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Series: New Zealand tour of India, 2026
Venue: Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
Date & Time: Today, 7:00 PM LOCAL

Team news:
By his admission, Suryakumar Yadav continues to hit the ball well in the nets. Outside of it, he has had to dead bat more questions about not taking it beyond lately. The India captain, five games away now from leading the defending champions in a home World Cup, staunchly offers that the substance will come and that the style remains non-negotiable.

He can afford to comedically sidestep some of the inquisition, for India are unarguably the best T20I team in the world at the moment. Since the Rohit Sharma-Rahul Dravid combine delivered the world title in 2024, India have won 29 of the 36 matches played in this format. They may have created a potential stumbling block for themselves by shuffling the top-order deck and messing with the balance of the side with the re-introduction of Shubman Gill but even that is in the past now. Sanju Samson is reunited with Abhishek Sharma at the top and there's room for Rinku Singh to return as the finisher.



When: India vs New Zealand, 1st T20I, January 21, 07:00 PM IST

Where: Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur

What to expect: A black soil pitch and some joy for bowlers? The venue hasn't seen too many big scores in the 13 T20Is played there so far. India have a 2-2 win-loss record in the four fixtures they've played there, but ignominiously, the lowest T20I total at this venue also belongs to them - 79 against New Zealand in the 2016 T20 World Cup.

Team News:

India

"Ishan will play at No.3. He's in our World Cup team and we picked him first... I think he's our best bet at No.3"

Suryakumar Yadav put an early end to any doubts and speculation about who will come in for the injured Tilak Varma in the first three fixtures. Ishan, who is also in the World Cup squad, will get the nod ahead of Shreyas Iyer.

Probable XI:Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel/Kuldeep Yadav, Varun CV, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh

New Zealand

The visitors will welcome back the trio of Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry and Mark Chapman from injuries. All three should walk into the XI. New Zealand could also look to add a second spinner to the mix, which should bring Ish Sodhi in.

Tim Robinson, who isn't in the World Cup squad, will slot in at the top for the start of the India series alongside Devon Conway, while Finn Allen and Tim Seifert are away on BBL assignments. That pair however, is expected to join the squad for the back end of the series, as are Lockie Ferguson and Adam Milne.

Probable XI: Tim Robinson, Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Michael Bracewell, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner (c), Ish Sodhi, Matt Henry, Jacob Duffy