IND vs NZ T20 Score Live: Match Called Off As Rain Continues In Wellington
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India vs New Zealand's first T20 match in Wellington, New Zealand, has been called off due to rain. Match abandoned without a ball being bowled.
Rain continues in Wellington as the clock nears the cut-off time.
As rain delayed the start of the play, India and the hosts, New Zealand, enjoy a game of footvolley.
The start of the first T20 International of the three-match series between India and New Zealand has been delayed due to rain here on Friday. The toss was delayed due to continuous downpour as a sparse crowd waited patiently at the Sky Stadium.
India will play three T20Is and as many ODIs as part of their tour of New Zealand.
Both teams are coming into the match following their exit from the semifinal stage of the T20 World Cup in Australia.
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IND Vs NZ 1st T20 Score Live Updates: Hello and welcome to ABP Live's coverage of the 1st T20I between New Zealand and India being played at the Sky Stadium, Wellington. Just days after T20 World Cup 2022 festivity ends, India is on a tour of New Zealand, slated to engage with the hosts in the white-ball format from November 18 to November 30.
India will aim to shed their T20 WC playing style with the help of a "young and fearless" bunch in the three-match T20I series against New Zealand. After the World Cup debacle in the UAE last year, India did adopt an aggressive batting approach but by the time the next edition came knocking, the top order was found wanting and failed to take the attack to the opposition.
India found itself running in circles as the wait for their first ICC trophy in nine years got longer.
With the next T20 global event two years away, India have enough time to identify and groom the players for an attack-at-all-costs approach displayed by England.
Hardik Pandya, who could lead the team in the next T20 showpiece, will be captaining the side in Rohit Sharma's absence.
Though Virat Kohli was in sublime touch Down Under, the lack of "intent" from Rohit and K L Rahul in the powerplay was criticised heavily. There is a strong possibility that all three will not play the shortest format till the 2024 edition.
Ishan Kishan and Shubman Gill will be the likely openers for the first game but the management can also give Rishabh Pant another opportunity at the top of the order.
Though India are fielding a second-string team in New Zealand, the squad members still have a decent amount of international experience.
The highly rated Gill, who rose to prominence with his exploits in the U-19 World Cup in New Zealand four years ago, will be hoping to make his T20 debut here.
Kishan has already been tried at the top regularly over the past 12 months and the series presents him a good opportunity to make a strong case for the team's preferred opener.
Sanju Samson has been handed another chance and he would be desperate to make it count. The series also marks the return of Washington Sundar after his injury issues and he would be expected to deliver both with bat and ball.
The New Zealand games could reunite the wrist spin duo of Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal, whose exclusion from the World Cup XI baffled many.
India also need an express pace bowler alongside Jasprit Bumrah and on that front Umran Malik seems to be their best bet. He did not have the best of times on his maiden tour of Ireland and England and will be eyeing more accuracy, without compromising on raw pace.
New Zealand, on the other hand, will field a near full-strength side under Kane Willamson's leadership. Like India, they too would be smarting from another loss in a World Cup knockout game and would look to bounce back strongly.
The Black Caps will also be trying out fast bowlers in the absence of Trent Boult, who is unlikely to play all games after opting out of a central contract. Opener Martin Guptill, too, has missed out with Finn Allen joining Devon Conway at the top.
Williamson's strike rate was also questioned during the ICC event and he would be aiming to get back to his free-flowing best.
India T20I Squad: Hardik Pandya (C), Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (WK), Deepak Hooda, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj, Shreyas Iyer, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshal Patel
New Zealand T20I Squad: Kane Williamson (C), Finn Allen, Devon Conway (WK), Glenn Phillips, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Adam Milne, Lockie Ferguson, Blair Tickner, Michael Bracewell, Ish Sodhi
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