The Indian team is going to start the three-match T20 series against New Zealand in Wellington

Emerging from the sadness of breaking the dream of winning the trophy in the T20 World Cup 2022, the Indian team is going to start the three-match T20 series against New Zealand in Wellington on 18 November. The Indian team has played two World Cups in the T20 format in the last two years but has not learned from its mistakes. In 2021, the team was eliminated in the first round of the World Cup held in UAE. Now in the T20 World Cup held in Australia, the team was deprived of capturing the title by losing by ten wickets in the semi-finals.

In this T20 series against New Zealand, Team India will change entirely and this team will be captained by star all-rounder Hardik Pandya. Players like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have been rested in this T20 series. In such a situation, Captain Hardik Pandya will give a chance to many excellent young players in the playing XI of Team India.

Opening pair can be like this

Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul are not playing in this T20 series against New Zealand. In such a situation, along with young batsman Shubman Gill, explosive opener Ishaan Kishan will go out to open for Team India. Shubman Gill and Ishaan Kishan specialize in explosive batting and both these batsmen have the ability to give Team India a stormy start in the opening.

Ishaan-Shubman can open

Virat Kohli was in fine form in the T20 World Cup in Australia but skipper Rohit Sharma and opener KL Rahul have been criticized for not batting productively in the first six overs of the powerplay. It looks like these three might not get to play many matches in the shortest format before the 2024 World Cup.

In the first T20 match against New Zealand, Ishan Kishan and Shubman Gill can go to the opening but the management can also give Rishabh Pant another chance at the top of the order. India's second-string team is coming down but they also have a good experience. Shubman, who emerged as a star in the T20 World Cup held in New Zealand four years ago, may get a chance to make his T20 debut here.

In the last 12 months, Ishan has been tried at the top of the order. He can further strengthen his claim as an opener with better performance. Here's another opportunity for Sanju Samson to prove his worth. Washington Sundar will return in this series after being fit from injury. He can show his skills with both bat and ball.

Kuldeep-Chahal's duet will be seen again

The difficulties of the Indian team in T20 also increased because the finger-spinning bowlers could not take wickets in the middle overs. In this series, the wrist-spinning pair of Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal can appear again. There was a lot of criticism for not giving Chahal a chance in the T20 World Cup.

India needs another fast bowler to open with Jasprit Bumrah. Umran Malik of Jammu can be a strong contender as his partner. Umran did no better in his first tours of Ireland and England. He will try to get into the rhythm without compromising his pace.

Williamson's attitude will be aggressive

New Zealand, on the other hand, will come out with full force under the captaincy of Kane Williamson. Like India, his team was also eliminated in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup. The team would like to counterattack with a great performance on their grounds. In the T20 World Cup, questions were raised about Williamson's strike rate, in this series he would like to score fast.

Possible playing 11 of both the teams

New Zealand: Finn Allen, Devon Conway (wk), Kane Williamson (c), Glenn Phillips, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Adam Milne, Lockie Ferguson, Blair Tickner.

India: Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant (wk), Deepak Hooda/Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik.