India vs New Zealand 3rd T20 Pitch Report: The third and last T20 match of the series will be played between India and New Zealand in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. Ahmedabad’s red-black pitch is very much discussed
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The third and last match of the 3-match T20 series will be played between India and New Zealand in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. The series between the two is equal to 1-1. In such a situation, India is eyeing to capture the T20 series in Ahmedabad as well. Before the third T20 match, Ahmedabad’s pitch is very much discussed. In fact, there has been a lot of ruckus on the pitch of the second match played between the two teams in Lucknow. After the match, Indian captain Hardik Pandya and bowling coach Paras Mhambrey criticized the pitch. In such a situation, there is a lot of discussion about how the pitch of 22 yards will be in Ahmedabad. There are 6 pitches of red soil and 5 pitches of black soil in Ahmedabad.
Talking about both the pitches of Ahmedabad Stadium, the red pitch dries quickly, where spinners and slow bowlers get help. On the other hand, the ball bounces well on the pitch of black soil. Overall, an exciting match is going to take place here in T20 cricket.
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Average of 174 runs in the first innings
The average of the first innings here in T20 is close to 174 runs, while the average of the second innings is 166. During the third match, the temperature in Ahmedabad is forecast to be around 15 to 31 degree Celsius on Wednesday. The sky is also likely to remain clear. A total of 6 T20 matches have been played at the Narendra Modi Stadium, in which India won 4. And the visiting team won 2 matches. The highest score here is 224 runs for 2 wickets, which was scored by India against England in 2021.
India’s eye on T20 series
India had earlier beaten New Zealand 3-0 in the ODI series and now it is trying to capture the T20 series as well. However, the visiting team started the T20 series with a bang and New Zealand defeated India by 21 runs in the first match played in Ranchi. After this, India came back and won by 6 wickets in Lucknow.
Pandya unhappy with the pitch
Although the Kiwi bowlers made India sweat in the second T20, but Suryakumar Yadav scored an unbeaten 26 to give India a ball-first win. Indian captain Hardik Pandya was unhappy with the pitch of both Lucknow and Ranchi. He had said that both the wickets were not for T20 cricket. He had said that the curators should prepare the pitch well in time.
