Sports · Cricket · 3 hrs ago
India face New Zealand in final T20I after securing series
India play New Zealand in the final T20I on Sunday at Seddon Park in Hamilton.
India have already secured the five-match series 3-1, so the match will not change the series winner.
New Zealand won the fourth match in Auckland by 87 runs, with Glenn Phillips scoring 107 and Jacob Duffy taking four wickets.
India could bring in Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and the unused spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakaravarthy, but the teams have not confirmed their lineups.
Selection questions follow a defeat that exposed concerns about India's bowling and reliance on its top-order batters.
India will look to finish the tour with a win and carry momentum into the ODI leg, which begins November 4.
India face New Zealand in the fifth and final T20I at Seddon Park in Hamilton on Sunday, November 1.
India have already secured the five-match series, leading 3-1.
New Zealand won the fourth T20I by 87 runs in Auckland.
India may make changes to give players who have not featured in the series a chance.
Selection questions include whether Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakaravarthy will play.
- Who
- India and New Zealand.
- What
- They will play the fifth and final T20I of the series.
- When
- Sunday, November 1.
- Where
- Seddon Park in Hamilton, New Zealand.
- Why
- It is the final match of the five-match T20I series; India have already secured the series.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
India secured the five-match series by taking a 3-1 lead.
New Zealand beat India by 87 runs in the fourth T20I at Eden Park in Auckland.
India and New Zealand are scheduled to play the fifth and final T20I at Seddon Park in Hamilton.
- Series score
- India lead 3-1
- Final match
- Fifth T20I
- Match date
- November 1
- Venue
- Seddon Park, Hamilton
- Fourth-match result
- New Zealand won by 87 runs