New Zealand tour of India: Mitchell Santner to lead BlackCaps in T20I series; here’s full squad

New
Zealand
–
who
are
currently
playing
an
ODI
series
in
Pakistan
–
are
touring
India
next
week
to
play
three
T20Is
and
as
many
ODIs,
starting
January
18.
The
ODI
series
between
the
Men
in
Blue
and
BlackCaps
starts
January
18
and
it
will
be
followed
by
the
T20Is,
starting
January
27.

New
Zealand
vs
India
T20I
series
schedule
and
venue

The
opening
T20I
will
be
held
in
Ranchi
on
January
27,
while
the
second
T20I
will
be
played
in
Lucknow
on
January
29.
Ahmedabad
will
host
the
third
and
final
match
of
the
series
on
February
1.

New
Zealand
T20I
squad
for
India
series

Santner
–
the
spin
bowling
all-rounder
–
will
lead
New
Zealand
in
the
absence
of
Kane
Williamson
and
Tim
Southee,
who
opted
out
of
the
series.

Left-arm
seamer
Lister
has
been
called
up
to
the
squad
for
the
first
time,
while
paceman
Henry
Shipley
is
in
line
for
a
T20I
debut
after
making
his
ODI
bow
against
Pakistan
this
week.

Santner
is
among
nine
players
selected
who
featured
in
last
year’s
T20
World
Cup
in
Australia,
where
New
Zealand
were
knocked
out
at
the
semi-final
stage.

Black
Caps
selector
Gavin
Larsen
said
of
Lister’s
inclusion:
“Ben
has
made
an
exciting
impact
for
Auckland
early
in
his
career
in
red
and
white
ball
cricket.
Since
his
debut
in
late
2017,
he
is
the
Aces’ leading
wicket-taker
in
T20
and
List
A
cricket.

“His
ability
to
swing
the
ball
considerably
as
a
left-armer
is
particularly
exciting.”

The
squad
also
features
T20
specialist
batters
as
Finn
Allen,
Devon
Conway,
Mark
Chapman,
Michael
Bracewell,
Glenn
Phillips
and
Daryl
Mitchell.
Senior
bowler
Ish
Sodhi
will
be
sharing
the
spin
duties
alongside
skipper
Santner.
While
the
pace
department
comprises
names
like
Lockie
Ferguson,
Jacob
Duffy,
Henry
Shipley,
Blair
Tickner,
etc.

New
Zealand
T20I
squad
for
the
tour
of
India:
Mitchell
Santner
(captain),
Finn
Allen,
Michael
Bracewell,
Mark
Chapman,
Dane
Cleaver,
Devon
Conway,
Jacob
Duffy,
Lockie
Ferguson,
Ben
Lister,
Daryl
Mitchell,
Glenn
Phillips,
Henry
Shipley,
Ish
Sodhi,
Blair
Tickner.