On Monday, September 18 at Holkar Stadium in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, the Sachin Tendulkar-led India Legends will play in their first match in eight days when they take on the New Zealand Legends in the 12th match of the Road Safety World Series 2022.

Fans in Indore have been impatiently expecting to see their favourite former Indian cricket heroes in action. The T20 tournament's Indore leg will be decided by this game.

Tendulkar will always have a special place in Indore because it was here that year that he reached the milestone of 10,000 ODI runs. India Legends' first game of the season, which they easily defeated South Africa Legends in, was played in Kanpur, however their second game, versus West Indies, was postponed due to rain at Green Park.

The India Legends earned a commanding 61-run victory over the South Africa Legends in their opening match, checking off nearly every box with their polished performance.

Tendulkar and Naman Ojha will be trying to get India Legends off to a strong start against New Zealand spinners, who despite a strong start in a rain-delayed match failed to restrict Bangladeshi hitters. However, the game was won by the batters easily.

The Indore fans will be hoping for an exciting performance from the master blaster, as well as players like Suresh Raina and Yuvraj Singh, against New Zealand. Both Stuart Binny and Yusuf Pathan, who led India to victory in the first game, will try to compete with the New Zealand bowlers.

Irfan Pathan, Manpreet Gony, and Munaf Patel make up India's respectable speed attack, and Pragyan Ojha and Rahul Sharma make up its similarly formidable spin unit, giving the bowling unit a balanced appearance.

New Zealand Legends, who are competing in the competition for the first time, bounced back from their loss in the first game to defeat Bangladesh handily by the score of 8 wickets in their opening match of the Indore leg.

The team's skipper Ross Taylor, Dean Brownlie, and Jamie How made significant runs in the chase against Bangla Tigers to open their account in the points sheet, making a great recovery from their first game in which their batting appeared lifeless. In the powerplay, Kyle Mills and Hamish Bennett bowled well, while the other bowlers showed little promise. The Indian batsmen are a formidable lineup, so the Kiwi Legends will have to play their best.

20 Twenty20 Internationals between India and New Zealand have been played, with the Men in Blue winning 11 and the BlackCaps winning 9.