The sky, admitted Suryakumar Yadav, hadn’t been blue. Captain SKY’s return to form is one of the several gains for the Men in Blue from the five-match T20I series against New Zealand, which concluded here on Saturday night. Rinku Singh showed in the first game of the series how effective he could be as the finisher. Axar Patel is also more than a capable T20I batter, too, and his left-arm spin produced three wickets here on his return from injury. That spell came in the final game of the series, as he became the first Indian to take 50 wickets in PowerPlay.

Source: The Hindu February 01, 2026 13:20 UTC