NZ vs IND: 3 player battles to watch out for in T20I series

Jasprit Bumrah Vs Martin Guptill
On the other side of pendulum is the battle between arguably world’s best fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah against Martin Guptill. Bumrah has regained his rhythm after a comeback from injury against Sri Lanka. In the Australia series, he looked Bumrah of old. He might not be having wickets he deserved but his bowling was from the top drawer. Martin Guptill is coming off from a couple of good knocks in the Super Smash for his team Auckland. He would be looking at not giving anything away to Bumrah and then capitalize against other bowlers.

Rishabh Pant Vs Mitch Santner
This is a very interesting match-up during middle and death overs. Nowadays, bowling captains are avoiding situations when a left-arm spinner would be bowling into the arc of a left-handed batsman. But India can use Rishabh Pant specifically to disturb this tactic from New Zealand. Smaller mid-wicket boundaries will only encourage Rishabh Pant to go for a jugular. It will be interesting to see how Santner tackle this in the middle of the innings. He is a canny customer as Indian fans would be having him in memories due to that world cup semifinal spell in the middle overs.