Published 10:55 IST, January 29th 2020

NZ vs IND: KL Rahul likely to break MS Dhoni's record in Hamilton T20I

KL Rahul's last five T20I scores have been 57*, 56, 54, 45, and 91. Will Rahul get his fourth T20I fifty in a row during the third NZ vs IND T20I? Read on.

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When Virat Kohli and his Men in Blue take field at Hamilton on Wednesday, y will look to seal T20I series that y are currently playing against New Zealand. Indians confidently won first 2 matches of 5-match series and have looked very well balanced in general. If re was list of people behind India's recent T20I successes, KL Rahul would definitely be topping that.

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NZ vs IND: KL Rahul to eclipse MS Dhoni's record?

MS Dhoni was Indian keeper through his illustrious career which has spanned more than a decade. Dhoni's exploits with bat won India many matches but former Indian skipper could only get two fifties under his belt throughout his T20I career. Dhoni's highest T20I score is 56. While Dhoni's low batting position could be attributed for this statistic, KL Rahul may be on verge of getting more fifties than Dhoni as India's wicketkeeper-batsman

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Rahul has been played as Team India's primary keeper-batsman in ir last two T20I matches and Rahul has scored a fifty in both games. If Karnataka star scores a fifty in today's match, his tally of T20I fifties as wicketkeeper will rise to three. Rahul has a total of 2 hundreds and 11 fifties in T20I cricket that he has played for India. Rahul's last five T20I scores have been 57*, 56, 54, 45, and 91.

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NZ vs IND: teams move to a bigger ground

two matches at Auckland were fairly one-sided after Indian batsmen found difficulties in dealing with New Zealand's pace attack. small boundaries at Eden Park were criticised by a lot of experts as it was cited that scoring high was surprisingly easy for both teams. That argument shall be invalidated on Wednesday as third T20I will be played at  Seddon Park, Hamilton.

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10:55 IST, January 29th 2020