IND vs NZ LIVE – ‘Masked-Up New Zealand players arrive in India: As the pollution situation gets worsen in the Northern Indian states, worried New Zealand team has landed in Jaipur from Dubai. The entire team reached Jaipur via a charter flight and were completely masked up – visibly ‘worried about the situation’. Since it is a bubble to bubble transfer, the Black Caps will not have to quarantine before the first T20I against hosts India on Wednesday. Follow India vs New Zealand LIVE updates on Insidesport
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“They arrived in the evening and will be tested as per protocol before they have their practice session tomorrow,” confirmed a Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) official.
IND vs NZ LIVE: Tired, Worried and all ‘MASKED UP’ New Zealand team lands in Jaipur via charter flight for 1st T20
“It’s the first time that I can remember that we’re so quickly into another series immediately at the back-end of the T20 World Cup. It’s definitely tough and challenging but it is what is in front of us,” head coach Gary Stead was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo on the hectic scheduling.
Nine members of the Test side, including Ross Taylor and Tom Latham, who were not part of the T20 squad, had arrived last week.
The Indian team, which failed to qualify for the World Cup semifinals, had its first training session on Monday under new head coach Rahul Dravid.
India are scheduled to play three T20 Internationals against New Zealand on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday respectively, after which the two teams will engage in a two-match Test series.
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