NZ vs IND: NZ Playing 11 for IND, 3rd T20I, 2023

NZ vs IND: NZ Playing 11 for IND, 3rd T20I, 2023.  India will lock horns with New Zealand in the third NZ vs IND T20I on Wednesday (February 1). India won the second T20I in Lucknow, and have leveled the three-match T20 series 1-1. A win in Ahmedabad will help Hardik Pandya-led side maintain the number-one ranking as well as help India win the series.

It will be a series decider in the third and final NZ vs IND match after the hosts Indians won the second game by 6 wickets and leveled the series. The Kiwis could manage only 99 runs on the board, and the Indians also struggled in the run chase finishing the game with a ball to spare. As both sides go into the series decider, they will have to produce their best show to win the game.

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Indians have dominated the Kiwis in this format of the game. They have lost only twice against New Zealand in the last 10 games. The side plays at home, and they have good knowledge of the conditions. It will be interesting to see if the Kiwis can defeat the Indians in the latter’s backyard and grab the NZ vs IND T20I series.

Skipper Hardik Pandya will feel relieved after his side managed to level the series in the last game. There was a lot of criticism of the Indian bowlers in the first game. The Indian side has gained momentum with the last win, and they will look to grab the series 2-1. Hardik Pandya will look for a good show from his bowlers, as it has been one of the concerns for the side in the last two years.

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Mitchell Santner will feel upset with the performance of his batters in the last 2nd T20I game. They didn’t adjust to the conditions and fell 20 runs short of what would have been a good score on that surface. Having allowed the Indians to level the series, Mitchell Santner and his boys need to pull out a good show in this game and grab the series.

Finn Allen and Devon Conway have done well in the last 12 months, and the side will expect a strong show from them in this game. Glenn Phillips has to score quick runs in the middle order along with Mark Chapman and Daryl Mitchell. Michael Bracewell and Mitchell Santner must do well down the order as the Indian bowling attack shall challenge them.

The bowling attack is a bit weak for the side, and they will need tight spells with the new ball from Jacob Duffy and Michael Bracewell. Mitchell Santner must lead from the front and bowl good spells along with spinner Ish Sodhi. They will also need tight bowling from pacer Lockie Ferguson and Mark Chapman in this series decider.

NZ vs IND: New Zealand Predicted Playing XI:

Mitchell Santner (c), Finn Allen, Devon Conway (wk), Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy, Lockie Ferguson, Blair Tickner

NZ vs IND: NZ Playing 11 for IND, 3rd T20I, 2023

Finn Allen

Finn Allen scored only 40 runs averaging 13.33 in the preceding 3 ODIs against India.  Finn Allen has played 27 T20Is, amassing 613 runs averaging 22.7 with 2 fifties and a ton after scoring 35 off 23 in the 1st NZ vs IND T20I and 11 off 10 in the 2nd NZ vs IND T20I. He is another keeping option apart from Devon Conway and Glenn Phillips in the ongoing NZ vs IND T20Is.

Devon Conway (wk)

Devon Conway scored 138 in a losing cause in the 3rd ODI against India and overall managed 155 runs averaging 51.67 in the preceding ODI series. In 37 T20Is, the wicketkeeper batter has amassed 1233 runs averaging 47.42 with 9 fifties.

He will keep wickets in the ongoing NZ vs IND T20Is. He scored 52 off 35 balls in the 1st NZ vs IND T20I and 11 off 14  balls in the 2nd NZ vs IND T20I.

Mark Chapman

Mark Chapman has played 43 T20Is amassing 787 runs averaging 23.15 with 3 fifties. Although he has played 7 ODIs, he didn’t play in the preceding NZ vs IND ODI series but will play in the T20Is.

He scored a 4 ball duck in the 1st NZ vs IND T20I after being superbly caught and bowled by Washington Sundar. He was run out in the 2nd NZ vs IND T20I after scoring 14 off 21. He also conceded 4 runs by bowling a solitary over in the 2nd NZ vs IND T20I. He has picked 4 scalps @24.75 in the shortest format in 43 T20Is.

Daryl Mitchell

Daryl Mitchell scored 34 runs in 3 ODIs averaging 11.33 and picked 2 scalps averaging 35.5 in the preceding India vs New Zealand ODIs. Daryl Mitchell has played 43 T20Is amassing 853 runs averaging 27.52 and taking 7 scalps averaging 20.29.

