Watch: Chahal’s India play footvolley vs Williamson’s New Zealand as rain washes out 1st T20I in Wellington

New Zealand vs India: The first T20I at Wellington was washed out by persistent rainfall. With no toss happening, the gamers from the 2 groups proceeded to kill time indoors and performed some footvolley.

Wellington,UPDATED: Nov 18, 2022 14:24 IST

Yuzvendra Chahal and Ish Sodhi. (Courtesy: AP)

By India Today Web Desk: India’s first T20I match in opposition to New Zealand was known as off after persistent rainfall at Wellington on Friday, 18 November. The two groups’ first match after their T20 World Cup marketing campaign, India and New Zealand had been set to lock horns within the Sky Stadium on Friday. However, not even toss happened on Friday night as heavy rain stored falling through the match hours.

With nothing to do within the spare time, gamers from each groups determined to have their very own model of New Zealand vs India as they performed an indoor model of footvolley to maintain themselves warmed up, in case the sport occurred.

India’s Yuzvendra Chahal and Deepak Hooda had been seen taking part within the sport with New Zealand captain Kane Williamson. The Indian workforce got here into the sequence with out the companies of KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli – India’s prime three. The workforce can also be with out the presence of Rahul Dravid, India’s head coach.

The workforce is led by Hardik Pandya who has the likes of Chahal, Ishan Kishan, Shubman Gill, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik and Arshdeep Singh amongst others. On this tour of New Zealand, National Cricket Academy head – VVS Laxman has assumed the costs as the top coach.

India have come into this sequence proper after their semi-final loss in opposition to England within the T20 World Cup. The selectors have stated that they are going to be rotating the squad and testing out their bench energy earlier than India’s house season begins in 2023. Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar is of the opinion that the selectors will likely be shaking up the T20I squad and all-rounder Hardik Pandya will finally take over as captain within the format.

Edited By:

Kingshuk Kusari

Published On:

Nov 18, 2022