Time for Ishan, Hooda to fireplace as skipper Pandya faces must-win conditions in opposition to New Zealand

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Time for Ishan, Hooda to fireplace as skipper Pandya faces must-win conditions in opposition to New Zealand

India must enhance their recreation because the Hardik Pandya-led facet face a must-win scenario to degree the three-match T20I sequence in opposition to New Zealand right here on Sunday.

India fell into the lure of spin on the Ranchi pitch on Friday and misplaced their opener by 21 runs.

The loss additionally uncovered the carelessness of India’s bowling, particularly by the tempo duo of Arshdeep Singh and Umran Malik.

If quick bowler Malik gave 16 runs in a single over, then Arshdeep took 27 runs within the final over, which elevated the strain on the Indian batsmen whereas chasing the goal.

That expensive over from the younger left-arm pacer was the turning level as he bought smashed for 3 sixes and a 4.

India’s batsmen bought off to a poor begin with the highest three scoring simply 15 runs. The hosts scored 155/9, which might have been a par rating to defend on the wicket as said by Washington Sundar after the match.

“150 would have been par and we would have been very happy with that,” mentioned the India all-rounder.

Skipper Pandya, nevertheless, is unlikely to usher in uncapped quick bowler Mukesh Kumar for the second T20I and can probably bounce again Arshdeep.

Kishan, Hooda below scanner

While Shubman Gill, who has been in scintillating kind in ODIs, has performed simply 4 T20Is and remains to be studying the nuances of the shortest format, the larger fear would be the two key batsmen Ishan Kishan and Deepak Hooda.

Holding the opening spot, Kishan is nowhere close to the ominous kind he confirmed throughout his record-breaking ODI double hundred in opposition to Bangladesh final December.

Since then, Ishaan’s scores within the final seven innings in each ODIs and T20Is learn 37, 2, 1, 5, 8 no, 17 and 4.

If one solely considers T20Is, it has been some time since he scored a fifty in opposition to South Africa on June 14, 2022.

Hooda has additionally not discovered a lot success as a lower-middle-order batsman, averaging solely 17.88 within the final 13 innings, with a highest rating of 41 not out in opposition to Sri Lanka on the Wankhede.

His knock of 10 runs off 10 balls at No.7 on Friday did not appear to make an impression and the rotation of the strike additionally got here below scrutiny, particularly when the New Zealand spinners had been bowling.

With India unlikely to check out newcomer Jitesh Sharma within the wicketkeeper-batsman function within the center order on Sunday, time is actually working out for Hooda and Kishan.

Despite Friday’s loss, there was a giant constructive for India within the type of Washington Sundar, who not solely bowled 4 overs of spin to select up two wickets but in addition completed as India’s top-scorer with a 28-ball 50 at No.6.

With No. 1 ranked T20 batsman Suryakumar Yadav in wonderful kind, India will want somebody within the top-order to step up their recreation and hit some huge hits, contemplating the large boundaries right here on the Ekana Stadium.

The Kiwis, alternatively, could be searching for one other win in India to seal a memorable sequence win. They will as soon as once more rely closely on the in-form pairing of Devon Conway and Daryl Mitchell.

Teams (from)
India: Hardik Pandya (c), Suryakumar Yadav (vc), Ishan Kishan (wk), Shubman Gill, Prithvi Shaw, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik, Shivam Mavi and Mukesh Kumar.

New Zealand: Mitchell Santner (c), Finn Allen, Devon Conway (wk), Glenn Phillips, Dane Cleaver (wk), Mark Chapman, Michael Bracewell, Daryl Mitchell, Michael Rippon, Lockie Ferguson, Ish Sodhi, Blair Tickner, Jacob Duffy, Henry Shipley and Ben Lister.
Match Start: 7 PM.


With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS

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