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Australian umpire Ben Treloar discusses his Ranji Trophy debut, flat pitches, Indian spinners and the BCCI-Cricket Australia umpire exchange programme.

New Zealand vs India 2nd T20I begins at 12:30 pm IST on Saturday, with the toss at 12 pm IST. Fans in India can stream the match on the SonyLIV app and website

Mhatre had suffered a Grade 4 tear in his right hamstring while running between the wickets on the first day of Mumbai's Ranji Trophy season opener against Chandigarh on October 11

Awana played two T20Is for India and featured in 62 First-Class matches, taking 191 wickets

Cricket would be returning to the Olympics after over 100 years in the 2028 Games in Los Angeles

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is likely to return to the playing 11 for the second T20I, with Ishan Kishan ruled out due to injury

India chased down the target after a high-scoring contest, and Phillips acknowledged that while New Zealand had plans to counter India's aggressive batting, execution remained the key

Samson hammered a 33-ball 67, with eight fours and four sixes, to pave the way for India's four-wicket win over New Zealand in the opening match of the five-T20I series

Mandhana was recently appointed captain of India's women's white-ball teams, while Deepti was named vice-captain of the ODI side for the home series against Zimbabwe

Sri Lanka's astonishing run-chase was only second behind South Africa's 438-9 when it beat Australia by one wicket at Johannesburg in 2006

Sanju Samson (67 runs off 33 balls) set the stage before Naman Dhir (42 not out off 15 balls) took India over the line in the 226-run chase

India need 226 runs to win in 20 overs to beat New Zealand in the first T20I match at Hagley Oval in Christchurch

The first T20I match between New Zealand and India in Christchurch will be their first clash in the shortest format of cricket since playing the final of the 2026 ICC T20 World Cup

Head hit nine fours and faced 138 deliveries, with Scott Boland (2 not out) also on nightwatchman duty

The 36-year-old Bhuvneshwar has returned to the Indian T20I set-up after four years after being named in squad for the five-match T20I series against New Zealand, beginning on Thursday

Sooryavanshi has been used sparingly since being picked for the tour of UK earlier this year, largely because regular openers Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson have done the job quite well

The two teams share an interesting rivalry in the shortest format of cricket, which began in 2007, with the Indian side waiting 10 years before securing their first-ever T20I win over New Zealand

Smith credited Cricket South Africa (CSA) with making difficult decisions in the league's early years to secure a suitable window in an already packed international cricket schedule

The 21-year-old left-hander Minhas helped Pakistan to 302-9 with 59 off 58 balls after England captain Harry Brook had won the toss and elected to field

Bavuma came out to bat on the opening day with the Proteas 12-2 and then saw them limp to 92-5 as rain and a wet outfield disrupted play a day later