India will lock horns against New Zealand in the fifth and final game of the series at Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday. Team India has already sealed the series but they would want to end it on a high after losing the last game at Visakhapatnam by 50 runs.

Sanju Samson’s form will be a concern for the team as the Indian opener has managed only 40 runs in the first four games. Samson is looking short on confidence and he would need a good knock under his belt before the T20 World Cup.

On the other hand, there were positives for New Zealand in the last game as Tim Seifert, Daryl Mitchell and Devon Conway got the runs.

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Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav needs 33 runs to complete 3000 T20I runs.

Ishan Kishan needs 92 runs to reach 1000 runs in T20Is. He needs five fours and eight sixes to complete 100 boundaries and 50 maximums respectively.

Shivam Dube needs one four to complete 50 boundaries in T20Is.

Shreyas Iyer needs six sixes to complete 50 maximums in T20Is.

Axar Patel needs two fours to complete 50 boundaries in T20Is.

Tim Seifert needs 52 runs to complete 2000 T20I runs. The right-hander needs six sixes to complete 100 maximums. 

New Zealand skipper Mitchell Santner needs 47 runs to reach the 1000-run mark in T20Is.

Rachin Ravindra needs three fours to complete 50 boundaries in T20Is.

Devon Conway needs two sixes to reach 50 maximums in T20Is.

New Zealand Squad: Devon Conway, Tim Seifert(w), Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner(c), Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy, James Neesham, Michael Bracewell, Lockie Ferguson, Zakary Foulkes, Bevon Jacobs

India Squad: Sanju Samson(w), Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Harshit Rana, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Axar Patel, Shreyas Iyer, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh