New Zealand recently played a three-match Test series against England at home. It had to face defeat in this. After losing the series to England, New Zealand is now ready to host Sri Lanka. First, a T20 series and then an ODI series will be played between Sri Lanka and New Zealand. New Zealand has announced its team for both of these white-ball formats. New Zealand has made spinner Mitchell Santner the captain for both the ODI and T20 series. At the same time, for the first time, Bevon Jacobs has been given a place in the T20 team.
New Zealand recently played a three-match Test series against England at home. It had to face defeat in this. After losing the series to England, New Zealand is now ready to host Sri Lanka. First, a T20 series and then an ODI series will be played between Sri Lanka and New Zealand. New Zealand has announced its team for both of these white-ball formats. New Zealand has made spinner Mitchell Santner the captain for both the ODI and T20 series. At the same time, for the first time, Bevon Jacobs has been given a place in the T20 team.
Mitchell Santner (captain), Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Jacob Duffy, Mitch Hay, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Will Oruke, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Nathan Smith and Will Young. The 3-match ODI series will start from January 5.
Star players like Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell and Matt Henry have returned to New Zealand's ODI and T20 team. All three players were part of the Test series against England. At the same time, Bevon Jacobs has got a chance for the first time in New Zealand's T20 team. Jacobs was bought by Mumbai Indians in the IPL 2025 auction at a base price of Rs 30 lakh. Jacobs also played an innings of 39 runs in 16 balls in the T20 warm-up match against Sri Lanka today (23 December).
32-year-old Mitchell Santner is an important player for New Zealand. Along with the ball, he also helps the team with the bat. Recently, in the last Test against England, he scored 125 runs in both innings and took a total of 7 wickets. Whereas earlier in October this year, he took 6 wickets in the first innings and 7 wickets in the second innings of the Pune Test against India.
