Indian team has made a clean sweep of New Zealand 3-0 in the three-match ODI series at home, under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. Now under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya, Team India has to play a three-match T20 series against New Zealand in their own home, starting from 27th January.
The first T20 series match between Team India and New Zealand will be played in Ranchi. The Indian team has had showed exceptionally good performance in T20 matches in the last few years.
The Indian team has not lost even one of the last 11 bilateral T20 series. During this, 10 series have been won, while a series ended in a draw. Team India had to face defeat for the last time in July 2021. Since then Indian team lost the T20 series 1-2 on the Sri Lanka tour.
The Indian team has so far played 7 bilateral T20 series against New Zealand, out of which they have lost three. Whereas Team India has won in 4 bilateral T20 series. This time the 8th bilateral T20 series is being played between the two teams.
India Vs New Zealand Bilateral T20 Series Record:-
Total Series: 7
India won: 4
New Zealand won: 3
Record of India Vs New Zealand T20 matches:-
Total T20 matches: 22
India won: 12
New Zealand won: 9
Tie: 1
Indian Team Squad:- Hardik Pandya (c), Suryakumar Yadav (vc), Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Ishan Kishan(WK), Prithvi Shaw, Jitesh Sharma †, Deepak Hooda, Washington Sundar, Umran Malik, Shivam Mavi, Mukesh Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh
New Zealand Team Squad:- Mitchell Santner (c), Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Dane Cleaver, Devon Conway, Jacob Duffy, Lockie Ferguson, Ben Lister, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Michael Rippon, Henry Shipley, Ish Sodhi, Blair Tickner
Indian team vs New Zealand T20 series schedule:-
First T20 – January 27, Ranchi
Second T20 – January 29, Lucknow
3rd T20 – 1 February, Ahmedabad
