Things need to know before India Vs New Zealand first T20 match

In recent times, New Zealand has been exceptionally well in T20 matches, especially in Wellington. They had won 4 out of their last 5 Matches, two of them against Pakistan and one against West Indies and other against England.

Coming to the performance of New Zealand in T20s against India, two years back they had won the series 2-3 on Nov 7, 2017 in India. However, in all 5 matches held toss winning team had won the matches. Hence, toss can play a crucial role in upcoming T20 matches for both the teams.

India might face some problems given their most dependable batsman is not playing the T20 series. Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni are top run scorers against New Zealand for India scoring 197 and 162 in 5 and 8 innings respectively. Not only the top batsman but also top bowler for India Jusprit Bumrah is also not playing, so New Zealand will somewhere hold the advantage over the visitors.

However, MS Dhoni is playing the T20 series which could be the x-factor from an Indian perspective. With MS Dhoni is back, the Dhoni-Kedar duo can seem to be dangerous for host side and hence, they will need to plan ahead for this duo.

Colin Munro who had scored 109* against India at Rajkot back in 2017, confirms his threat in the upcoming matches. However, he was not good with the bat or ball in ODI series held a couple of weeks ago.

Ish Sodhi has been exceptionally outstanding with his bowling performance against India taking 8 wickets in 4 innings in T20. Not only Sodhi but Trent Boult being the talent he is could be a crucial bet for New Zealand.

Here, we can say that by seeing the stats, players and a team line up of India and New Zealand, home team are in great advantage along home conditions for them. But, the continuous performance of India in overseas can't be neglected. Their win against Australia was exceptional and with the winning momentum on their side, they would love to continue their form. Overall, it's going to be a classic match with sixes raining in the stadium by both the sides having a destroyable lineup.