New Zealand cricket team reached India
Afghanistan vs New Zealand Test: The New Zealand cricket team has reached India after a long time. The team landed on Indian soil this morning. However, the New Zealand team will not play against the Indian team. A test match is to be played between Afghanistan and New Zealand. The Afghanistan team has already arrived in India and now after coming from New Zealand, the preparations for the match are going to gain more momentum. There will be only one test in the series, which will start from September 9 in Noida. Noida has been made the home ground of the Afghanistan team.
Tim Southee is captaining New Zealand
Tim Southee is captaining the New Zealand team for the Test match. Many such players have been selected in the team, who come to India and make a splash in the IPL. The names of Kane Williamson, Devon Conway, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra and Mitchell Santner are included in it. Even though the Test is between Afghanistan and New Zealand, this match will not be a part of the ICC World Test Championship. Therefore, the win or loss of this match will not have any effect on the WTC points table.
Preparations for the Afghanistan team are also in full swing
The Afghanistan team had already arrived in India and the team has also played a match against Noida, in which the performance of the team players looked quite good. The team is led by Hasmatullah Shahidi. But the team suffered a setback when the team’s star player Rashid Khan was ruled out of this match. He is injured and will be away from the cricket field for some more time. However, there are many IPL star players here too. In such a situation, it should be expected that the team will perform better and the match will be tough.
Afghanistan squad: Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hasan, Abdul Malik, Rahmat Shah, Baheer Shah Mehboob, Ikram Alikhel (wicketkeeper), Shahidullah Kamal, Gulbadin Naib, Afsar Zazai (wicketkeeper), Azmatullah Umarzai, Ziaur Rahman Akbar, Shamsur Rahman, Qais Ahmed, Zahir Khan, Nijat Masood, Fareed Ahmed Malik, Naveed Zadran, Khalil Ahmed and Yama Arab.
New Zealand Test squad: Tim Southee (captain), Tom Blundell (wicketkeeper), Michael Bracewell, Devon Conway, Matt Henry, Tom Latham (vice-captain), Daryl Mitchell, Will O’Rourke, Ajaz Patel, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Ben Sears, Kane Williamson, Will Young.
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