Team India, which came to bat first after losing the toss against New Zealand in the T20 World Cup final, has made a great start. Sanju Samson scored a brilliant half century and is still present at the crease.
Ahmedabad: Sanju Samson has completed his half century against New Zealand in the T20 World Cup final. He was out after scoring 88 runs on 46 balls. Earlier, India had suffered the only blow in the form of Abhishek Sharma (52 runs in 21 balls). After losing the toss and opting to bat first at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Team India has scored 203 runs for 2 wickets in 15.1 overs. Ishan Kishan (43) is at the crease.
The pair of Sanju and Abhishek gave a stormy start to India. Both added 98 runs for the first wicket. Abhishek Sharma, who returned to form, played a blistering inning of 52 runs in just 21 balls, which included three sixes and six fours. Abhishek returned to the pavilion in the eighth over after being caught by the wicketkeeper off the ball of Rachin Ravindra. After this, Ishan Kishan and Sanju Samson, who came to the crease, have made a partnership of 93 runs so far. New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner won the toss and asked India to bat first at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
The New Zealand team has come with one change. Fast bowler Jacob Duffy has returned to the team in place of Cole McConchie. At the same time, India has not made any changes in its semi-final team. Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav made it clear that if he had won the toss, he would have chosen to bat first. Let’s take a look at the playing eleven of both the teams…
India: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Varun Chakraborty, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah.
New Zealand: Tim Seifert (wk), Finn Allen, Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner (c), Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, Jacob Duffy.
Whenever India and New Zealand have faced each other in the T20 World Cup, the Kiwi team has always won. In the three matches between the two teams, New Zealand won all three times. New Zealand defeated India by 10 runs in 2007, by 47 runs in 2016 and by 8 wickets in 2021. To lift the cup in Ahmedabad, India will also have to change its history of never winning against the Kiwis in the T20 World Cup.