The five-match T20 series between India and New Zealand will start from today. Compared to the ODI series, Team India will see many different players in the T20 series. You will be surprised to know that seven star players who played in the ODI series are not part of the T20 series. This also includes many such players who have now said goodbye to T20 International.

Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Siraj are not part of Team India in the T20 series. In their place, Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav will be seen in the T20 team. The captain of the Indian team in the ODI series was Shubman Gill, but in the T20 team, the command of Team India will be in the hands of Suryakumar Yadav.

First T20 between India and New Zealand today

The first match of the five-match T20 series between India and New Zealand will be played today i.e. on Wednesday, January 21 in Nagpur. Both the teams will clash at Vidarbha Cricket Stadium. The toss of this match will take place at 6.30 pm, while the match will start at 7 pm. You will be able to watch live matches on Star Sports Network channels on TV. Whereas on mobile the match will come on Jiostar app.

Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium pitch report

The first T20 match between India and New Zealand will be played on a black soil pitch. Bowlers will get help here. There have not been many big scores in the 13 T20 International matches played so far on this ground. Team India has played four T20 matches on this ground so far. During this period, the Indian team has won 2 matches, while it has faced defeat in two matches. India has the lowest score in T20 on this ground. Team India could score only 79 runs against New Zealand in the 2016 T20 World Cup.

Probable playing eleven of New Zealand- Tim Robinson, Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Michael Bracewell, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner (captain), Ish Sodhi, Matt Henry, Jacob Duffy.

India’s probable playing eleven- Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dubey, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakraborty, Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh.