India vs New Zealand Team Announcement: New Zealand has announced its T20 team for the tour of India. Mitchell Santner will captain the T20 series for New Zealand. This time the team has given a chance to two new players. Ben Lister and Henry Shipley will play T20 matches for New Zealand for the first time. Along with these, many experienced players have also been included in the team. The three-match T20 series between India and New Zealand will start from January 27. At the same time, before this the ODI series will also be played.
The first match of the T20 series will be played between India and New Zealand on January 27 in Ranchi. New Zealand has handed over the captaincy to Mitchell Santner for this series. Earlier the team has been announced for the ODI series. New Zealand has given Ben Lister and Henry Shipley a chance for the first time for the T20 series. Both these players have performed well in domestic matches. For this reason, both have been included in the team for the tour of India.
If we look at Henry Shipley’s domestic T20 record, he has taken 28 wickets in 33 matches. Along with this, he has also scored 298 runs in 20 innings. His best score in this has been 39 not out. Talking about Ben Lister, he has taken 40 wickets in 39 matches. During this, his best performance has been taking 3 wickets for 21 runs.
New Zealand T20 squad against India: Mitchell Santner (c), Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Dane Cleaver, Devon Conway, Jacob Duffy, Lockie Ferguson, Ben Lister, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Michael Rippon, Henry Shipley, Ish Sodhi, Blair Tickner
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