Published on: Jan 23, 2020 11:55 pm IST|Updated on: Jan 23, 2020 5:07 pm IST
New Zealand vs India Dream11: After dominating at home in the past 5 months or so, the caravan of the Indian team has reached New Zealand for a complete tour starting from 24th January.
The tour comprises 5 T20Is which will be followed by 3 ODIs and 2 Test matches. Talking about the hosts, they have had a miserable run down under as they were blanked in the three-Test matches against Australia.
On the other hand, India are coming into this series after winning the ODI series against Australia 2-1 and are definitely leveraged with confidence. Being high on confidence might work in favor of the ‘Men in Blue’ who would be eyeing their first-ever T20I series win on New Zealand soil.
Here, we have come up with match prediction, team news, possible playing elevens and fantasy picks for NZ vs IND Dream11 prediction, today match prediction.
Eden Park, Auckland, 24th January at 12:20 PM IST
Nov 10, 2019: New Zealand 146/5 (11 Overs), tied with England 146/7 (11 Overs). England won in the super-over.
New Zealand News
The hosts have named a 13-man squad for the first three games.
Injuries/Unavailable: Lockie Ferguson and Trent Boult will be missing the series due to injuries.
Possible combination: Martin Guptill and Colin Munro will be opening the innings followed by skipper Kane Williamson, Tim Seifert, Ross Taylor, and all-rounder Daryl Mitchell.
Among the bowlers, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi and Mitchell Santner will definitely start.
New Zealand Playing 11- (Expected). Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, Kane Williamson, Tim Seifert, Ross Taylor, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Colin de Grandhomme, Blair Tickner/Hamish Bennett.
India News
The visitors have announced a 16-man squad for the series.
Unavailable: Shikhar Dhawan (Shoulder injury)
Replacement: Sanju Samson
Possible combination: Skipper Virat Kohli has confirmed KL Rahul will be keeping wickets and will open alongside Rohit Sharma.
With KL Rahul preferred as the wicket-keeper Manish Pandey will bat at no 6.
Jasprit Bumrah, one between Kuldeep or Chahal, Mohammad Shami and Navdeep Saini will be taking the bowling responsibilities.
India Playing 11- (Expected) KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Jasprit Bumrah, Navdeep Saini, Mohammad Shami, Kuldeep Yadav/Yuzvendra Chahal
NZ Squad Kane Williamson (c), Tim Southee, Colin de Grandhomme, Martin Guptill, Hamish Bennett, Scott Kuggeleijn, Daryl Mitchell, Tim Seifert, Ish Sodhi, Colin Munro, Ross Taylor, Blair Tickner, Mitchell Santner.
IND Squad Virat Kohli (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shardul Thakur, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Shami, Ravindra Jadeja, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant, Shivam Dubey, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Navdeep Saini.
Fantasy Picks from New Zealand-
Players to watch-out:
Players to avoid: Blair Tickner, Hamish Bennett
Fantasy Picks from India-
Players to avoid: Shardul Thakur, Ravindra Jadeja
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