Today, the second match between India and New Zealand will be played. Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow, will host the match. The stadium can encapsulate 50,000 spectators.
The weather will be a bit cooler during the game hours. The last T20 that was held on this ground was 11 months ago. In that match, the host smashed 199 at the loss of 2 wickets. The most recent match played on this surface was between South Africa and India in October.
The expected Indian team for this match is Ishan Kishan (wk), Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (c), Deepak Hooda, Washington Sundar, Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep Yadav, Umran Malik, and Arshdeep Singh.
The visitors are expected to come without any change, so the most expected team will be Finn Allen, Devon Conway (wk), Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner (c), Michael Bracewell, Jacob Duffy, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson, and Blair Tickner.
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