IND vs NZ 1st T20: India Playing XI 1st T20 – Team India has won the toss against NewZealand in the T20I series. The Men in Blue have opted to bowl first in Ranchi. Meanwhile, the Indian spinner Yuzvendra Chahal is not part of the playing XI. The Indian team management has decided to give chance to Kuldeep Yadav who was in impressive touch during the 50-over series. Follow India vs NewZealand LIVE with InsideSport.IN
It is a young team. We will focus on playing good cricket. Playing the ODIs before T20Is makes it easy to pass on. For a lot of them it is an experience just being in the team. Yuzi, Mukesh, Jitesh and Prithvi miss out,” Hardik said at the toss.
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To note, Chahal is just one wicket away from becoming the leading wicket-taker for India in T20Is. He along with Bhuvneshwar Kumar are the joint leading wicket-taker for India with 90 scalps each. However, it seems like Chahal has wait for his chances to achieve that feat.
Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal T20 stats:
- Kuldeep played 25 matches and scalped 44 wickets.
- Chahal has played 74 matches and took 90 wickets.
- Kuldeep’s best bowling figure is 5/24 and Chahal’s best is 6/25.
- The left-arm spinner has a better economy rate than the right-arm leg spinner.
- Yuzvendra Chahal’s economy is 8.18 and Kuldeep’s economy is 6.89.
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Playing XIs:
India: Ishan Kishan (wk), Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (c), Deepak Hooda, Washington Sundar, Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep Yadav, Umran Malik, Arshdeep Singh
NewZealand: Finn Allen, Devon Conway (wk), Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner (c), Michael Bracewell, Jacob Duffy, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson, Blair Tickner
IND vs NZ 1st T20: The KulCha conundrum, Rahul Dravid & Hardik Pandya face big selection dilemma for Ranchi T20, Follow LIVE Updates
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