Enigmatic, charismatic and electric. New Zealand's Martin Guptill is a player you would want in white ball cricket. His early life was tragic when at the age of 14, he suffered a forklift accident which resulted in losing three toes on his foot. However, Guptill managed to put aside the tragedies and has come on to become one of New Zealand's best openers. He smashed a century on his ODI debut, the first Kiwi batsman to achieve this feat. His heroics brought him a Test debut in the tour of India. His playing style is as classy as it could get. He scored an unbeaten double ton in the 2011 World Cup, the first Kiwi to do so. Guptill hasn't exactly performed well in red ball cricket than the limited overs. He has three centuries in 47 Tests played and has scored 2586 runs at a strike rate of 46.61. The opener however is a man in T20 cricket as he has played in the Indian Premier League, Big Bash League and Caribbean League as well. Guptill's name is expected to be in t he World Cup squad.
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India tour of New Zealand: New Zealand on Tuesday (November 15) announced their squads for the upcoming ODI and T20I series against India on home turf as Trent Boult and Martin Guptill have been axed
While Virat Kohli is at the third position in the list, Pakistan's Babar Azam is yet to make it to the top 5.
The Kiwi batsman has a total of 2 hundreds and 20 fifties at a career average of 32.37. On the contrary, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma has a total of 4 centuries and 26 fifties.
Martin Guptill, who had sustained a toe injury is now fully fit and available for the game against India on Sunday in Dubai.
Experienced opener Martin Guptill has been rendered a doubtful starter for New Zealand's Super 12 match against India on Sunday after he suffered a toe injury during their clash against Pakistan in the ongoing T20 World Cup.
Guptill hammered 97 off just 50 deliveries as New Zealand posted an intimidating total of 219 runs on the scoreboard.
Martin Guptill stepped up for New Zealand in the second T20I against Australia in Dunedin.
New Zealand batted second and it was Jimmy Neesham and an out of form Martin Guptill who came out to bat.
New Zealand opener Martin Guptill said it is important to play positive cricket against India and he will continue to do so no matter what in the remaining ODIs.
Yuzvendra Chahal, along with teammate Rohit Sharma, were caught by surprise when New Zealand batsman Martin Guptill uttered a Hindi cuss word in a hilarious sense on Sunday.
Martin Guptill was all praise for Jasprit Bumrah's versatility at the death.
After the match, a hilarious incident happened in the ground where Kiwi opener Martin Guptill was in lead position.
The dismissal left New Zealand climb back into the game after a dominating 99-run stand for the second wicket.
Rohit Sharma showed brilliant awareness to send Martin Guptill back to pavilion during the first T20I in Auckland.
Sunrisers have INR 17 crore in their purse ahead of the season's auction with seven slots remaining of which two will be for overseas players.
Guptill was involved the one of the turning point's of the final at Lord's. It was his throw from the deep that raced to the boundary ropes after being deflected off a diving Ben Stokes' bat in the last over of English innings.
Martin Guptill, who was dismissed on the final ball of the super over, reacted to the heartbreaking loss in the World Cup final.
New Zealand were not defeated in the 2019 World Cup final but England won the trophy due to hitting more boundaries and Guptill felt that the result after such a game of cricket was disappointing.
Martin Guptill's form is a far cry from the man who blasted the Black Caps to the final four years ago on his way to finishing the tournament as the top run scorer.
Guptil had endured a below-par World Cup with the bat before MS Dhoni's run-out redeemed him to an extent.
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