Tim Southee news
The 36-year-old Southee, who has 776 international wickets for New Zealand across three formats, was an integral part of his country's team until his retirement in 2024.
Southee has established himself on the international scene thanks to his painstaking correctness and deftly concealed deviations.
The likes of Rachin Ravindra and Ben Sears were already present in India as they were practicing at the Super Kings Academy. The Afghan team on the other hand will be playing without the service of Rashid Khan, who has been battling with back injury issues and as a result, Hashmatullah Shahidi will be leading the team.
Raza scored 645 runs at an average of 49.61 in ODIs. All three of his centuries in the 50-over format came when the chips were down while chasing -- two of them resulted in wins over Bangladesh and the final one gave India a huge scare.
The 33-year-old Kiwi pacer admitted his team could have done better with the bat but lauded the bowlers for taking three quick wickets.
Suryakumar Yadav's batting masterclass of unbeaten 111 and Deepak Hooda's four-wicket haul helped India bundle out New Zealand for 126 runs to clinch the second match by 65 runs in the three-match T20I series here at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on Sunday.
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