Teams of India and New Zealand will clash to remain in the semi-final race, know live updates here

IND vs NZ, T20 LIVE: In the ICC T20 World Cup (ICC T20 WC), today the teams of India (IND) and New Zealand (NZ) will be eyeing to register their first win. In the last match, India and New Zealand had to face defeat against Pakistan. In such a situation, this match is very important to maintain the hopes of reaching the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup. Under the leadership of Virat Kohli, Team India will try to win this match at any cost. Although New Zealand’s team is also very strong. So it is expected that the match will be very exciting.

Team India could not beat New Zealand in ICC tournament for 18 years
After the 2003 World Cup, the Indian team has not been able to beat New Zealand in the ICC tournament so far. In the year 2007, India had to face defeat against New Zealand in the T20 World Cup. After this, the Indian team was also defeated in the 2016 T20 World Cup. In the year 2019, a match between the two teams in the ODI World Cup was inconclusive, while India were defeated by 18 runs in the semi-finals of the 2019 ODI World Cup. New Zealand team defeated India in the final of the World Test Championship held in the same year.

Head to head statistics of India and New Zealand teams in T20 Internationals
A total of 16 T20 matches have been played between the teams of India and New Zealand so far, out of which New Zealand has won eight matches. Apart from this, India has won six matches, while two matches were tied. From this point of view also, New Zealand has the upper hand. Although the Indian team is also very strong.

Toss will play a very important role
In the T20 World Cup being played in the UAE, the toss plays a very important role on the grounds of Dubai and Sharjah. If we look at the statistics, a total of 15 matches have been played on the Dubai ground so far, out of which 14 matches have been won by the team that bowled first. Due factor is very important on the field, so the team winning the toss would prefer to bowl.

India’s Probable Playing XI
Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakraborty, Jasprit Bumrah.

New Zealand’s Probable Playing XI
Kane Williamson (c), Martin Guptill, Daryl Mitchell, Devon Conway, Glenn Phillips, Jimmy Neesham, Tim Seifert (wk), Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Trent Boult.