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Abhishek Sharma

Arshdeep Singh

Axar Rajeshbhai Patel

Hardik Himanshu Pandya

Harshit Pradeep Rana

Ishan Pranav Kumar Pandey Kishan

Jasprit Jasbirsingh Bumrah

Jitesh Mohan Sharma

Rahul Kannaur Lokesh

Kuldeep Yadav

Mohammed Siraj

Kaki Nitish Kumar Reddy

Muralikrishna Prasidh Krishna

Ravi Bishnoi

Ravindrasinh Anirudhsinh Jadeja

Rinku Khanchand Singh

Rohit Gurunath Sharma

Sanju Viswanath Samson

Shivam Dube

Shreyas Santosh Iyer

Shubman Singh Gill

Suryakumar Ashok Yadav

Namboori Thakur Tilak Varma

Varun Chakaravarthy Vinod

Virat Kohli

Washington Sundar

New Zealand

Benjamin Vincent Sears

Bevon-John Jacobs

Cole Edward McConchie

Dane Cleaver

Daryl Joseph Mitchell

Devon Philip Conway

Finnley Hugh Allen

Glenn Dominic Phillips

Henry Michael Nicholls

Inderbir Singh Sodhi

Jacob Andrew Duffy

James Douglas Sheahan Neesham

Jayden Richard Lennox

Joshua Andrew Clarkson

Katene Dalton Clarke

Kristian David Charles Clarke

Kyle Alex Jamieson

Lachlan Hammond Ferguson

Mark Sinclair Chapman

Matthew James Henry

Michael Gordon Bracewell

Mitchell James Hay

Mitchell Josef Santner

Nathan Gregory Smith

Nicholas Frederick Kelly

Rachin Ravindra

Timothy Blake Robinson

Tim Louis Seifert

Thomas Ackland Blundell

Thomas William Maxwell Latham

William Alexander Young

Zakary Glen Foulkes

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India tour of New Zealand 2022

The first of three T20Is between India and New Zealand saw rain getting the better of both teams as the game gets abandoned due to incessant showers. While the stubborn rain did not show any signs of relenting, players from both teams still managed to square off with each other. In a game of footvolley, the players from both teams did not let the rain put a damper on their spirits as they shared a jolly match in footvolley and cricket took a backseat.&nbsp;

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Watch: India and New Zealand players involve themselves in fun footvolley as rain plays spoilsport in first T20I

In what came as a disappointing development, the first T20I between India and New Zealand on November 18 (Friday) was called-off without a single ball bowled as the rain Gods showed no mercy at the Sky Stadium in Wellington.

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India vs New Zealand: Rain plays spoilsport as 1st T20I abandoned without a single ball bowled

After crashing out of the recently-concluded T20 World Cup, semi-finalists India have been forced to think of rejigging the team.

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India vs New Zealand: What is the ideal batting position for Rishabh Pant in T20Is? Wasim Jaffer answers

The toss for the first T20I between India and New Zealand was on November 18 (Friday) delayed due to heavy rains and the grounds remained under covers, the official Twitter handle of New Zealand Cricket announced.

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India vs New Zealand, 1st T20I: 'Heavy rain' in Wellington delays toss until further notice

After the just concluded T20 World Cup failure, bigwigs-less India will look to start afresh in the T20I series against New Zealand with their new leader Hardik Pandya. The Men in Blue and Kiwis will lock horns with each other in the T20I series opener at the Wellington Regional Stadium on Friday (November 18).

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After T20 WC jolt, Hardik-led Team India to make another fresh start with New Zealand Twenty20 series

The Indian team, after crashing out of the recently concluded T20 World Cup, is looking to regroup and make amends for their past failings.

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‘He leads by example both on and off the field’: VVS Laxman hails India's stand-in skipper ahead of 1st T20I vs New Zealand

India's young bowling phenom Arshdeep Singh's surge in the cricketing world in such a short span speaks volume about his skillset. In no time he has become one of India's most bankable bowlers in the death-overs. The 23-year-old left-arm India pacer was one of the positives of India's T20 World Cup campaign that ended with a semifinal defeat to eventual champions England. Meanwhile, former South African star Jonty Rhodes feels Arshdeep Singh has grown tremendously as a cricketer and has great potential but comparing him to the great Wasim Akram will put him under pressure.

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Jonty Rhodes against Arshdeep's comparison with Wasim Akram, says 'he's someone who...'

India and New Zealand gearing up to lock horns with each other for the three-match T20I series followed by as many ODIs. Ahead of the T20I series, the two captains Hardik and Williamson shared a ride and peddled along on a crocodile bike in Wellington

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Watch: Hardik Pandya and Kane Williamson peddle a ride together on a 'Crocodile Bike' ahead of IND-NZ series

India were unsuccessful in their bid to win the T20 World Cup in Australia, losing to eventual winners England in the semifinals in what was a closely-fought match.

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Ahead of 1st T20I vs New Zealand, skipper Hardik Pandya reveals 'road map for 2024 T20 WC starts from now but...' 

Speculations have been running rife and nearly all the speculations tell indicate to Hardik Pandya as the frontrunner for the captaincy role in the T20I format.

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Kane Williamson chimes in on the Indian captaincy debate, calls Hardik Pandya ‘a special cricketer’

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CSK head coach Stephen Fleming has backed his match-winner Sanju Samson and dismissed talks around whether his form is an area of concern.

Sanju Samson has registered 2 single-digit scores in CSK jersey this season.

CSK head coach Stephen Fleming expects Samson to come good in upcoming matches. 

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'He's not going to score every time': CSK head coach Fleming defends Samson

Virat Kohli has reacted to jokes around him being RCB's fifth overseas player since he has moved to London, England.

Virat Kohli plays only One-Day format and the IPL.

Kohli often flies back to England to be with his family. 

Virat Kohli finally reacts to jokes around being called RCB's 'overseas player' 

Explosive wicketkeeper-batter Heinrich Klaasen confirmed that he won't come out of retirement from international cricket.

Heinrich Klaasen thought about coming out of retirement for two weeks. 

Klaasen retired from international cricket to spend more time with family. 

Heinrich Klaasen

'I wanted to come back, spoke to Markram': Klaasen on retirement U-turn thoughts

For the second consecutive match, Punjab Kings exceeded the allotted time to bowl 20 overs and the whole team has been slapped with a fine.

Punjab Kings bowlers bowled 15 wides and a no ball.

Shreyas Iyer has already been fined Rs 36 lakh in two IPL 2026 games. 

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BCCI doubles Shreyas Iyer's fine, punishes entire PBKS Playing XI after CSK game

Punjab Kings are currently leading the table after winning both their matches. In their latest game against Chennai, they chased down a big target of 210 runs with ease.


PBKS topped the IPL points table after dominating win vs CSK. 

CSK are 10th in IPL 2026 points table tally. 

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IPL 2026 Points Table: Punjab Kings thrash CSK, go top of standings

The Indian team management and selectors Hardik Pandya to bowl his full quota of 10 overs in ODIs if the need arises.

Hardik Pandya has been building his bowling workload to bowl 10 overs in an ODI.

Pandya bowled his full quota of 10 overs in Vijay Hazare Trophy clash earlier this year.

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