Heavy rain delayed the first game of the three-match T20I series between India and New Zealand . Both teams were eliminated from the T20 World Cup semi-finals after finishing in the top 10 .
Wellington (New Zealand), November 18 : Due to heavy rain at Sky Stadium in Wellington, the first game of the three-match T20I series between India and New Zealand was called off on Friday, with neither team able to get past their World Cup exits.Both teams will face Mount Maunganui on Sunday for the second T20I of the three-match series.The event was called off just after 20:51 (local time) and was ultimately postponed.Starting from November 25, New Zealand and India will face off in a three-match ODI series in the form of a T20I series.
On Friday, Team India vowed to put the displeasure of leaving the T20 World Cup behind them when they meet New Zealand in the first of three T20 Internationals.After finishing in the top 10, New Zealand was eliminated from the T20 World Cup semi-finals, just like India.New Zealanders enter a new age as their selectors opted against picking Martin Guptill and Trent Boult, the latter being due to his absence from a central contract.In the Indian team, players such as Sanju Samson, Shreyas Iyer, and Umran Malik have been given opportunity.Hardik Pandya (C), Rishabh Pant (vc & wk), Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Surya Kumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson (wk), W Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harshal Patel, Mohd. Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Daryl Mitchell, Adam Milne, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, and Blair Tickner.