Bhuvneshwar Kumar (India) has bowled 300 dot balls in men’s T20Is in 2022, 62 more than any other player from a full member side this year and 142 more than New Zealand’s best (Mitchell Santner – 158).
Daryl Mitchell (New Zealand) has a batting dot ball percentage of 22% in men’s T20Is in 2022, the best rate of any player from a full member side this year (min. 10 balls faced).
Kane Williamson (New Zealand) has a batting false shot percentage of 17% in men’s T20Is in 2022, the second-best rate of any player (min. 25 balls faced) from a full member side this year (Darwish Rasooli – 14% for Afghanistan).
Rishabh Pant (970) is 30 away from becoming the 11th player to score 1,000 runs for India in men’s T20Is; his T20I batting average in New Zealand (36) is his second best in any country (58 in West Indies).
India have hit a boundary once every 5.1 balls in men’s T20Is in 2022, the most frequent of any full member side this year; New Zealand (5.9) are one of four other teams with an average under six in this category (South Africa – 5.3, England – 5.5, Australia – 5.9).
New Zealand have a batting good connection percentage of 72% in men’s T20Is in 2022, the best rate of any full member side this year and four percentage points higher than India (68%).
New Zealand have won only one of their last four men’s T20Is at Sky Stadium (T1, L2); the Black Caps had won six consecutive games at the venue in the format prior to that span.
India have lost only one of their last 18 multigame bilateral men’s T20I series (W15, D2), a 2-1 loss to Sri Lanka (July 2021); they are undefeated in their nine series since then (W8, D1).
New Zealand have won their last four multigame bilateral men’s T20I series; the Black Caps will be aiming to win a fifth consecutive such series for the first time in the history of the format – India were the last team to defeat them (3-0, November 2021).
India have won three of their last four multigame bilateral men’s T20I series against New Zealand (L1), including each of their last two series; in fact, it’s the first time they have won consecutive series against the Black Caps in the history of the format.