IND vs NZ 1st T20I: Hagley Oval Christchurch Pitch Report and Match Preview

India will begin a five-match T20I series in New Zealand on 22nd October, Thursday at Hagley Oval in Christchurch. Both the rival teams have never experienced playing a T20I at the ground. Each game will begin at 8:00 PM local time, which is 12:30 PM IST. With head-to-head 17 wins to 11 with three ties India has lost only three of the 20 T20Is since played between the two in the beginning of 2020. Since February 2019, India and New Zealand have not lost a T20I. Seeing the records India is likely to emerge as winner. Before the match takes place, let us have a quick overview of Hagley Oval Christchurch pitch report.

Hagley Oval Christchurch Pitch Report

IND vs NZ 1st T20 venue: India have only played one T20I in Christchurch (at the old AMI Stadium in Feb 2009). The games in question will be their first T20Is at Hagley Oval. Of the 15 tosses at this ground 11 captains have elected to field first. Of the 14 matches where a team has been required to chase, the chasers have won 8 times whereas, the average first innings score has been 162. Hagley Oval hasn't been a great ground for NZ either, having won 6 and lost 6 T20Is (including losses to England in Oct 2025 and to SA in Mar 2026 in their last two completed games).

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As per the weather report, the evening at this match venue is expected to be cool, with temperatures ranging from 11°C to 13°C. Humidity will be 72%. The chance of rain is very low, with a 10% chance of showers, suggesting an uninterrupted contest. By the second innings, dew is possible, which may favour thefor the chasing side and pose problems for bowlers.

IND vs NZ 1st T20 Match Preview

India vs New Zealand T20 Schedule

India vs New Zealand T20 Head-to-Head

After knowing about Hagley Oval Christchurch pitch report, it is important to know that India and New Zealand had a face off with each on 31 times in T201s. Among these matches, India has secured seventeen wins, whereas, New Zealand, 11. The other three matches ended in ties. Previously, New Zealand had dominance with six wins of the first eight games. It includes the 2007 World T20 in Johannesburg.

The balance has since shifted. Of the three tied games since January 2020 two went to a Super Over and India won both of those (Hamilton 29th Jan 2020 and Wellington two days later).

The third tie took place in 2022 on 22nd November, caused by rain that resulted in DLS tie with no Super Over and India clinched series victory with 1-0. Talking about New Zealand three wins, it happened once in 2021 Dubai World Cup, 2023 in Ranchi, and in 2026 in Visakhapatnam.

In New Zealand this month India have 5 wins, 4 losses and 3 ties from 12 matches (plus one washed out). India's last loss in NZ was in Hamilton on 10th February 2019 when they were chasing 213 and lost by four runs.

The most current encounter took place in Ahmedabad during the World Cup final on 8th March, when India posted score of 255/5. The men in blue outshined Kiwis by knocking them out for 159, and claimed victory by 96 runs. This month in New Zealand, India had secured five wins, and 3 ties from 12 matches, one washed out. The last loss by India was in 2019, Hamilton, when it failed to chase the target of 213 and were knocked out by four runs

Since then, India have won four, tied three and had one washed out.

India vs New Zealand Playing 11

Now let’s have a look at the team squads of each team.

India

• Sanju Samson
• Abhishek Sharma
• Ishan Kishan
• Shreyas Iyer
• Tilak Varma
• Naman Dhir
• Axar Patel
• Bhuvneshwar Kumar
• Prince Yadav
• Arshdeep Singh
• Varun Chakravarthy

New Zealand

• Finn Allen
• Tim Seifert
• Devon Conway
• Glenn Phillips
• Daryl Mitchell
• Bevon Jacobs
• Mitchell Santner
• Josh Clarkson
• Kyle Jamieson
• Lockie Ferguson
• Jacob Duffy

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