On Sunday, India and New Zealand will play in the ICC T20 World Cup. Both squads have lost their previous matches and will be focused on winning this clash at the Dubai International Stadium.
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As this is the virtual qualifier match, team India has lost its first match in this competition and must now win this match in order to advance to the semi-finals. Team India will face a difficult task in defeating New Zealand. New Zealand appears to have the upper hand in ICC tournaments based on prior results.
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India clash with New Zealand two times in ICC, Kiwis won
The Indian squad has yet to defeat New Zealand in any ICC competition since the 2003 World Cup. India was eliminated from the T20 World Cup in 2007 after losing to New Zealand. The Indian squad was then eliminated from the 2016 T20 World Cup. Apart from that, a match between the two countries in the ODI World Cup in 2019 remained inconclusive, while India was beaten by 18 runs in the same ODI World Cup semi-finals.
Not only that, but New Zealand's squad won the World Test Championship this year, defeating India in the final.
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So far, the teams have played 16 Twenty20 International matches, with New Zealand winning eight of them. Six of India's matches have been won, while two have been drawn. New Zealand is more stronger in this point of view. Despite the fact that the Indian team is also very powerful, they will have to execute at a high level to win.
India team: All eyes on these players
Both the batsmen and the bowlers will have to play well if India is to win the match against New Zealand. Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul, who bombed in the last encounter, would be expected to get off to a good start this time. Virat Kohli, the Indian captain, had a terrific performance in the last encounter and scoring runs off his bat will be a good indication for the team.
Indian team Predicted XI:
KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami