New Zealand and West Indies are set to take on each other in the first T20I of three matches series beginning from 29 December 2017. Kiwi team has won test-match series by 2-0 and beat Windies in ODIs by 3-0. Host Blackcaps will look to win t20s as well.

Squads

New Zealand

Tim Southee (Captain), Tom Bruce, Lockie Ferguson, Ish Sodhi, Matt Henry, Martin Guptill, Glenn Phillips, Seth Rance, Anaru Kitchen, Mitchell Santner, Doug Bracewell, Ross Taylor.

Windies

Carlos Brathwaite (Captain), Ronsford Beaton, Jerome Taylor, Andre Fletcher, Chris Gayle, Ashley Nurse, Jason Mohammed, Kieron Pollard, Rovman Powell, Samuel Badree, Chadwick Walton, Kesrick Williams, Rayad Emrit, Shai Hope.

Predictions

Blackcaps are looking more dangerous and strong than Windies side in the first twenty20. As per our predictions, New Zealand have got 70 percent winning chances over West Indies.

Live Score

The live cricket score of New Zealand vs West Indies 2017 first T20 will be provided by espncricinfo.com and cricbuzz.com.