Mitchell Santner To Captain New Zealand Vs SL: Spin all-rounder Mitchell Santnr will captain the New Zealand Cricket Team for the upcoming white-ball tour to Sri Lanka, which will consist of a two-match T20I series and a three-match ODI series.
New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has announced their squad for the tour to Sri Lanka. They will tour the island nation immediately after the ongoing Test series against India ends. The T20I series will commence on November 9, just days after the third and final Test vs India.
The two T20Is will be played in the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in Dambulla, the site of the 2024 Women’s Asia Cup, on November 9 and 10. The first ODI will be played there as well. The second and third ODI will be played in Kandy’s Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. They will be played on November 13, 17, and 19.
This will be the Kiwis’ first limited-overs series since Kane Williamson relinquished captaincy in the white-ball formats following the side’s disappointing run in the 224 T20 World Cup in the US and the West Indies, which saw them being eliminated in the group stage itself.
Mitchell Santner To Captain New Zealand Vs SL
Mind you, Santner has only been named the interim captain in T20Is and ODIs as NZC will announce a permanent skipper following the Sri Lanka tour. In a statement released by the board, they had this to say,
“Santner has been named as interim captain for the tour with a decision on the long-term ODI and T20I captains to be confirmed in the New Zealand home summer.”
This will not be the first Sri Lanka vs New Zealand tour this year. Just last month, the BlackCaps toured the Asian island for a two-match Test series, losing both matches to the Lankan Lions. This was right before their ongoing tour to India.
Several players from the India series have been rested for the tour to Sri Lanka. Devon Conway, Tim Southee, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Rachin Ravindra, Tom Blundell, Tom Latham, and Will O’Rourke are eight players who are in the New Zealand squad against India but will not be in the side against the Lankans. These names are rested for the three-match Test series against England, whom New Zealand will host later this year.
In the announced squad are all-rounder Nathan Smith, who was named New Zealand Domestic Player of the Year back in March, and wicketkeeper Mitch Hay. These two are expected to make their national team debut.
This is the 15-man squad of the New Zealand Cricket Team for the tour to Sri Lanka:
Mitchell Santner (C), Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Josh Clarkson, Jacob Duffy, Glenn Phillips, Nathan Smith, Zak Foulkes, Dean Foxcroft, Mitch Hay (wk), Henry Nicholls, Ish Sodhi, Tim Robinson, Lockie Ferguson, Will Young
New Zealand is currently taking on India in a three-match Test series. In the first match played in Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium, they shocked the world and defeated the hosts, thus winning their first Test match in India since 1988. The second India vs New Zealand Test will be played in the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune from October 24 to 28.
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