IND vs NZ: The New Zealand cricket team is ready to make a fresh start leaving behind the T20 World Cup defeat. The Kiwi team, led by Kane Williamson, is going to be seen in a completely new avatar for their first mission against India. Regarding this, the New Zealand Cricket Board also made two big announcements on Tuesday (November 15). In this, a team of 13 players was first announced for the ODI and T20 series. After this the new jersey of the team was also launched.
New Zealand Cricket took to its official social media account to reveal the first glimpse of the new jersey and also shared pictures of some of the players. Along with this, while giving information in his post, he told that in the first T20 match against India to be held in Wellington on November 18, the team will take the field with this new jersey.Significantly, ahead of the jersey launch, the Blackcaps also announced their squad for the upcoming limited overs series against India starting on Friday. Under two major changes, star fast bowler and experienced opener Martin Guptill was not given a place in the team. Instead of Guptill, the team decided to go with 23-year-old young batsman Finn Allen. At the same time, in the absence of Bolt, he has given Matt Henry a chance in ODIs and Blair Tickner in T20.
New Zealand T20 team:Kane Williamson (c), Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Daryl Mitchell, Adam Milne, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Blair Tickner
New Zealand ODI Team:Kane Williamson (c), Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Adam Milne, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee
India-New Zealand series schedule:First T20: 18 November, Friday, Wellington
Second T20: 20 November, Sunday, Tauranga
Third T20: 22 November, Tuesday: Napier
First ODI: November 25, Friday, Auckland
2nd ODI: November 27, Sunday, Hamilton
3rd ODI: 30 November, Wednesday, Christchurch