New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has released veteran opener Martin Guptill from his central contract, announced the board on Wednesday. New Zealand's leading T20 run-scorer, the third-highest in the ODI format, and third on the world all-time T20 list, Guptill has emphasised he is not retiring fro
India will kick off the ODI series against New Zealand with the first ODI at Eden Park, Auckland on Friday. Opener Shikhar Dhawan will be leading the side in absence of other seniors like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul. Men in Blue had won the rain-affected three-match T20I series by
The current ICC Men's Cricket World Cup champions faced successive defeats and the journey from winning the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022 to being defeated in Australia happened in just 10 days.
This will be the batter's 20th season for CD, the team to which he has stayed loyal throughout his career. In last season, he topped his side's batting charts with 279 runs at an average of 55.80 and a strike rate of 137.43, which included two fifties and a 49-ball ton against Wellington
The 36-year-old Guptill has been a fixture in NZ white ball squads for the best part of 14 years but did not play in the recently completed T20 World Cup, and was not selected for the current T20 and ODI series against India
The third and final T20I between New Zealand and India being played at Napier was called off due to rain and as per the Duckworth-Lewis method, the match ended in a tie with India at 75/4 in 9 overs in reply to hosts 160.
Suryakumar Yadav bagged the 'Player of the Series' award scoring 124 runs in two innings which includes a century he scored in the 2nd T20I in Mount Maunganui to help India take the unbeaten 1-0 lead.