New Zealand captain Kane Williamson, fast bowlers Trent Boult, Kyle Jamieson and Lockie Ferguson will miss the white ball series against Pakistan in September this year. New Zealand Cricket (NZC) chief executive David White has confirmed that Kiwi players included in the Indian Premier League 2021 (IPL 2021) will be allowed to join their franchises and complete the tournament when it resumes in September.
Explain that due to Corona epidemic, IPL and T20 World Cup are being organized outside India. The rest of the IPL 2021 matches will be played in the UAE from September 19. T20 World will be organized soon after this. It will be organized in Oman and UAE. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced last week that New Zealand will tour Pakistan for the first time in 18 years. During this he will play three ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League One Day Internationals and five T20 matches. New Zealand Cricket said in a statement that Tom Latham will captain the team in Bangladesh and Pakistan and regular captain Kane Williamson will be present for the T20 World Cup and the Test tour of India.
The ODI series will be played at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi. These three ODIs will be played on 17th, 19th and 21st September. The Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore will host five T20 matches from 25 September to 3 October. Senior batsman Ross Taylor was selected for three ODIs in Pakistan, but it was then agreed that he would remain in New Zealand to prepare for India’s Test tour.
The Kiwi squad will leave for Bangladesh on August 23 and the players involved in India’s Test tour will return home. The Test squad for the India tour will not be announced for a month or two at the moment. A total of 32 players will be included in the team’s white ball squad.