India and New Zealand eye crucial series lead as Bay Oval plays host to the second T20I

With the first T20I washed out, both India and New Zealand will be hopeful of a result in the upcoming contest. The situation for both the teams stands exactly identical with the T20 World Cup wounds yet to be healed.

As Team India challenges the Kiwis in the latter’s backyard, a lot will be depending on a few fresh faces as they look forward to laying down the marker for a better posterity. The Kiwis, on the contrary, will be excited to explore their raw flair up front in the form of an on-song Devon Conway and an explosive Finn Allen taking the charge.

The Indian bowling unit will most likely be resorting to a few experiments too as the old duo of Kuldeep and Chahal would probably be looking forward to partner again. It will also be interesting to see whether rising pace sensation Umran Malik makes a name for himself in the ongoing T20I series.

New Zealand will be without the likes of Trent Boult, their primary fast bowling spearhead while Tim Southee will be leading the Kiwi charge. The hosts will be hopeful of a showdown from the new faces in the side who are expected to be the standard-bearers of the Blackcaps’ future.

Venue Watch:

A total of 12 T20I matches have been played at the venue and the teams batting first have won 9 of these games. The average first innings score is 165 while the average score while chasing drops down to 145. These numbers give us a basic idea about the toss playing a crucial factor in the contest.

Head-to-head:

Matches played: 20

India: 9

New Zealand: 9

Match Details:

India vs New Zealand

Bay Oval

20th November 2022

12:00 PM IST

Squads:

India:

Hardik Pandya (c), Rishabh Pant (vc), Ishan Kishan, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik

New Zealand:

Kane Williamson (C), Michael Bracewell, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Finn Allen, Devon Conway, Glenn Phillips, Lockie Ferguson, Adam Milne, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Blair Tickner.