India are taking on New Zealand at the Eden Park in Auckland in the fourth T20I of the five-match series. The Men in Blue are 3-0 up, having won the first three matches of the series.
Bowling first in the previous T20I in Wellington, India conceded 198 runs while picking up three wickets. The target looked like a challenging one, but Abhishek Sharma (113 off 38) and Vaibhav Suryavanshi (45 off 19) got the Men in Blue off to a sensational start.
India will look to continue their impressive form in Auckland and make the scoreline 4-0 heading into the final T20I of the series.
Today’s NZ vs IND toss result
India have won the toss and have opted to bowl first. India have made two changes – Ishan Kishan comes in for Suryavanshi and Mayank Yadav for Bhuvneshwar Kumar. For New Zealand, Nathan Smith is in for Kyle Jamieson.
NZ vs IND – Today’s match playing XIs
New Zealand: Finn Allen, Tim Seifert (w), Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Bevon Jacobs, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Nathan Smith, Adam Milne, Jacob Duffy, Matthew Fisher
India: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (w), Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer (c), Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Naman Dhir, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mayank Yadav, Prince Yadav
Today’s NZ vs IND pitch report
“Captaining at this venue is difficult. It’s about dimensions, and back in that game (NZ v AUS, 2005) the pitch was up and down here, so you swung it around about 30 degrees. But you still had short areas. They’ve just changed from being in cow corners and the corners to straight up and down. The fast bowlers in particular get the ball going square.” – Stephen Fleming
Today’s NZ vs IND match complete players list
New Zealand squad: Tim Seifert (wk), Finn Allen, Devon Conway, Glenn Phillips, Daryl Mitchell, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Nathan Smith, Jacob Duffy, Bevon Jacobs, Adam Milne, Blair Tickner, Kyle Jamieson, Matthew Fisher
India squad: Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Shreyas Iyer (c), Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Naman Dhir, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Shivam Dube, Varun Chakravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Kumar Kushagra
NZ vs IND – Today’s match umpires
Umpires: Chris Brown, Phillip Gillespie
Third umpire: Kim Cotton
Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle
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Edited by Renin Wilben Albert
