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Virat Kohli. Photo: PTI
The India cricket team's New Zealand tour, which starts on January 24 (Friday), will be watched by many to gauge their preparation for the ICC T20 World Cup. Confident after beating the formidable Australia cricket team 2-1 in their three-match One-Day International (ODI) series, India will play the first T20 match of their long New Zealand tour — of five T20s, three ODIs and two Test matches — at Eden Park in Auckland on Friday.
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Ahead of the India team's departure, captain Virat Kohli had emphasised the need to put the New Zealand cricket team under pressure right from the start. When India had last toured New Zealand a little before the ICC World Cup 2019 for a limited-overs series, they had won the ODIs 4-1 but lost the T20s 1-2. A cause for concern for India this time around will be a string of injuries sustained by their players lately — while all-rounder Hardik Pandya remains out of action, pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar recently underwent a sports hernia surgery, and opener Shikhar Dhawan has suffered a shoulder injury.
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Ahead of the India team's departure, captain Virat Kohli had emphasised the need to put the New Zealand cricket team under pressure right from the start. When India had last toured New Zealand a little before the ICC World Cup 2019 for a limited-overs series, they had won the ODIs 4-1 but lost the T20s 1-2. A cause for concern for India this time around will be a string of injuries sustained by their players lately — while all-rounder Hardik Pandya remains out of action, pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar recently underwent a sports hernia surgery, and opener Shikhar Dhawan has suffered a shoulder injury.