New Zealand opener Martin Guptill, who had suffered a toe injury, has recovered from his injury and was ruled fit for Sunday's T20 World Cup match against India in Dubai.
Martin Guptill will play in his seventh T20 World Cup and Devon Conway will keep wickets in addition to his batting duties at the tournament
Exactly 11 months are left for the marquee event in India and the series starting on Friday will give the team an initial idea about some of the middle-order slots
Jasprit Bumrah will lead the MI pace attack.
Punjab Kings are placed eighth while Chennai Super Kings occupy the penultimate slot in the 10-team IPL points table.
While only two games produced results in the composite six-match white-ball series in New Zealand owing to rain, Dhawan hoped that the weather will be better in Bangladesh.
McClenaghan and Milne last featured in the 50-over format for New Zealand in early 2016 and missed a majority of last year's fixtures through injuries.
he win gave England an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series providing a boost to their confidence ahead of the World Cup, which kicks off with the qualifying group stages on Sunday.
Delhi Capitals will aim to solve their opening conundrum quickly and boost their chances of making it to the IPL play-offs when they take on a lacklustre Chennai Super Kings at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Sunday.
A win for New Zealand against Afghanistan would end India's hopes of advancing to the semi-finals at the T20 World Cup.
Mumbai Indians will be aiming to register their first win of IPL 2022 and keep their slim chances alive when they face Chennai Super Kings at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Thursday.
While Robin Uthappa had scored a fifty in one of the games, the likes of Moeen Ali and Ambati Rayudu have failed to capitalise on their starts.
Chennai Super Kings have so far failed to display the stuff that won them the IPL last season, and new skipper Ravindra Jadeja must seek improvement on multiple fronts against Punjab Kings when they meet at the Brabourne stadium in Mumbai on Sunday.
Chennai Super Kings' head coach Stephen Fleming compared the dew during his team's IPL 2022 match against Lucknow Super Giants in Thursday to the Niagara Falls.
With this win, New Zealand has some points on the table, with two points and one win in two matches under their belt. On the other hand, Bangladesh has lost both of their games so far and is at the bottom of the table.
Images from the IPL match between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians, in Dubai, on Sunday.
Gujarat Titans are currently at the top of the IPL table with 18 points from 12 games and a win on Sunday will more or less secure them a top-2 finish. That would mean an extra chance of making it to the final.
Malik has been the find of the season as he outsmarted the top batters of the world with his brutal pace.
Medium pacer Harshal Patel finished off Mumbai Indians's hopes with his hat-trick in the 17th over.
Defending champions Mumbai Indians retained its core team, including veteran Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga, despite his fitness issues, while releasing 12 players.
Five-time champions Mumbai Indians will look to continue their winning streak in IPL 2021.
Black Caps can only improve by lifting the title in Melbourne next month.
Mumbai Indians retains 18 players; releases Duminy, Cummins, Rahman
Defending champions Mumbai Indians will need their famed top-order batting to fire and turn things around when they take on Punjab Kings in the IPL in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
With 3,248 runs to his name, Martin Guptill is atop the leading T20I scorers' list, ahead of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, who have scored 3,227 and 3,086 runs respectively.
Mumbai Indians' all-rounder Hardik Pandya revealed that getting hit by Punjab Kings fast bowler Mohammed Shami was a 'wake up call for him' as it triggered him to change gears and take his team to victory.
Glenn Maxwell's brilliant all-round performance and Harshal Patel's hat-trick powered Royal Challengers Bangalore to a thumping 54-run victory against Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League match, in Dubai, on Sunday.
India were expected to try out a bunch of players after another World Cup debacle but if the team combination for the second T20 was any indication, they seemed reluctant to start with a clean slate.
'As a cricketer, in the last few years, we lost out on a few games which we could have potentially played. Yes, if we could sneak in a few matches, it would be great.'
MI are coming into the match after suffering back-to-back losses
Glenn Maxwell's super all-round showing helped Royal Challengers Bangalore trounce Mumbai Indians by 54 runs as they inched closer to the IPL play-offs.
Talking about carrying the momentum or starting again in the knockout stage, Boult said, 'For me, it is starting again. We are against some classy opposition coming to the business end of the tournament.'
Gavaskar also cited fielding as one the reason for India's below-par performance.
Experienced opener Martin Guptill is a doubtful starter for New Zealand's T20 World Cup match against India in Dubai on Sunday after he suffered a toe injury during their clash against Pakistan.
Images from the T20 World Cup Super 12s match between New Zealand and Scotland, in Dubai, on Wednesday.
Venkatesh Iyer was at his belligerent best as he took the star-studded Mumbai Indians' bowling line-up to the cleaners to power KKR to a thumping seven-wicket win with 4.5 overs to spare
'We're prepared to discuss all contingencies, if the situation warrants. For argument's sake, if it occurred with one of the Test players, it might make more sense for them to continue on to England [for the Test tour and world championship final]'
A battle royale is in the offing as heavyweights Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals clash in a high-profile IPL encounter, in Chennai, on Tuesday.
A desperate Indian team will pray for a rain-free third and final ODI against New Zealand on Wednesday in its bid to finish on an even keel in a series that neither had context nor any major takeaways.
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