It will be almost 20 days tour for the Kiwis where they will only play 2 test matches. There is no information about practice matches before the series for the guest from South African Cricket board. The first match will be played on Kingsmead, Durban and the match will be at SuperSport Park, Centurion.

If we look at the ICC Test Rankings of both the team, black caps are on the 5th place with 98 rating where the host are holding 6th place with 92 rating points. The squads of both the teams will be announced by respective boards soon. Hopefully AB de Villiers will be the captain of South Africa where Kane Williamson may lead New Zealand in the upcoming series.

Key Features of Series :-

• Starting Date: 19th August – 23rd August 2016
• Ending Date: 27th August – 31st August 2016
• Series: Test
• No. of Matches: 2
• Host: South Africa
• Guest: New Zealand

Fixtures are ready just have a look :-

South Africa vs New Zealand 2016 Schedule
Date & Time	Match	Venue
19 Aug 2016 - 23 Aug 2016 Time: 10:00 AM (Local)	SA vs NZ 2016 1st Test Match VS	Kingsmead, Durban
27 Aug 2016 - 23 Aug 2016 Time: 10:00 AM	SA vs NZ 2016 1st Test Match VS	SuperSport Park, Centurion

What you think which team will win the series ?

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Update (28 June 2016): The schedule of the New Zealand tour of India 2016 has been announced by the BCCI and it will start with the first test match which will be played between 22 September 2016 – 26 September 2016 at Green Park stadium, Kanpur. The ODI Series will start from 8 October 2016. Full Fixture given below .

Recently Team IND visited Zimbabwe for a ODI and T20 series than a test match series against West Indies in Caribbean and after that NZ cricket team will fly to Bharat for a full pack cricket game having flavor of test as well as ODI too. There will be no T20 Match between both the teams which every cricket fan will miss.

The dates for the series not confirmed yet but it is expected that the first test match will be played in the third week of September and till the end of October 2016 the ODI series will be concluded. The venues for both the formats has been announced. Indore, Kanpur and Kolkata will host the 3 test matches between India and New Zealand where Kotla, Mohali, Ranchi, Vizag and Dharamsala will host the ODI series against Kiwis.

Here is the schedule of both series with all the details available to us :-

India vs New Zealand 2016 Test Series Schedule :-

Three test matches are to be played between the man in blues and Black caps at 3 different venues of India. Check full Fixture of the Test Series :-

Date	Match	Venue
22 Sep - 26 Sep 2016 10:00 AM	IND vs NZ 2016 1st Test Match VS	Green Park, Kanpur
30 Sep- 4 Oct 2016 10:00 AM	IND vs NZ 2016 2nd Test Match VS	Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
8 Oct- 12 Oct 2016 9:00 AM	IND vs NZ 2016 3rd Test Match VS	Eden Gardens,Kolkata

India vs New Zealand 2016 ODI Series Fixtures :-

Total of 5 ODI matches will be played the Kiwis and the Team India at 5 different beautiful cricket stadium of India. All the matches will be played in the sun shine, so no day  night match in the series. Here is the full timetable of ODI series :-

Date	Match	Venue
16th Oct 2016 10:00 AM	IND vs NZ 2016 1st ODI Match VS	HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala
19th Oct 2016 10:00 AM	IND vs NZ 2016 2nd ODI Match VS	Kotla, Delhi
23rd Oct 2016 10:00 AM	IND vs NZ 2016 3rd ODI Match VS	PCA, Mohali
26th Oct 2016 10:00 AM	IND vs NZ 2016 4th ODI Match VS	JSCA Stadium, Ranchi
29th Oct 2016 10:00 AM	IND vs NZ 2016 5th ODI Match VS	ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam

The dates and the timing will be updated as soon as BCCI makes any official announcement (Updated now). Virat Kohli will be leading the Indian Test team where in the limited over format captain cool Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be in skipper. The teams of both the nations for the upcoming series is not announced yet. The responsibility of the New Zealand squad may be given to Kane Williamson as he is the current captain of the team. No doubt it will tough fight for the Black caps to tackle India in their home. Fans are very excited to see their favorite player back in the action at their home ground.

Are you ready for the battle, who will win the series, The Kiwis or the Virat & Dhoni Brigade ? Show your views in the comments.

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Till the last match of the super 10 the semi finalist are not decided but after the India vs Australia match where India registered their 3rd win of the tournament all the stats are cleared. Now in the 1st semi final New Zealand will take on the England team in Delhi. The live score of the match will start at 7:30 pm which you can check here too. The toss will be very crucial for both the teams as due factor will there in Delhi which creates lots of problem in gripping the ball for the bowlers.

If we look onto the previous performance of both the team England lost their first match against West Indies where Chris Gayle stood in front of them and with his 11 sixes innings of 100* runs snatched away the win from them. But after that match they proved all the critics wrong and one by one won all the other three matches against Afghanistan, South Africa and Sri Lanka. Joe Root is the leading run scorer from their team scored 168 run in 04 matches in the tournament.

New Zealand team will try to continue their winning Juggernaut at kotla too on 30th March and move towards the final of ICC World T20 2016. They have defeat all the four team in their group India, Bangladesh, Australia, Pakistan. They have defended low total too which shows the quality of bowlers they have. Martin Guptill is the leading run scorer from their team scored 125 run in just 03 matches. The young Mitchell Santner spinning the ball on the Indians pitches very well. So the team is pretty confidence with their past performance in the World T20 2016 so far and the 1st semifinal NZ vs ENG will be a good fighting match. It will be full of entertainment for sure. So are you ready for the live action of the grand match on 30th March.

Here is the Squad of both the teams :-

NZ squad :-

Kane Williamson (Captain),Corey Anderson, Trent Boult, Grant Elliott, Martin Guptill, Adam Milne, Mitchell McClenaghan, Colin Munro, Nathan McCullum, Henry Nicholls, Luke Ronchi (wk), Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor

ENG Squad :-

Eoin Morgan (captain), Jason Roy, James Vince, Alex Hales, Joe Root, Moeen Ali, Jos Buttler (wk), Ben Stokes, Sam Billings, Chris Woakes, David Willey, Steven Finn, Reece Topley, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Liam Dawson

Here is the details of New Zealand vs England T20 Match  :-

1st Semi Final  NZ vs ENG T20 World Cup 2016
	Vs
Venue	Kotla, Delhi
Date	30th March 2016
Time	7:30 pm (Local Time)
Toss	England won the toss and elected to field first

The Live score of the match will be covered here as soon as match starts .The tournament is reached into the knockout round, the team which looses have to go home from here. Only three matches are remaining only in the tournament, Let’s see which team will win the first semifinal of T20 World Cup.

Live Score :

NZ : 153/8 in 20 overs

ENG: 159/3 in 17.1 overs

Match Result : England won the semifinal defeating New Zealand by 7 wickets in 17.1 overs and entered into the T20 World Cup 2016 Final.

Man of the Match: Jason Roy for his 78 run innings in just 44 balls with 9 fours and 2 sixes.

NZ vs ENG semifinal Match Scorecard :

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Before the tournament has started they were not considered favorites. But with their super performances they have astonished the Cricket Pundits and are now the strongest contenders for the title. The team is not relying on any individual as all the players has made their contribution to proceed towards the next round. NZ has proved their worth in the very first match of the tournament where they defeated India by 47 runs and considering them an easy side will harm you only. They not only defeated India but also win over their rivalry and the strongest contender Australia. The team continued their winning engine on against Pakistan also. Though their batsman are doing well  but converting their performance into big one is the only area where New Zealand team is lacking except Martin Guptill who is the only half-centurion in the team . Looking into the bowling attack in the T20 World cup 2016 tournament, they doing marvelous for the team.

Check : Highest Wicket Taker of the Tournament

Bangladesh on the other-hand will be looking for their single win in the super 10 stage so that they can return to their country with their head held high. The team has disappointed their fans and was unable to  carry forward their wining momentum in the tournament. Bangladesh cricket has shown an enormous growth since last year and has given a tough challenge to the strongest team. Though they have lost all three match in the tournament till now but they gave tough fight to their contender except the match with Pakistan where they fell an easy prey. The team came back into the tournament where they fought till the last over against Australia, but lost the match. In their match against India the team  shows a brilliant performance till the last three balls were left when they need just 2 runs to win. The team’s inexperience paid a loss and they lost 3 wickets on last three balls and India won the match by just 1 run.

Check : Who hit Biggest six of the tournament

Here is the squads for the today’s Match in World T20 of both the teams :-

Here is the full details of New Zealand vs Bangladesh T20 Match :-

Group 2, Super10 Match 28 NZ vs BAN
	Vs
Venue	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Date	26th March 2016
Time	3:00 pm (Local Time)
Toss	New Zealand won and who chose to bat first

Live Score and Commentary of  Today’s T20 Match :-

Match Result: New Zealand won the match by 75 runs and remains unbeaten in the super10 stage of the tournament.

Player of the Match: KS Williamson 

Here is the scorecard of the NZ vs BAN match :-

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If New Zealand win this match than they will be qualified for the semi finals of T20 World Cup 2016 and If Pakistan looses the match then it will be very tough for them to proceed into the knockouts of the tournament.

