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NZ vs IND Dream11 Match Prediction

NZ vs IND Dream11 Match Preview: It is now four losses on the trot for the visitors on their tour to New Zealand, and the situation is getting worse. The two teams will now meet in the second and final Test of the series at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch.

The surface for the second Test is lush green which is definitely going to be a paradise for the seamers. With Neil Wagner back for the hosts, they would now be booming with a lot more confidence. However, with Kyle Jamieson doing really well in the opening Test, Kane Williamson has definitely got a selection dilemma up his sleeves.

As far as the visitors are concerned, their campaign has struck with two more injuries in the form of Prithvi Shaw and their premier seamer from the first Test Ishant Sharma. Both these players are doubtful for this Test and it would be interesting to see what sort of combination Captain Kohli will look forward to save the series.

The clash will take place at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch, at 04:00 AM IST on 29th February.

Here is the Dream11 prediction and for NZ vs IND.

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Last two results at this venue

Dec 26-30, 2018: New Zealand (178/10 and 585/4 dec) defeated Sri Lanka (104/10 and 236/10) by 423 runs.

Dec 26-30, 2018: England (307/10 and 352/9 dec) drew with New Zealand (278/10 and 256/8).

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NZ vs IND Dream11 Head to Head (Last 5 games)

New Zealand won: 01
India won: 03
Drew: 01

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NZ vs IND Dream11 Team News

New Zealand Team News

Unavailable:

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Possible combination:

• With a Green strip on offer in Christchurch, the hosts will bring in Neil Wagner at the expense of Aijaz Patel which also means, Kyle Jamieson will also feature in the eleven.
• No other changes are likely to take place in the winning combination.

Probable Playing11:
Tom Latham, Tom Blundell, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, BJ Watling, Henry Nicholls, Colin de Grandhomme, Tim Southee, Kyle Jamieson, Trent Boult, Neil Wagner.

 

India Team News

Doubtful:

• Prithvi Shaw (Swollen foot)
• Ishant Sharma (Ankle injury)

Possible combination:

• If Prithvi Shaw is unable to feature in the eleven, he would be replaced by Shubman Gill.
• Ishant Sharma will be replaced by Umesh Yadav in the eleven.
• Once again there would be a toss-up between Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin. However, going by the pitch condition, there might be an outside chance for Navdeep Saini to make his Test debut.

Probable Playing11:
Prithvi Shaw/Shubman Gill, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav, R Ashwin/R Jadeja, Mohd Shami.

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IND Squad
Virat Kohli (c), Mayank Agarwal, Ishant Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shubman Gill, Umesh Yadav, Cheteshwar Pujara, Mohammed Shami, Ravindra Jadeja, Navdeep Saini, Hanuma Vihari, Prithvi Shaw, Wriddhiman Saha.

NZ Squad
Kane Williamson (c), Neil Wagner, Tim Southee, Colin de Grandhomme, BJ Watling, Henry Nicholls, Ross Taylor, Trent Boult, Kyle Jamieson, Tom Latham, Ajaz Patel, Matt Henry, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell.

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NZ vs IND Dream11 Top picks from India:

• Mayank Agarwal: The opener has amassed 964 runs from the last 10 Test matches at a staggering average of 64.26.
• Ajinkya Rahane: 752 runs from the last 10 Test matches at an average of 57.84.
• Mohammad Shami: The right-arm pacer has managed 37 scalps from the last 10 matches at an economy rate of 2.97.

NZ vs IND Dream11 Top picks from New Zealand:

• Ross Taylor: The veteran batsman has managed 695 runs from the last 10 Test matches at an average of 49.64.
• Kane Williamson: The skipper has managed 305 runs from the last 56 Test innings.
• Neil Wagner: The left-arm quick has scalped 46 wickets from the last 7 matches at an economy rate of 2.78.

 

Team 1:

WK: BJ Watling
BAT: A Rahane, C Pujara, K Williamson (vc), Ross Taylor
ALL: Hanuma Vihari, Colin de Grandhomme
BWL: Mohd Shami, Neil Wagner, Trent Boult, Tim Southee (c)

Team 2:

WK: R Pant
BAT: A Rahane, V Kohli, K Williamson, T Latham
ALL: Hanuma Vihari
BWL: Mohd Shami, Neil Wagner (c), Tim Southee (vc), J Bumrah, K Jamieson

 

Who will win Today match: We are backing New Zealand to win this contest.