Third Twenty20 International between New Zealand and India: Player records and upcoming milestones. To break the New Zealand record for most T20I runs in a calendar year, Glenn Phillips still needs 17 more runs.
After being let down by the first T20I’s cancellation due to rain. New Zealand has to deal with a Suryakumar Yadav storm in the second T20I, which contest in Mount Maunganui. Suryakumar humiliated the Kiwis by scoring 111* off just 51, despite struggling to score runs in the shortest international format. The hosts are behind 1-0 after losing by a score of 65 runs going into the crucial game. The decision-making process happens in McLean Park in Napier on November 22, 2022.
The top-ranked T20I player Suryakumar once more display his incredible skills as the Kiwi bowlers were crush. The 32-year-11-old’s fours and seven maximums helped the Men in Blue post a massive score of 191/6 in their allotted 20 overs. Captain of the BlackCaps Kane Williamson responded by scoring a half-century at a lower strike rate of just 117.31, far short of the target. Part-time bowler Deepak Hooda chosen from the Indian bowlers for his 4/10 spell.
Williamson is schedule to skip the decisive game because of his schedule medical visit. Tim Southee, a seasoned and senior pacer, will command the Kiwis in place of their normal skipper. Williamson has been replace in the starting XI by Mark Chapman, who has been call up. With nine straight T20I (bilateral) losses to India, New Zealand will want to win the Napier game and tie the series at one game each. The India team, though, is led by Hardik Pandya, and is hoping for a series win after finishing last in the T20 World Cup.
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Before the third Twenty20 International between India and New Zealand, take note of these figures and statistics:
21 T20 international matches between New Zealand and India have been play. With the Kiwis winning on nine of those occasions and India on 12. Both teams have faced off against each other 11 times in New Zealand, with India winning seven games and the home team four.
Rishabh Pant (976), who needs 24 runs to reach 1000 in T20Is, is currently at 976.
Rishabh Pant (3939) must score 61 runs in order to surpass the milestone of 4000 runs across all forms.
1 – In T20 international matches, James Neesham (49) needs one more four to reach 50 fours.
Ish Sodhi (199) needs just one more victim to get 200 wickets in international cricket.
3 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar (37), who will overtake Joshua Little (39 in 2022), who now holds the record for most T20I wickets in a calendar year, needs three more scalps to pass him.
Glenn Phillips (662) needs 17 runs to surpass Martin Guptill (678 in 2021) and surpass him as the New Zealand batsman with the most T20 International runs in a calendar year.
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