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PREVIEW: New Zealand have pulled off series wins over India in India for the first time in Tests and ODIs in the span of just over a year. Can they pull off a first in a proper T20I series too, discounting the one-off match they won in 2012? They've had two previous attempts, in 2017 and 2023. Both were three-match series, both went into deciders, and both times India finished 2-1 up.

All this lends this five-match series plenty of spice even before you throw in the fact that it's the last series for both teams before the T20 World Cup.

Both teams missed key players during the ODIs. However, they will be at or near full strength during the T20Is. Regular white-ball captain Mitchell Santner is back for New Zealand, as are the likes of Rachin Ravindra, Matt Henry and Jacob Duffy. Jasprit Bumrah is back for India, as are the two key allrounders they missed so much during the ODIs: Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel.

India have won eight bilateral T20I series back-to-back since winning the T20 World Cup in June 2024. They have a 29-5 record in the format (including two Super-Over wins) since that final in Bridgetown. They aren't without worries, but they are as formidable and complete as any international T20 team can realistically hope to be.

New Zealand outspun India in the ODI series, and New Zealand's batters outperformed India's batters by disrupting the spinners. In both those contexts, Axar Patel, who returns after being rested for the ODIs, could be a crucial player for India: a tall, quick, stump-seeking spinner who can be hard to sweep, and a vital member of their middle order as someone who specialises in going after spin.

India captain Suryakumar Yadav has confirmed that Ishan Kishan, and not Shreyas Iyer, will take the place of Tilak Varma. That leaves the question of who slots in at No. 8 between batting allrounder Shivam Dube and bowling allrounder Harshit Rana. If Nagpur provides a dry, grippy pitch such as the one these two teams played their T20 World Cup match on in 2016, India might think of playing both their wristspinners.

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TEAMS & PLAYERS FOR TODAY:
India TEAM: Sanju Samson(w) - Abhishek Sharma - Suryakumar Yadav(c) - Shreyas Iyer - Hardik Pandya - Shivam Dube - Rinku Singh - Ishan Kishan - Axar Patel - Harshit Rana - Ravi Bishnoi - Kuldeep Yadav - Jasprit Bumrah - Varun Chakaravarthy - Arshdeep Singh

New Zealand TEAM: Tim Robinson - Devon Conway(w) - Rachin Ravindra - Mark Chapman - Daryl Mitchell - James Neesham - Glenn Phillips - Michael Bracewell - Mitchell Santner(c) - Kyle Jamieson - Ish Sodhi - Jacob Duffy - Matt Henry - Bevon Jacobs - Kristian Clarke - Zakary Foulkes