‘Dodgy burger’ guidelines Santner out in opposition to Canada as New Zealand targets T20 World Cup Tremendous 8s

CHENNAI, India (AP) — Canada gained the toss Tuesday and elected to bat in opposition to a New Zealand lineup concentrating on a spot within the Tremendous 8s on the T20 World Cup.

Stand-in captain Daryl Mitchell stated common skipper Mitchell Santner is sick and can miss the sport as a result of he “had a dodgy burger final evening.”

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Cole McConchie changed Santner as a like-for-like substitute within the XI.

New Zealand was pressured into one other change with Kyle Jamieson coming in for tempo bowler Lockie Ferguson, who returned residence for the start of his first youngster. Ferguson is scheduled to rejoin the workforce through the Tremendous 8s.

A 3rd win in Group D would seal New Zealand’s place within the subsequent spherical alongside South Africa, England, West Indies, India and Sri Lanka. New Zealand began the event with victories in opposition to Afghanistan and United Arab Emirates earlier than dropping to South Africa.

Canada has by no means performed a T20 worldwide in opposition to New Zealand. However within the one-day worldwide format, the Black Cups have gained all three earlier matches in opposition to Canada.

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Canada is final within the group following losses to United Arab Emirates and South Africa and will probably be knocked out of the event if it loses to New Zealand.

Later Tuesday, Zimbabwe is aiming for a win over Eire that may additionally knock 2021 champion Australia out within the first spherical of the event for the primary time since 2009. Nepal, which has misplaced all its three group video games, is rounding out its T20 World Cup marketing campaign in opposition to Scotland.

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Lineups:

Canada: Yuvraj Samra, Dilpreet Bajwa (captain), Navneet Dhaliwal, Harsh Thaker, Nicholas Kirton, Shreyas Movva, Saad Bin Zafar, Shivam Sharma, Dilon Heyliger, Jaskaran Singh, Ansh Patel.

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New Zealand: Tim Seifert, Finn Allen, Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell (captain), Cole McConchie, James Neesham, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Jacob Duffy.

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