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IND vs NZ 3rd T20 Live Cricket Score: Sanju Samson will be in focus for India vs New Zealand in Guwahati. (AP Photo)
India vs New Zealand 3rd T20 Live Cricket Score Updates: India will aim to continue their resounding march towards the T20 World Cup by wrapping another series win in Guwahati tonight. But it is pretty evident by now that other emerging storylines will be followed keenly besides the series scoreline.
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India are still iffy about their opening combinations. They have had two openers pairing up with Abhishek Sharma in their last three outings. Shubman Gill has been forced out, and Sanju Samson regained his spot after nearly a year. However, the Kerala batter’s shortcomings in the first two games have put him under the scanner yet again.
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More than the two dismissals for meagre returns, it is the nature of his failures that will concern India as they commit to slam-bang cricket at the World Cup. Samson’s iffy striking against the hard lengths and extra pace has burned him in Nagpur and Raipur. And with an in-form Ishan Kishan surging with a stellar half-century in the previous game at No. 3, Samson’s response will be a major talking point tonight up in the northeast.
India Squad: Sanju Samson(w), Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Shreyas Iyer, Jasprit Bumrah, Axar Patel
New Zealand Squad: Devon Conway, Tim Seifert(w), Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Daryl Mitchell, Mark Chapman, Mitchell Santner(c), Zakary Foulkes, Matt Henry, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy, James Neesham, Kyle Jamieson, Michael Bracewell, Kristian Clarke, Tim Robinson, Bevon Jacobs
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