If we talk about the performance of both the team New Zealand is way ahead Pak team. They have won 4 matches out of 5 recently played T20 matches where Pakistan won only 3 out of 5. Also, kiwis are on the 3rd position in the ICC T20 team Rankings where man in greens team are on no. 7. So these ranking shows the team history and the performance but as we all know anything can happen in the game of cricket.

For the upcoming NZ vs PAK Match of T20 World Cup 2016 here is the squads which is announced by the officials :-

New Zealand Squad :

1. Kane Williamson (Captain)
2. Corey Anderson
3. Trent Boult
4. Grant Elliott
5. Martin Guptill
6. Adam Milne
7. Mitchell McClenaghan
8. Colin Munro
9. Nathan McCullum
10. Henry Nicholls
11. Luke Ronchi (wk)
12. Mitchell Santner
13. Ish Sodhi
14. Tim Southee
15. Ross Taylor

Pakistan Squad :-

1. Shahid Afridi (captain)
2. Mohammad Hafeez
3. Shoaib Malik
4. Mohammad Irfan
5. Rumman Raees
6. Wahab Riaz
7. Mohammad Nawaz
8. Babar Azam
9. Iftikhar Ahmed
10. Mohammad Amir
11. Umar Akmal
12. Sarfraz Ahmed
13. Imad Wasim
14. Anwar Ali
15. Khurram Manzoor

Here is the New Zealand vs Pakistan match details :-

Group 2, Super10 Round
	Vs
Venue	PCA Stadium, Mohali
Date	22 March 2016
Time	7:30 pm (Local Time)
Toss	New Zealand opt to bat first

The live score of NZ vs PAK match of T20 World Cup will be shown below as soon as match starts.

Match Update: New Zealand won the match by 22 runs and entered into tournament semi-finals.

Man of the match – MJ Guptill

Here is the scorecard of the match :-

Hope you enjoyed New Zealand vs Pakistan match of the tournament. Stay tune for the all updates.

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New Zealand women team is one of the strongest T20I team among other and on 2nd spot in the ICC Women Team Ranking where Sri Lanka women team is lagging behind on 8th position in the table. The Shashikala Siriwardene will be the skipper of the Lankan and Suzie Bates will lead the black caps.

Sri Lanka has lost all 5 T20 matches they have recently played. This is 4th time when they are participating in the tournament but never reached to the knockouts. New Zealand team won 4 matches out of 5 recently played T20I showing the team level and the form of all players. They reached to the T20 World Cup finals two times but never won the World T20. Hope this year they will perform much better than earlier.

Here is the squads of both the team for upcoming Women T20 World Cup 2016 Match :-

Sri Lanka women team :-

1. Shashikala Siriwardene  (capt)
2. Chamari Atapattu (vice-capt)
3. Nilakshi De Silva
4. Nipuni Hansika
5. Ama Kanchana
6. Hansima Karunaratane
7. Eshani Lokusuriyage
8. Sugandika Kumari
9. Harshitha Madavi
10. Yasoda Mendis
11. Udeshika Prabodhani
12. Oshadi Ranasinghe
13. Inoka Ranaweera
14. Dilani Manodara
15. Prasadani Weerakkody

New Zealand Women Team :-

1. Suzie Bates (capt)
2. Sophie Devine
3. Erin Bermingham
4. Leigh Kasperek
5. Felicity Leydon-Davis
6. Sara McGlashan
7. Katey Martin
8. Thamsyn Newton
9. Morna Nielsen
10. Katie Perkins
11. Anna Peterson
12. Rachel Priest
13. Hannah Rowe
14. Amy Satterthwaite
15. Lea Tahuhu

Here are the Match Details :-

2nd  Match Women T20 World Cup 2016,
	Vs
Venue	Feroz shah kotla,Delhi
Date	15th March 2016
Time	7:30 pm (Local Time)
Toss	Sri-Lanka won the toss and opt to bat first

The live score of the match will be updated her just after the first ball of the match.

Match Update: New Zealand won the match by 7 wickets.

SL: 110/8 in 20 overs

NZ: 111/3 in 15.5 overs

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If we look at the form of both the team, India has recently played a T20 Series with Australia where they won all the 3 matches. Just after this Asia Cup 2016 where 5 back to back wins and became 6th time Asia cup champions. Now India is on the top of the ICC T20I ranking which is showing how good team is performing. The team is loaded with one of the best opening pair Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan. Both the batsman are performing remarkable. Then the great Virat Kohli who is currently on 2nd position in ICC batsman ranking in T20I, one of the successful batsman of this format Suresh Raina, the sixer king Yuvraj Singh and the captain cool MS Dhoni. So the batting strength of the team is up to the mark where Ashish Nehra, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya are ready with their pace attack and the trump card of India R Ashwin and sir Ravindra Jadeja will be there to spin the ball. So the whole team looks so balanced and have all the ability to lift the T20 World Cup again.

