Tezzbuzz Desk- Now only two matches are left in the five-match T20 series being played between India and New Zealand. These matches will be played on 30 October and 1 November. Team India has captured the series by winning three consecutive matches. In such a situation, the New Zealand team will try to make a comeback by winning the remaining two matches. However, the host team, which had lost the series, has now suffered another big blow. Its star fast bowler Lockie Ferguson has been ruled out of the last two T20 matches due to injury. New Zealand Cricket informed about Ferguson's injury and his exclusion from the team on Thursday, October 29. According to the board, Ferguson suffered pain in the calf of his right leg while bowling during the second T20 match. Subsequent scans revealed a low-grade tear. The injury is not said to be very serious, but he will need about an extra week of rest to be fully fit. For this reason, he will not be able to play in the remaining two matches of the series against India.
Ferguson was part of the New Zealand team in the first and second T20 matches of the series. However, his bowling was not impressive in both the matches and he could only take one wicket. He was released from the team after the second match. Despite this, he was expected to return in the fourth T20 match to be held in Auckland on 30 October. Now this will not be possible due to injury. This match could have been special for Ferguson, because the fourth T20 match is to be played in his home ground, Auckland. All 40 thousand tickets of this match have already been sold. But due to injury he will lose the chance to play on his home ground. Now his return is expected to happen directly in the last two matches of the ODI series. He was selected only for these two ODI matches.
In place of Ferguson, New Zealand Cricket has included fast bowler Matt Fisher in the team. Fisher was previously part of the New Zealand A team and was called as cover for the third T20 match. Due to Ferguson's injury, he got a chance to play in the third match. However, Fisher's performance so far has been disappointing. He had given away 23 runs in his one over in the third T20 match. During this, he definitely took the wicket of Indian batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi. Overall, 26-year-old Fisher has bowled five overs in two T20 matches so far, in which he has given 76 runs and taken only one wicket. Now New Zealand will hope that Fisher can perform better in the remaining two matches. At the same time, the Indian team will take the field with the intention of maintaining its winning streak in the series.