India vs New Zealand 2023, 3rd T20I: Dafanews Match Preview

New Zealand will play its final tour match against India at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on Wednesday. The series is evenly poised at 1-1 and both teams will be looking to come up with a collective show in the series decider.

We look at the current form, head-to-head, players to look out for, and squads of both teams in our match preview.

Current form of India: W L W L W

Indian spinners did a great job a difficult pitch in Lucknow but their batters failed to live up to the expectations as they took 19.5 overs to chase a mere total of 100 runs. Ergo, India will want to come up with a better batting performance.

Current form of New Zealand: L W T L NR

New Zealand have definitely come back stronger in the T20I series after they were dominated in the ODI series. The Kiwis will want to continue the good show in the decider of the series and come up with a collective show.

Head to Head: Matches: 24, Won by India: 13, Won by New Zealand: 10, Tied: 1.

India holds a slight advantage in the head-to-head contest against the Blackcaps.

Players to look out for: Hardik Pandya, Yuzvendra Chahal, Suryakumar Yadav, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, and Arshdeep Singh are going to hold the key for the Men in Blue.

Mitchell Santner, Lockie Ferguson, Devon Conway, Glenn Phillips, Finn Allen, and Ish Sodhi will be the crucial players for the Blackcaps.

Squads

India: Hardik Pandya (c), Suryakumar Yadav (vc), Ishan Kishan (wk), Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik, Shivam Mavi, Prithvi Shaw, Mukesh Kumar.

New Zealand: Mitchell Santner (c), Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Dane Cleaver (wk), Devon Conway (wk), Jacob Duffy, Lockie Ferguson, Ben Lister, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Michael Rippon, Henry Shipley, Ish Sodhi, Blair Tickner