New Zealand never won such title in the past but this time they don’t want to lose opportunity and will make maximum from it. Kane Williamson will be the captain of the team as Brendon McCullum announced his retirement from all international format of cricket recently (Feb 2016). If we look at the recent team performance they won T20 series against Pakistan with 2-1 and win 4 T20 matches out 5 they played recently. They are on the 4th position in current ICC T20I team ranking. The team is capable of turn the game at any point. Corey Anderson who has a record of fastest century in ODI format on 36 balls, Martin Guptill the only new Zealand player who scored double hundred in ODI, Kane Williamson are some of the batsman who can hit big sixes and impart the momentum to the innings any time. If we look onto the bowling squad, who can forget the speedy Trent Boult. He was one of the successful bowler of 2015 ODI World Cup and impressed all with bowing performance. Mitchell Mcclenaghan, Tim Southee are their to tackle Indian batsman. So both the team are strong and no one can predict who will start their World T20 2016 tournament with a win.

The Live action of the match will start on 15th March 2016 from VCA, Nagar at 7:30 pm. The live telecast will be broadcast on Star Sports Network. For the upcoming tournament Virender Sehwag also joined the commentary. So India vs New Zealand  will be full spicy game for the all cricket those who are on the stadium and also who will watch at home.

Here is the match details :-

1st Match T20 World Cup 2016, Super 10 (Group 2)
	Vs
Venue	VCA, Nagpur
Date	15th March 2016
Time	7:30 pm (Local Time)
Toss	New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first

Match Result : New Zealand won the match by 47 runs.

Check Man of the Match here.

Here is the India vs New Zealand T20 Match scorecard :-

Check T20 World Cup main points table here.

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New Zealand is placed in Group A with Australia, South Africa, Ireland and Sri Lanka. The team has been able to reach finals of 2009 and 2010 Women World T20 and ended as runner-up. They will like to end this edition with one more step further and become champions of 2016.  Suzie Bates has been named as captain and will lead the team. They will play their first match against Sri Lanka on 15th March.

New Zealand Women Squad:

1. Suzie Bates (capt)
2. Sophie Devine
3. Erin Bermingham
4. Leigh Kasperek
5. Felicity Leydon-Davis
6. Sara McGlashan
7. Katey Martin
8. Thamsyn Newton
9. Morna Nielsen
10. Katie Perkins
11. Anna Peterson
12. Rachel Priest
13. Hannah Rowe
14. Amy Satterthwaite
15. Lea Tahuhu

T20 World Cup 2016 Match Schedule for New Zealand

15 March 2016, Tuesday- NZ vs SL (Kotla, Delhi)

18 March 2016, Friday- NZ vs IRE (PCA Stadium, Mohali)

21 March 2016, Monday- NZ vs AUS (Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur)

26 March 2016, Saturday- NZ vs SA (Chinnaswamy, Bengaluru)

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New Zealand team has not been able to make the trophy in their name and their best performance was in the first T20 cricket world cup in 2007 where they managed to reach into the semifinal stage. Kiwis has played 25 t20 world cup matches with 48% of winning (11- won, 12- lost and 2-tie). They hold 4th position in ICC T20 rankings. In ICC World Twenty20 2016, New Zealand will be a part group 2 with India, Pakistan, Australia and a qualifier team which will be decided after the qualifying matches of T20 World Cup 2016.

New Zealand Team Squad which are selected for the grand tournament 2016 T20 World Cup :-

1. Kane Williamson (C)
2. Corey Anderson
3. Trent Boult
4. Grant Elliott
5. Martin Guptill
6. Adam Milne
7. Mitchell McClenaghan
8. Colin Munro
9. Nathan McCullum
10. Henry Nicholls
11. Luke Ronchi (wk)
12. Mitchell Santner
13. Ish Sodhi
14. Tim Southee
15. Ross Taylor.

New Zealand T20 World Cup Matches Time Table:

1. 15 March 2016 – New Zealand vs India (Nagpur)
2. 18 March 2016 – New Zealand vs Australia (Dharamsala)
3. 22 March 2016 – New Zealand vs Pakistan (Mohali)
4. 26 March 2016 – New Zealand vs Qualifier (Kolkata)

Not down the dates of your team and keep supporting T20 cricket.

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