New Zealand will face West Indies in the third of the five-match T20I series. This article provides details of New Zealand’s Game 11 against West Indies for the third match of the series.
New Zealand Plays XI vs West Indies – 3rd T20I, New Zealand West Indies Tour 2025:
Openers: Devon Conway (week), Tim Robinson
New Zealand would aim to replicate the same performance the team put up in the second T20I against West Indies to bounce back from a defeat in the opening match and level the series 1-1.
The Mitchell Santner-led side would be happy with the way the batters rectified the mistakes made in the first match and put in a strong effort with the bat to post a score of over 200 runs.
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The Kiwis would like the batters to continue their good work and replicate the same performance in the third T20I to put the opposition bowlers under pressure.
The BlackCaps will open the batting with wicketkeeper batting pair Devon Conway and Tim Robinson, both of whom got the team off to a good start in the second match by adding 55 runs for the first wicket.
The onus will be on them once again to do the same and also play a winning round individually.
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Rachin Ravindra, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Zak Foulkes, Kyle Jamieson
Coming to the performance of the New Zealand middle order in the previous match, it was led by a man named Mark Chapman, who played a breathtaking knock of 78 runs off just 28 balls.
Chapman’s innings provided the impetus that New Zealand’s innings sorely needed to increase their chances of crossing the 200-run mark.
The batter was supported by Daryl Mitchell and Mitchell Santner, who also showed some muscle and would like to do the same in the next game.[supportedbyDarylMitchellandMitchellSantnerwhoalsoflexedtheirmusclesandwouldwanttodomoreofthesameintheupcomingmatch[supportedbyDarylMitchellandMitchellSantnerwhoalsoflexedtheirmusclesandwouldwanttodomoreofthesameintheupcomingmatch
Apart from the above-mentioned batters, the captain and team management would also like Rachin Ravindra and Michael Bracewell to make valuable contributions in the upcoming outing.
Bowlers: Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy
If we talk about New Zealand’s bowling, he was able to keep his composure against a deep West Indian batting line-up, which almost tilted the game in his team’s favor.
The bowling attack comprising Jacob Duff, Zak Foulkes, Kyle Jamieson and three spinners in the form of Ish Sodhi, captain Mitchell Santner and Michael Bracwell were able to take wickets at regular intervals which restricted West Indies to 204.
New Zealand are expected to go into the third T20I with the same bowling combination of three spinners and as many fast bowlers.
The reason being that the match in question is a day affair and the spinners are expected to play a vital role in both the innings.
To add to this, the presence of Ish Sodhi provides balance to the playing XI as he comes in as a specialist bowler in place of an all-rounder, with the team already batting up to number nine.
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