IND vs NZ LIVE Streaming: India Warm-UP LIVE: With just 5 days left for the marquee India vs Pakistan clash at the MCG, Rohit Sharma has just one puzzle to solve. Who will be India’s second spinner against Pakistan? R Ashwin or Yuzvendra Chahal? The final warm-up clash against New Zealand on Wednesday will be the two experienced spinners’ final audition. Axar Patel has cemented his place in Ravindra Jadeja’s absence. Follow India vs NewZealand LIVE & ICC T20 World Cup 2022 LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN.
After the NewZealand match, India will shift their base to Melbourne for the big clash. While the conditions in Brisbane and Melbourne will be different, there is still some purchase for spinners in Melbourne. The SriLanka vs Zimbabwe match showed bowling in right areas could be helpful for spinners.
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On paper, Yuzvendra Chahal is the ideal choice for the T20s. He has worked on his skills and his slower leg-spin deliveries have been brilliant. He has also played a lot more T20s for India, making him the prime candidate. But his Rajasthan Royals teammate Ravichandran Ashwin has vast experience, especially bowling in Australia.
Yuzvendra Chahal
- Chahal reemerged following a brilliant show in the IPL 2022.
- After being dropped from India’s T20 World Cup 2021 squad, Chahal worked on his skills.
- With 27 wickets in 17 matches, Chahal bagged the IPL 2022 purple cap.
- Since 2021 WC, Chahal has bagged 22 wickets in 19 innings at an average of 22.77.
- He has also maintained a healthy economy of just 7.53.
- Doubts have begun to emerge regarding his place because of his poor show in the last two series.
- In Asia Cup, he bagged just 4 wickets in as many games, conceding at 7.93.
- Against Australia, he was expensive again, conceding at 9.12 for just 2 wickets in three games.
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Ravichandran Ashwin
- Ashwin was recalled to the Indian T20 team for T20 World Cup 2021.
- His recall to India’s T20 World Cup squad in 2021 didn’t work out as planned.
- In three matches, he went wicketless. However, he was defensive and economical. He gave away runs at just 5.25 economy.
- Despite decent performance in New Zealand series, he was dropped from T20 squad.
- The veteran off-spinner also had a decent IPL 2022. In 17 matches, he bagged 12 wickets for 7.51 economy.
- He again reclaimed the spot for Asia Cup out of the blue.
- With two wickets in two games at 7.37, it was once again an average performance by his standards.
- But since then, he has bagged just 1 wicket in three games at an economy rate of 6.66.
- It’s his restrictive bowling that has troubled batters and helped other bowlers go for wickets.
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As things stand, both spinners are likely to play against New Zealand, resting Axar Patel from bowling duties. It will be an opportunity for both Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma to assess who will be the best fit against Pakistan.
Considering Pakistan have a few left-handers, Ashwin may get the call up. But if Chahal manages to do well, he will be in consideration. A final call will be taken after reaching Melbourne and assessing the conditions there.
India Squad: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Shami, Rishabh Pant, Deepak Hooda
NZ Squad: Martin Guptill, Finn Allen (wk), Kane Williamson (c), Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner, Adam Milne, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson, Tim Southee, Devon Conway, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Trent Boult
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