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'IND-NZ series was appetiser, main course begins from Feb 7’: Gavaskar on India’s T20 WC title defen

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'IND-NZ Series Was Appetiser, Main Course Begins From Feb 7’: Gavaskar On India’s T20 WC Title Defence Preps

By IANS News January 26, 2026 • 10:36 AM View: 417

T20 World Cup: Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar praised Team India’s preparations ahead of their T20 World Cup title defence, noting that the Men in Blue are ‘not taking the World Cup lightly and not taking anything for granted.’

His comments came after the side secured the five-match T20I series against New Zealand with two matches to spare, winning the third game convincingly by eight wickets on Sunday.

Chasing 154, India shrugged off an early setback to race home in just 10 overs, led by Abhishek Sharma’s 68 not out off 28 balls and Suryakumar Yadav’s unbeaten 57 off 26.

TAGS T20 WC Former India Sunil Gavaskar Team India T20 World Cup World Cup Abhishek Sharma Suryakumar Yadav Jasprit Bumrah Ravi Bishnoi Glenn Phillips Mark Chapman Mitchell Santner Yuvraj Singh Sachin Tendulkar

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