T20 World Cup | Canada elects to bat against New Zealand

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New Zealand's skipper  Daryl Mitchell and Canada's skipper  Dilpreet Bajwa, left, get  connected  the tract  earlier  the commencement  of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 cricket lucifer  betwixt  New Zealand and Canada astatine  the MA Chidambaram Stadium successful  Chennai, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026.

New Zealand's skipper Daryl Mitchell and Canada's skipper Dilpreet Bajwa, left, get connected the tract earlier the commencement of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 cricket lucifer betwixt New Zealand and Canada astatine the MA Chidambaram Stadium successful Chennai, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI

Canada skipper Dilpreet Bajwa won the flip and elected to bat against New Zealand successful their T20 World Cup Group D lucifer present connected Tuesday (February 17, 2026).

Canada, who has mislaid each its games truthful far, made 1 alteration to its side, bringing successful Shivam Sharma successful spot of the injured Kaleem Sana.

Daryl Mitchell is starring the Kiwis successful lack of Mitchell Santner who's indisposed.

"He (Santner) had a dodgy burger past night, truthful hopefully he's good successful 24 hours," said Daryl.

Santner has been replaced by Cole McConchie, portion gangly pacer Kyle Jamieson has travel successful spot of Lockie Ferguson successful the playing XI.

Teams:

New Zealand: Tim Seifert (w), Finn Allen, Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell(c), Cole McConchie, James Neesham, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Jacob Duffy.

Canada: Yuvraj Samra, Dilpreet Bajwa (c), Navneet Dhaliwal, Harsh Thaker, Nicholas Kirton, Shreyas Movva(w), Saad Bin Zafar, Shivam Sharma, Dilon Heyliger, Jaskaran Singh, Ansh Patel.

Published - February 17, 2026 11:52 americium IST

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