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Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli (Image credit: Agencies)
NEW DELHI: The ODI bid betwixt India and New Zealand ended successful a 2-1 triumph for the visitors, leaving the hosts searching for answers. India won the opening lucifer but mislaid the 2nd and 3rd games, allowing New Zealand to seal a uncommon bid triumph.
During the post-match presumption astatine the Holkar Stadium successful Indore, respective Indian players and enactment unit wore dejected expressions, including caput manager Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer,
Ravindra Jadeja
, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Harshit Rana.The disappointment spilled into the stands aft the 3rd ODI, wherever chants of “Gambhir haaye haaye” were allegedly heard from a conception of the assemblage arsenic the squad assembled connected the field. The players appeared taken aback by the reaction.
Shubman Gill connected missed chances, fielding lapses & World Cup mentation aft ODI bid loss
The bid nonaccomplishment has added unit connected Gambhir, who has present overseen different location bid decision during his tenure. It besides underlined New Zealand’s increasing assurance successful Indian conditions. With the 2-1 result, the Black Caps won an ODI bid successful India for the archetypal clip successful 37 years, pursuing their 3-0 Test bid whitewash against India past year.India, however, person small clip to dwell connected the setback. The absorption shifts to the shortest format, with a five-match T20I bid against New Zealand starting Wednesday arsenic portion of the last build-up to the T20 World Cup.
With little than 3 weeks remaining, the bid serves arsenic a captious formal rehearsal.The spotlight volition beryllium connected skipper Suryakumar Yadav. Since taking implicit arsenic India’s T20I skipper successful 2024, helium has led the broadside to a winning percent supra 72, adjacent arsenic his batting signifier has remained nether scrutiny. Playing astatine home, with expectations of defending the T20 World Cup rubric again.WATCH:
IND vs NZ T20I Full Schedule:1st T20I: Jan 21 successful Nagpur from 7 PM IST2nd T20I: Jan 23 successful Raipur from 7 PM IST3rd T20I: Jan 25 successful Guwahati from 7 PM IST4th T20I: Jan 28 successful Visakhapatnam from 7 PM IST5th T20I: Jan 31 successful Thiruvanthapuram from 7 PM ISTIND vs NZ T20I Squads:India: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer, , Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakravarthy, Rinku Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Harshit Rana. New Zealand: Mitchell Santner (captain), Devon Conway, Bevon Jacobs, , Glenn Phillips, Tim Robinson, Jimmy Neesham, Ish Sodi, Zak Foulkes, Mark Chapman, Michael Bracewell, Rachin Ravindra, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Jacob Duffy, Kristian Clarke
