NAGPUR: Hot favourite India will take on high-flying New Zealand in International Cricket Council World Twenty20 at Vidrabha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur.
Kiwi’s skipper Kane Williamson has shown concerns over his team’s spin woes.
The last time New Zealand played a World T20 game, they crashed to 60 all out against Sri Lanka.
Since that horror day in Chittagong, New Zealand are yet to play any match, in any format, in the subcontinent.
In the two years since that nightmare against Rangana Herath, New Zealand have grown immeasurably in terms of confidence and experience, but their personnel remains largely the same and their ability in spin-friendly conditions remains untested.
On the other hand, Indian team, after 10 victories in their last official T20 internationals are on such a roll that skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is struggling to dampen expectations that the team are sure-fire winners.
But India have a woeful track record against the Black Caps in World T20 tournaments, losing four out of their five previous encounters while the other match was rained off.
Teams
India (from): Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Shikhar Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli, Mohammed Shami, Pawan Negi, Ashish Nehra, Hardik Pandya, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh
New Zealand (from): Kane Williamson (captain), Corey Anderson, Trent Boult, Martin Guptill, Grant Elliott, Colin Munro, Mitchell McClenaghan, Nathan McCullum, Adam Milne, Henry Nicholls, Luke Ronchi, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor
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