Mike Hesson warns of a potential threat from Kiwi pacers to Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma

Former New Zealand cricketer and coach Mike Hesson has predicted Indian batsmen to face a very tough challenge from Kiwi pacers. As India gear up for a month-long tour across all three formats, RCB's director of operations had a few words of caution for Men in Blue regarding New Zealand pacers' newfound aggression. India begin ir campaign against New Zealand on Friday, starting off with 5-match T20 series. 

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Mike Hesson predicts a tough challenge for India

Speaking to a news daily, Hesson said that it would be a challenge for Indian batsmen to face new ball and that it would be interesting to see how y play in first 15-20 deliveries. Hesson hoped that Kiwis would man to restrict Kohli from having a good start or else it would be very tough to get rid of him. Hesson also revealed that Rohit Sharma vs Trent Boult challenge was one to look forward to. pointing at India's top-class bowling line-up that has improved dramatically over years.

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Virat Kohli On Cusp Of Achieving Two Big Milestones

Virat Kohli will be all geared up to take on New Zealand after a morale-boosting ODI series win against five-time world champions Australia recently. As Team India prepare mselves for a grueling tour in New Zealand, even Indian skipper himself would be hoping to get to a couple of milestones in five-match series. Kohli has a chance to become second captain to hit 50 sixes in T20I cricket. 'Captain Fearless' only needs to hit eight sixes to achieve this feat. English skipper Eoin Morgan is only player to hit 50 or more maximums in game's shortest format as a captain. Morgan has 62 maximums to his name. 

Meanwhile, Indian captain also has opportunity to get past his predecessor MS Dhoni to become second-highest run-getter as captain in T20Is. Kohli is currently going strong at 1032 runs while Dhoni has mand to score 1112 in shortest format. However, Virat will be challenged by his Kiwi counterpart Kane Williamson (1083 runs) who is just 30 runs away from registering this feat while Kohli needs 81 runs to do so. Former South African skipper Faf du Plessis is highest-run-getter as skipper in T20I cricket. Faf has amassed 1273 runs.

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India tour of New Zealand

Virat Kohli-led side will be touring New Zealand where y are scheduled to play five T20Is, three ODIs and two Test matches between January 24 to March 4, 2020. two-match Test series will also be a part of ICC World Test Championship 2019-21 where India is currently on top of points table. However, it will be interesting to see wher Kohli & Co. can emulate ir Test greatness overseas. 

Men In Blue will also be eyeing ir maiden T20I series win in New Zealand. Even though India have beaten New Zealand in both Test and ODI series, Black Caps have mand to get better of m in shortest format of game. India failed to register T20I series wins over New Zealand during ir previous visits in 2009 and 2019 respectively and refore, y would be hoping to turn tables on hosts this time around. 

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