🏏India Tour of NZ 2022: 3rd T20I on 22 Nov at 12 Noon IST - Pg 22🏏 - Page 5

Match abandoned without a ball bowled

Dang it

There is meme that today rain won the match😆

Originally posted by: samarp2

There is meme that today rain won the match😆

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Rishabh Pant should get to play with Dinesh Karthik not picked for this series. But it remains to be seen if he bats at the top of the order. Yuzvendra Chahal, who went without a game in the T20 World Cup, should get in too in the absence of R Ashwin.

Originally posted by: samarp2

There is meme that today rain won the match😆

Just like it won the world cup

Ind and NZ performed so Badly in the WC knockout matches that even God doesn't want their match to happen 🤓

Shrunk down to two games....This weather situation is getting rough now 👎🏼

In the future they could organize INDOOR MATCHES 😃

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🏏India vs New Zealand - T20I series of 3 matches🏏

2nd T20I on 20/11/2022 Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui at 12:30PM IST

India and New Zealand go back to T20 drawing board

Both teams have gaps to fill in the shortest format, but their work may be stalled by rain yet again.

Hardik Pandya and the new-look India's fresh start was supposed to take off at Wellington but persistent rain meant that the clash of the losing semi-finalists of the T20 World Cup was reduced to a two-match series. Chances of the series being further abridged is a possibility as rain threat looms large over Mount Maunganui too.

Pandya has already led the team three times, twice against Ireland and once against the West Indies, but this series was supposed to herald a new direction for India in the T20I format. A couple of matches against New Zealand would serve as a good starting point to see how the players respond under Pandya's leadership, their approach to the game, how they react to pressure, etc. But beyond all that, they will first hope that the weather stays clear.

In the New Zealand camp, the focus will be on their leader Kane Williamson, who has been in the news a lot of late. There were strike rate issues that kept emerging during the multi-team event in Australia while he was also one of the big releases in the IPL just nine months after being the first player to be retained by Sunrisers Hyderabad. He will be keen to put that all behind him and focus on what's in front of him, as will the rest of the New Zealand players.

Weather Forecast: The second match of the T20I series between India and New Zealand will be played at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on Sunday, November 18. The weather on the day is forecast to be mostly cloudy with temperatures hovering around 14 degrees Celsius. There is a good chance of rain playing a spoilsport during the match as there’s a 65 per cent probability of precipitation during the match time. The wind speed is predicted to be around 13 KM/hr with 83 per cent humidity.

Pitch Report: The pitch at Bay Oval is a good track to bat on. It is expected to help the batters and with shorter boundaries, fans may get a chance to witness a run-fest in the second T20I. However, the pitch may offer something to fast bowlers at the start of the game with some help from the possible overcast conditions.