IND vs NZ T20I Series: Head to Head, T20I Stats, Recent Form

Just as time seemed to heal the wounds of the India-New Zealand T20 World Cup 2021 match, the upcoming T20I matches between the two cricketing nations are a grain of salt on the scars. From taking a win in the World Test Championship final to closing the gates to India in the just-concluded T20 World Cup, the down-to-earth side of Kane Williamson has proved to be India’s biggest rivals of late.

As things stand, India and New Zealand will close the horns in the three-game T20I series, followed by two red ball games. The action starts with the cue ball from November 17, Wednesday in Jaipur. After that, the two sides will play in Ranchi (November 19, Friday), before flying to Kolkata for the final game (November 21, Sunday).

Ahead of the three-match T20I series between India and New Zealand, we have a cursory look at their head-to-head, T20I stats and recent form.

Head to Head (All T20I games)

Total number of matches 17
India won with 6
New Zealand won 9
Bound 2

Head to Head (T20I games in India)

Total Matches 5
India won 2
New Zealand won 3

Most runs/Top run getters

India
Player Name Innings/Runs
Rohit Sharma 14/352
Virat Kohli 10/ 311
KL Rahul 6/242

New Zealand
Player Name Innings/Runs
Colin Munro 12/426
Kane Williamson 12/358
Ross Taylor 13/349

Highest Run Scorers

India
Player name Score
Rohit Sharma 80
Shikhar Dhawan 80
Virat Kohli 70

New Zealand
Player name Score
Colin Munro-109*
Kane Williamson 95
Brendon McCullum 91

Most sixes

India
Player name Number of sixes
Rohit Sharma 17
KL Rahul 10
Shreyas Iyer 9

New Zealand
Player name Number of sixes
Colin Munro 24
Tim Seifert 18
Ross Taylor 14

Most Wickets/Top Wicket Takers

India
Player Name Innings/ Wickets
Jasper Bumrah 10/12
Shardul Thakur 6/8
Yuzvendra Chahal 10/7

New Zealand
Player Name Innings/ Wickets
Ish Sodhi 13/19
Mitchell Santner 13/12
Tim Southee 13/11

most hundreds

India (no centuries)

New Zealand
Player Name Number of Hundreds
Colin Munro 1

most fifties

India
Player Name Number of Fifties
Rohit Sharma 4
KL Rahul 2
Virat Kohli 2

New Zealand
Player Name Number of Fifties
Colin Munro 4
Brendon McCullum 3
Tim Seifert 3

Most matches

India
Player name Number of matches
Rohit Sharma 14
MS Dhoni 11
Jasper Bumrah 10

New Zealand
Player name Number of matches
Martin Guptill 13
Mitchell Santner 13
Ish Sodhi 13

most catches

India
Player name Number of catches
Rohit Sharma 7
Hardik Pandya 5
Shivam Dube 3

New Zealand
Player name Number of catches
Tim Southee 11
Mitchell Santner 8
Martin Guptill 7

Most fired (wicket keeper)

India
Player name Number of layoffs
MS Dhoni 9
KL Rahul 4
Rishabh Pants 0

New Zealand
Player name Number of layoffs
Tim Seifert 7
Thomas Latham 3
Luke Ronchi 3

Recent form

The recently ended 2021 T20 World Cup remains the one-stop point to evaluate a team’s recent form as the countries come out with their best lot in this tournament. Staying the same, New Zealand, which returned as the runner-ups of the prestigious tournament, won five of their seven games. India, which witnessed an early ouster, won three of their five matches.

But this time it’s the renewed blue brigade. Unlike before, India would be captained by Rohit Sharma and guided by the newly appointed Rahul Dravid-India head coach. It would be interesting to see if the fate of team India would change under Rohit-Dravid’s reign.

Matches – T20 Internationals

1st T20 International: November 17, 2021, Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur: 7:00 PM IST
2nd T20I: November 19, 2021, JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi: 7:00 PM IST
3rd T20I: 21 November 2021, Eden Gardens, Kolkata: 19:00 IST

Selections

India’s T20I Squad
Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (Vice Captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Venkatesh Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, R Ashwin, Axar Patel, Avesh Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj

New Zealand T20I Squad
Kane Williamson (Captain), Todd Astle, Trent Boult, Mark Chapman, Lockie Ferguson, Martin Guptill, Kyle Jamieson, Adam Milne, Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Tim Seifert, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee