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IND vs NZ: Blood started flowing on the middle field, star all-rounder suffered serious injury to his finger.
Sandy Verma | January 22, 2026 10:24 AM CST

IND vs NZ: India performed brilliantly and won by 48 runs in the first match of the 5-match T-20 series being played against New Zealand. The Indian team won this match easily and took a 1-0 lead in the series. In this match, Team India’s star all-rounder suffered a serious injury, after which Team India’s problems increased. India’s tension has increased before the T20 World Cup 2026.

Star player got injured

Star all-rounder Axar Patel got injured in the first match against New Zealand. Actually, Akshar Patel suffered this injury while bowling in the 16th over. Daryl Mitchell played a brilliant shot on the third ball of the over. The ball hit Akshar’s hand and went in the direction of long off. Akshar Patel was hit by the ball with great speed and his finger started bleeding. After this the physio came on the field. In such a situation, he was taken out of the field. After this, Suryakumar handed the ball to Abhishek Sharma and the 16th over was completed in this way. Before the T-20 World Cup, Akshar suffered a serious injury, due to which the problems of the Indian team have increased.

India won by 48 runs

Batting first, India scored 238 runs at the loss of 7 wickets, Abhishek Sharma played an inning of 84 runs in 35 balls. Apart from this, Rinku Singh scored 44 runs in 20 balls. Chasing the target, New Zealand could score only 190/7 runs in 20 overs.

Indian team for T20 World Cup 2026: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dubey, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakraborty, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Rinku Singh.

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