Published on: Feb 20, 2020 5:50 pm IST|Updated on: Feb 20, 2020 12:45 pm IST
New Zealand vs India Dream11: The hosts were completely outdone in the T20I series, whereas, the hosts returned the favor in the ODI’s. It is now time for the Test series to take the center stage.
The first of the two Tests will take place at the Basin Reserve in Wellington, whereas, the second and final Test will take place at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch.
Both teams are stuck with few injury concerns but the series still is expected to be a really competitive won. It would be interesting to see which team will take the early advantage in the series.
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.
Basin Reserve, Wellington, 21st January at 04:00 AM IST
New Zealand won: 01 India won: 03 Draw: 01
Mar 08-12, 2019: Bangladesh (211 and 209), lost to New Zealand (432/6 dec) by an innings and 12 runs.
New Zealand News
The hosts have announced a 14-man squad for this series led by Kane Williamson.
Injuries/Unavailable: Neil Wagner (Unavailable for the first Test), Matt henry has been called as cover.
Possible combination: Skipper Kane Williamson has assured that Kyle Jamieson will make his debut in the first Test.
Tom Blundell and Tom Latham will open the innings followed by skipper Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor and Henry Nicholls.
The conditions are seamer-friendly, therefore, Tim Southee, the returning Trent Boult, and the tall-lanky pacer Kyle Jamieson will share the bowling responsibility.
New Zealand Playing 11- (Expected) Tom Blundell, Tom Latham, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, BJ Watling, Henry Nicholls, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner/Aijaz Patel, Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Kyle Jamieson.
India News
The team management has announced a 16-member squad.
Injuries: Rohit Sharma (Hamstring)
Returns and New Faces: Navdeep Saini, Prithvi Shaw, Shubman Gill.
Possible change: Virat Kohli told in the pre-match conference that Ishant Sharma looked effortless in the nets. This means he will be featuring in the eleven.
Prithvi Shaw is expected to partner Mayank Agarwal at the top followed by Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane.
After a good outing with the bat in the practice game for Rishab Pant, he is expected to feature in the eleven.
The bowling workload will be managed by R Ashwin, I Sharma, M Shami and J Bumrah.
India Playing 11- (Expected) Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Rishab Pant/Wriddhiman Saha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Mohammad Shami, Jasprit Bumrah.
NZ Squad Kane Williamson (c), Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell, Neil Wagner, Tom Latham, Ajaz Patel, Tim Southee, BJ Watling, Trent Boult, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Henry Nicholls, Ross Taylor, Colin de Grandhomme.
IND Squad Virat Kohli (c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Mayank Agarwal, Ishant Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Navdeep Saini, Hanuma Vihari, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Ravindra Jadeja, Prithvi Shaw, Wriddhiman Saha, Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav.
Fantasy Picks from New Zealand-
Players to watch-out:
Players to avoid: Neil Wagner, Aijaz Patel
Fantasy Picks from India-
Players to avoid: Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja
WK: BJ Watling BAT: Kane Williamson (C), R Taylor, V Kohli, A Rahane, P Shaw ALL: Colin de Grandhomme BWL: T Boult (VC), T Southee, J Bumrah, M Shami
WK: BJ Watling BAT: Kane Williamson, R Taylor (VC), V Kohli, C Pujara (C), M Agarwal ALL: Hanuma Vihari BWL: T Boult, T Southee, I Sharma, M Shami
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