IND vs NZ Dream11 Prediction: Welcome to the first test between India and New Zealand. The last time these both sides met was in the WTC finals where New Zealand were crowned the champions. Coming to this series it will kickstart the new cycle of WTC for New Zealand while India have already started their journey with the uncompleted test series in England. The last time New Zealand toured India in 2016 and 2012 they were whitewashed and will be hoping to turn the tables this time around. India will be without their captain Kohli and some key players like Rohit, Rahul, Pant and Bumrah but the hosts are still a very formidable unit in their backyard. This promises to be a riveting test series.
Fixture: 1st TEST, India vs New Zealand
Competition: 2 – match TEST series
Date: 25 November
Time: 9:30am
Team Form Guide:
IND(recent first): W L W D L
NZ(recent first): W W D W W
Head-to-head: India – 21, New Zealand– 13
In India: India – 16, New Zealand– 2, Draw – 16
Ground: Green Park, Kanpur
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IND Team News
Shubman Gill
Mayank Agarwal
Cheteshwar Pujara
Shreyas Iyer
Ajinkya Rahane (c)
Wriddhiman Saha(wk)
Ravindra Jadeja
Ravichandran Ashwin
Axar Patel
Ishant Sharma
Mohammed Siraj
NZ Team News
Captain Options – Ravindra Jadeja & Kane Williamson
Differential pick – Mayank Agarwal
Kane Williamson Stats in TEST
85 Matches, 7230 Runs, 53.9 Batting Average, 24 Hundred
in India: 7 Matches, 461 Runs, 35 Batting Average, 1 Hundred
Tom Latham Stats in TEST
59 Matches, 4056 Runs, 41 Batting Average, 11 Hundred
in India: 3 Matches, 194 Runs, 32 Batting Average
Henry Nicholls Stats in TEST
40 Matches, 2264 Runs, 42 Batting Average, 7 Hundred
in India: 4 Matches, 68 Runs, 13 Batting Average
Ajaz Patel Stats in TEST
9 Matches, 26 Wickets, 30 Bowling Average
Ajinkya Rahane Stats in TEST
78 Matches, 4756 Runs, 39 Batting Average, 12 Hundred
in India: 31 Matches, 1605 Runs, 36 Batting Average, 4 Hundred
Ravichandran Ashwin Stats in TEST
79 Matches, 413 Wickets, 24 Bowling Average, 30 Five wicket haul
in India: 47 Matches, 286 Wickets, 21 Bowling Average, 24 Five wicket haul
Ravindra Jadeja Stats in TEST
56 Matches, 2145 Runs, 34 Batting Average & 227 Wickets, 25 Bowling Average
Mayank Agarwal Stats in TEST
14 Matches, 1052 Runs, 45.7 Batting Average, 3 Hundred
Chesteshwar Pujara Stats in TEST
90 Matches, 6494 Runs, 45 Batting Average, 18 Hundred
Tom Latham
Will Young
Kane Williamson(c)
Ross Taylor
Henry Nicholls
Tom Blundell(wk)
Mitchell Santner
Kyle Jamieson/ W Somerville
Tim Southee
Neil Wagner
Ajaz Patel
WICKET-KEEPERS: T Blundell
BATSMEN: C Pujara, S Gill, K Williamson(vc), M Agarwal, H Nicholls
ALL-ROUNDERS: R Jadeja(c), R Ashwin
BOWLERS: N Wagner, M Siraj, A Patel