New Zealand (NZ) Team Updates

• New Zealand have announced a small squad with just 13 players.
• Trent Boult is not part of the squad and the onus will be on Kane Willamson once again in the batting along with Devon Conway.
• Finn Allen and Devon Conway will probably open the inning.
• Kane Williamson will bat at the one-down position. He is the backbone of the batting team.
• Glenn Phillips and Daryl-Mitchell will handle the middle-order batting.
• Daryl-Mitchell was the highest fantasy points, gainer, in the previous match.
• Kane Williamson will lead New Zealand as a Captain. He is also a good Batsman
• Finn Allen will do the Wicket Keeping for New Zealand.
• Mitchell Santner and Ish Sodhi will take care of the spin bowling of his team.
• Tim Southee and Lockie Ferguson will lead the pace attack of his team.

India (IND) Team Updates

• Board has begun planning for the T20 World Cup 2024. Pandya has been identified as the leader in the T20 format.
• The series against a quality New Zealand outfit will test Pandya’s leadership. It will also give a few youngsters an opportunity to show they belong at the top level.
• Players like Sanju Samson, Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar, & Kuldeep Yadav, who were waiting in the wings have a great chance to show their class.
• Shubman Gill and Ishan Kishan will probably open the inning.
• Shreyas Iyer will bat at the one-down position.
• Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya will handle the middle-order batting.
• Hardik Pandya was the highest fantasy points, gainer, in the previous match.
• Hardik Pandya will lead India as a Captain. He was the highest fantasy points, gainer, in the previous match.
• Rishabh Pant will do the Wicket Keeping for India.
• Washington Sundar and Yuzvendra Chahal will take care of the spin bowling of his team.
• Arshdeep Singh and Bhuvneshwar Kumar will lead the pace attack of his team.

New Zealand (NZ) Key Players

• Glenn Phillips [17, 62, 104, 12]
• Mitchell Santner [2W, 1W, (11*, 2W)]
• Tim Southee [2W, 1W, 1W, 3W, 2W]
• Kane Williamson [61, 40, 8, 23, 9*]
• Devon Conway [28, 3, 1, 92*, 64]

India (IND) Key Players

• Shubman Gill [28, 3, 130, 33, 82*]
• Bhuvneshwar Kumar [0W, 1W, 0W, 0W, 2W]
• Shreyas Iyer [28*, 113*, 50, 1, 64]
• Arshdeep Singh [0W, 1W, 2W, 2W, 2W]
• Hardik Pandya [63, (18, 2W), 2W,1W]
• Suryakumar Yadav [14, 61*, 30, 68, 51*]

NZ vs IND Captain and Vice-Captain Choices

• Glenn Phillips [PTs: 0, CR: 8]
• Hardik Pandya [PTs: 0, CR: 9]
• Suryakumar Yadav [PTs: 0, CR: 9]
• Devon Conway [PTs: 0, CR: 9]