Both teams will face off in a three-match Twenty20 International series beginning on January 27
Team India is currently engaged in an ODI series against New Zealand, which the hosts have so far dominated. Furthermore, both teams will face off in a three-match Twenty20 International series beginning on January 27. Team India has already taken a 2-0 lead in the ongoing three-match ODI series against New Zealand. The Men in Blue, led by Rohit Sharma, got off to a fast start in 2023, with a 3-0 series sweep of a visiting Sri Lanka and a 2-1 triumph in the T20Is against the same squad, led by Hardik Pandya. New Zealand, on the other hand, arrived in India fresh off a 2-1 ODI series triumph over Pakistan.
The two teams last met in November 2022, shortly after the completion of the T20 World Cup 2022, with the Men in Blue winning the T20I series (1-0) and the Kiwis winning the ODI series (1-0) by the same score. It will be intriguing to observe how Team India, led by Hardik Pandya, performs against the Kiwis. The two sides have met against each other on 24 occasions in T20I cricket, with India winning 12 of them and the Blackcaps bagging nine victories. One contest ended without a result and one in a tie. The last time these two sides locked horns was in a three-match T20I series in November 2022 in NZ when India came out on top by 1-0.
Location of match | IND Wins | NZ Wins | N/R or tie |
in India | 2 | 3 | 0 |
in New Zealand | 6 | 4 | 0 |
Competition type | IND wins | NZ wins | N/R or tie |
Bilateral Series | 8 | 6 | 0 |
T20 World Cup | 0 | 2 | 0 |
The broadcast of the IND vs NZ series will have Live Telecast on Star Sports Network and Live Streaming on Disney+Hotstar.
T20Is Squad
Hardik Pandya (c), Suryakumar Yadav (vc), Ishan Kishan (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik, Shivam Mavi, Prithvi Shaw, Mukesh Kumar
T20Is Squad
Mitchell Santner (c), Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Dane Cleaver, Jacob Duffy, Lockie Ferguson, Benjamin Lister, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Michael Rippon, Henry Shipley, Ish Sodhi, Blair Tickner
Fixture | Venue | Date | Time |
1st T20I | JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi | Jan-27 | 7:00 PM |
2nd T20I | Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow | Jan-29 | 7:00 PM |
3rd T20I | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad | Feb-1 | 7:00 PM |