Ashwin has impressed ever since he made a white-ball comeback after four years. He was effective in the T20 World Cup and on Wednesday changed the course of the first T20 by removing two New Zealand batters in the same over. He had removed a well-set Mark Chapman and Tim Seifert.
Suryakumar Yadav (62) and Rohit Sharma (48) starred with the bat as India chased down 165 to defeat New Zealand by five wickets in the first T20I of the three-match series at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.
Boult is in India for the three-match T20 International series but will head back home from Kolkata after the final white-ball game as he takes a break before being back against Bangladesh for a home Test series.
India will aim to press the reset button for the 2022 edition under new captain Rohit Sharma and an illustrious head coach in Rahul Dravid, starting with the 1st T20 against New Zealand on Wednesday.
Like Delhi, Jaipur's air pollution levels too rose after Diwali earlier this month. Jaipur reported very poor AQI levels on Saturday and smog enveloped the city even on Monday morning.
Since it is a bubble to bubble transfer, the Black Caps will not have to quarantine before the first T20I against hosts India on Wednesday.
The T20 home series against New Zealand marks the start of a new era for Indian cricket after the disappointment of a pre-mature exit from the T20 World Cup.
The T20I series between India and New Zealand will begin from November 17 in Jaipur.
New Zealand on Sunday lost to Australia by eight wickets in the showpiece but Kane Williamson's men will hardly have any time to regroup as it faces India in the opening T20I in Jaipur on Wednesday.
Madhya Pradesh pacer Avesh Khan, who earned a national call-up for the T20 series against New Zealand on Wednesday said that his dream to represent the country has been fulfilled.
While Trent Boult returns to training later this week, Tom Latham has been ruled out for four weeks with a broken finger.
The T20I series will begin from January 24 and will be followed by a three-match ODI series.
Shankar batted at number three in two of three T20Is against New Zealand, scoring 43 off 28 balls in the final game and 23 in the series opener.
India needed 16 runs in last over with Dinesh Karthik and Krunal Pandya on the crease but fell short by 4 runs at the end.
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A first T20 series victory in New Zealand will be the icing on the cake for the 'Men in Blue', who have far exceeded expectations.
Mitchell, who made his debut in the first T20 in Wellington, was at the centre of a massive DRS controversy during the second game.
Rohit was quite pleased with the performance the players put up in Auckland and felt that they learnt from the mistakes after the heavy defeat in Wellington.
Captain Rohit Sharma hit a fiery fifty while young gun Rishabh Pant played an anchor role to take India over the finish line with a series-levelling win in Auckland.
Sharma also became the player to have hit the most number of boundaries in T20Is.
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