India vs New Zealand 2026 1st T20I Match Live Score and Updates: Reigning World Cup champions Team India will begin a five-match series against the Black Caps at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Thursday.
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Shreyas Iyer’s Team India will take on New Zealand in 1st T20 at Christchurch on Thursday(Image: AI)
IND vs NZ 2026 1st T20I match Live Score: New Zealand will be eyeing revenge over India for their loss in the T20 World Cup 2026 final earlier this year when they begin a five-match T20I series against them at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch on ThursdayShreyas Iyer’s side have endured a packed schedule before landing in New Zealand after a sharing a T20I series with West Indies 2-2 at home.
Mitchell Santner’s side will look to catch the Indians unaware in pace-friendly early summer conditions in New Zealand for the T20I seriesIndians suffered in similar conditions in Ireland and England earlier this year losing T20I series with 2-0 and 4-0 margin to them respectively.
The visitors will bank on the experience of veteran pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who last bowled in an international match in Napier back in 2022Bhuvneshwar will be expected to share the new ball with Arshdeep Singh and Shreyas Iyer’s side can also call up Varun Chakravarthy, who has been deemed fit to play in the series.
But the Indian batters will need to back up the bowling attack in face of New Zealand pacers like Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson and Nathan SmithIndians, though, will be buoyed by the fact that they hold a 19-11 win-loss record in T20I matches against New Zealand.
India vs New Zealand 2026 1st T20I match Predicted 11
India: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer (c), Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Prince Yadav/ Varun Chakravarthy, Arshdeep Singh
New Zealand: Finn Allen, Tim Seifert (wk), Devon Conway, Glenn Phillips, Daryl Mitchell, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Nathan Smith, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson
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