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IND vs NZ T20I Live Streaming: The ODI series played between India and New Zealand has ended and Team India has faced a disappointing defeat in it. After losing the series at home, the Indian team now faces a big challenge to prove itself in the T20 format. The five-match T20 International series between the two teams is going to start from January 21, which is considered very important for the preparations for the T20 World Cup 2026. This tournament will start from 7th February.
Team India’s challenges before the T20 series
Before the T20 series, many players of the Indian team have suffered injuries, which has dealt a blow to the team. Young batsman Tilak Verma and all-rounder Washington Sundar are injured. In the absence of these two, the team management has once again included Shreyas Iyer and Ravi Bishnoi in the T20 squad.
However, Shreyas Iyer has been given a place in the team only for the first three matches. Tilak Verma is not completely out of the series yet and his fitness is being monitored.
Timings of all matches
All five T20 matches played between India and New Zealand will start at 7:00 pm Indian time. The toss of each match will take place at 6:30 pm.
Complete schedule of India vs New Zealand T20 series
1st T20: 21 January – Nagpur
Second T20: 23 January – Raipur
3rd T20: 25 January – Guwahati
4th T20: 28 January – Visakhapatnam
Fifth T20: 31 January – Thiruvananthapuram
Indian team for T20 series
Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel (vice-captain), Rinku Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakraborty, Washington Sundar and Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper).
New Zealand T20I team
Mitchell Santner (captain), Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Jacob Duffy, Jack Foulkes, Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, Bevon Jacobs, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Tim Robinson and Ish.