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Watch: Team India practices for the first time under new leadership of Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma

Team India undertook its first practice session for the upcoming three-match T20I series against New Zealand, starting with the first match at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. The practice session was also the first involving the new head coach of Team India, Rahul Dravid and new T20I captain Rohit Sharma. 

Both Rohit and Dravid took charge of their new positions after the horrific T20 World Cup campaign of Team India, where it lost to both New Zealand and Pakistan and had its chances of qualifying for the semis over after its first two games itself.

While Dravid overtook Ravi Shastri as the head coach whose contract expired at the end of the World Cup, Virat Kohli’s decision to step down as India T20I captain irrespective of the result, post the World Cup meant that Rohit, who was his deputy overtook the charge of the captain in the shortest format. KL Rahul has been appointed as Rohit’s deputy.

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IND vs NZ | 1st T20I: Early and consistent onset of dew to limit unfair advantage of toss

There will be little to no impact of the toss in the first T20I between India and New Zealand with high chances of dew falling well before the scheduled start of the game. The officials at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur has said that dew has started falling by 7 pm in the evening in the last two days and the trend is likely to continue. The toss advantage was remarkably visible in the just-concluded T20 World Cup and in almost all the matches, teams batting second got the better conditions to bat on and there were clear signs of toss severely impacting the performance of sides, for both good and the bad. “Here in Jaipur, there could be dew in the first innings itself going by the last two days which minimises the toss advantage to a certain extent. Since it is a T20, one has to expect lots of runs from this surface,” said an official to PTI. “We will use the anti-dew spray on match day but we have all seen its effect is very limited.” A high chance of dew falling will compel both the hosts India and New Zealand while selecting their playing XI especially with regards to the number of spinners in the side. If not for dew, India would have been comfortable fielding a spin-heavy attack but now they will have to give a hard look to the dew and nature of the surface. The pitch is expected to be flat and stroke makers in both sides should love to hit through the line using the balls coming onto their bats due to dew falling heavily at the night.