He will play as an all-rounder in the NZ vs IND T20Is. He was awarded Man of the Match in the 1st NZ vs IND T20I for scoring a breathtaking unbeaten 59 off 30 balls including 3 fours and 5 sixes. He scored 8 off 13 in the 2nd NZ vs IND T20I but didn’t bowl.

Glenn Phillips

Glenn Phillips amassed 52 runs in 3 ODIs averaging 17.33 in the preceding NZ vs IND ODIs. He has played 58 T20Is amassing 1382 runs averaging 32.14 at a strike rate of 145.47. He has also played 15 ODIs and 1 Test.

He scored 17 in the 1st NZ vs IND T20I and 5 in the 2nd NZ vs IND T20I. He also bowled 4 overs in the 2nd NZ vs IND T20I but was wicketless (0/17). He has also taken 5 ODI scalps in 15 ODIs @ 26.2 and 2 T20I scalps @52 in 58 T20Is.

Michael Bracewell

Michael Bracewell scored a ton-140 in a losing cause in the 1st NZ vs IND ODI and amassed 188 runs averaging 62.67 in the preceding 3-match ODI series against India besides picking 1 scalp averaging 107. He may play a vital role in the series deciding 3rd NZ vs IND T20I.

In the 1st NZ vs IND T20I, he scored only 1 before being run out by Ishan Kishan and picked 2/31 in 4 overs. In the 2nd NZ vs IND T20I, he scored 14 off 22 and picked 1/13 in 4 overs. He has played 15 T20Is, amassing 105 runs @ 21 and picking 20 scalps @10.55.

Mitchell Santner (c)

Mitchell Santner scored 118 runs averaging 39.33 in the preceding 3-match ODI series against India besides picking 2 wickets averaging 71. He is leading New Zealand in the NZ vs IND T20Is.

In 82 T20Is, he has picked 91 scalps averaging 21.8 besides scoring 517 runs averaging 17.23. In the 1st NZ vs IND T20I, he scored 7 and picked 2/11 in 4 overs. In the 2nd NZ vs IND T20I, he scored an unbeaten 19 but was wicketless (0/20 in 4 overs).

Lockie Ferguson

Lockie Ferguson picked only 1 scalp averaging 151 in the preceding 3 match ODI series against India. Lockie Ferguson has picked 43 scalps in 30 T20Is averaging 17.95.

In the 1st NZ vs IND T20I, the right arm pacer picked 2/33 in 4 overs. In the 2nd NZ vs IND T20I, he bowled the penultimate 19th over and conceded 7 runs without taking a wicket. He has also played 1 Test and 53 ODIs.

Jacob Duffy

Jacob Duffy who has played 9 T20Is has picked 10 scalps averaging 21.5. He was too expensive in the only NZ vs IND-3rd ODI he played in the series picking 1/100 in 10 overs. He picked 1/27 in 3 overs in the 1st NZ vs IND T20I and was wicketless bowling 1 over (0/8) in the 2nd NZ vs IND T20I.

Henry Shipley picked only 3 scalps in 2 ODIs averaging 34.33 in the preceding 3-match ODI series against India. Henry Shipley hasn’t played any T20I but is another contender for the seamer’s slot.  Uncapped Ben Lister and Blair Tickner, a veteran of 14 T20Is and 15 scalps is another option. Blair Tickner picked 4 scalps in 3 ODIs in the preceding series against India averaging 41.

Blair Tickner

Blair Tickner picked 4 scalps in 3 ODIs averaging 41 in the preceding 3 matches ODI series against India. Blair Tickner, the right arm pacer, has picked 15 scalps in 16 NZ vs IND T20Is averaging 30.2. He was wicketless in the 1st NZ vs IND T20I (0/23 in 2 overs) and 2nd NZ vs IND T20I (conceding 7 runs in 5 balls).

Ish Sodhi

Ish Sodhi didn’t play in the preceding 3-match ODI series against India. All eyes would be on Ish Sodhi in NZ vs IND T20Is as the leg spinner’s 4 overs are quite decisive. Ish Sodhi has picked 113 scalps averaging 22.31 in 90 T20Is after picking 1/30 in 3 overs in the 1st NZ vs IND T20I and 1/24 in 4 overs in the 2nd NZ vs IND T20I.

Spinner Ish Sodhi had been ruled out of the 1st NZ vs IND ODI in the preceding series due to a niggle and didn’t recover in time for the next 2 ODIs.

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