane Williamson(c), Lockie Ferguson, Blair Tickner, Michael Bracewell, Glenn Phillips, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Adam Milne, Ish Sodhi.
The match has been abandoned. The next match will be held on Sunday at12 noon (IST).
New Zealand is near full-strength, though it has omitted fast bowler Trent Boult.
The forecast held little hope of an improvement with more heavy rain and even thunderstorms expected: PTI
#teamindia and New Zealand team enjoy a game of footvolley as we wait for the rain to let up.#nzvind pic.twitter.com/8yjyJ3fTGJ
— BCCI (@BCCI) November 18, 2022
Toss delayed due to rain in Wellington