Should Suryakumar Yadav Drop from playing XI: Why can New Zealand win in the first T20, will Suryakumar Yadav also be in the same situation as Shubman Gill?

Nagpur: New Zealand and India will face each other from January 21 to prepare for the T-20 World Cup, which is going to start from February 7. The first match of the five-match T20 series will be played at the New VCA Stadium in Jamtha. Team India, coming after losing the ODI series, would like to take revenge. Captain Suryakumar Yadav, who has been struggling to score runs for some time, is going to have a real test. The current form and experts’ opinion say that New Zealand has the upper hand in the match.

Why does New Zealand have the upper hand?
Actually, the New Zealand team is very strong and has achieved many achievements in the last one year, which includes clean sweep in the Test series against India and winning the ODI series. Winning the bilateral ODI series for the first time on Indian soil must have definitely boosted the morale of its players. New Zealand has won 13 out of 21 T20 International matches played after the 2024 T20 World Cup.

Kiwis have many trump cards
With the presence of aggressive opener Devon Conway, captain Mitchell Santner, fast bowler Jacob Duffy, in-form Daryl Mitchell and Glenn Phillips, New Zealand can prove to be a strong rival team. This also means that defending champion India will get excellent time to prepare for the World Cup.

Full pressure on Suryakumar Yadav
However, the Indian team will be under pressure to defend its title in the World Cup and play on home soil and Suryakumar must be keeping these things in mind before the series against New Zealand. Suryakumar’s poor form is weakening the team, he has scored only 218 runs in the last 19 matches without scoring a single half-century and his strike rate has been more than 123.