India vs New Zealand: India’s young guns are ready to deliver the series-deciding third T20I against New Zealand at Narendra Modi Stadium on Wednesday. Both made the series a tie with a win on each side 1-1 and hence the final match will decide the winner of the New Zealand tour of India series.
Match: India vs New Zealand T20 3 of 3
Date: 1st February 2023
Time: 07:00 PM IST
Venue: Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.
Pitch Condition: The final T20I match will be played at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. The pitch here is a batting friendly one for short format games and hence expected to assist the batters once again. The spinners may dominate the game later, so a low-scoring clash is expected here. The average first innings score here is 167.
India vs New Zealand – The Squad
India: Hardik Pandya (C), Suryakumar Yadav (VC), Ishan Kishan (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik, Prithvi Shaw, Shivam Mavi, Mukesh Kumar.
New Zealand: Mitchell Santner (C), Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Dane Cleaver, Lockie Ferguson, Jacob Duffy, Ben Lister, Daryl Mitchell, Michael Rippon, Glenn Phillips, Henry Shipley, Ish Sodhi, Blair Tickner.
India vs New Zealand – Team Performance in the Past Matches
India’s young top orders are ready to clash against New Zealand in the match-deciding 3rd T20I on February 1. India won the second match by 6 wickets in a close encounter to level the 3-match T20I series 1-1. New Zealand won the first T20I by 21 runs.
In the last match, Mitchell Santner opted to bat first on a tough pitch and the decision backfired on the Kiwi’s top order as they crumbled. The top three just crossed the double figures and went out. It was Mitchell Santner and Michael Bracewell that allowed New Zealand to get to 99 runs. This was a total that was never going to be enough to win the match. Indian spinners Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Deepak Hooda, and Kuldeep Yadav were all economical and picked a wicket each. Later, Arshdeep Singh also caught 2 wickets.
While chasing, India managed to start well, but the Kiwis never allowed Indian batters to go far. India needed just 100 runs to win the match, but they knew that was not easy on a tough pitch. Shubhman Gill started off nicely with a couple of boundaries. But he went out early and then Ishan Kishan and Rahul Tripathi tried up a lot of deliveries, but both exited faster. Suryakumar Yadav scored a 26 and Hardik Pandya 15. Kiwi spinners Mitchell Santner and Michael Bracewell put on the squeeze on the Indian side. Ish Sodhi picked a wicket for Kiwis.
With three overs left and 13 runs to chase, India was one blow away from victory and on the penultimate delivery, India won the match.
India vs New Zealand – Face to Face
India and New Zealand faced each other in 24 T20 matches. Out of these 24 matches, India has won 13 whereas New Zealand has come out victorious on 10 occasions. 1 match ended with a tie.
Here our experts at FCL are giving a prediction for the coming match. Hope you could find it helpful by any means.
Wicket-Keeper: Ishan Kishan.
Batsmen: Suryakumar Yadav, Finn Allen, Daryl Mitchell.
All-Rounders: Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Mitchell Santner, Michael Bracewell.
Bowlers: Lockie Ferguson, Kuldeep Yadav, Blair Tickner.
Captain: Finn Allen.
Vice-Captain: Michael Bracewell.
Wicket-Keeper: Ishan Kishan.
Batsmen: Suryakumar Yadav, Shubhman Gill, Finn Allen, Daryl Mitchell.
All-Rounders: Hardik Pandya, Mitchell Santner, Michael Bracewell.
Bowlers: Ish Sodhi, Kuldeep Yadav, Blair Tickner.
Captain: Finn Allen.
Vice-Captain: Hardik Pandya.
