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IND vs NZ Match Preview
The Road to the T20 World Cup 2022 begins with the three Match T20 Series between India and Newzealand and International Cricket returns to the Pink City Jaipur after a very long time.
Rohit Sharma’s first T20 Series as full time Captain in T20 under New head coach Rahul Dravid a new journey begins in Indian Cricket.
New Zealand might find it a bit tough to pick themselves up mentally so soon after the loss in the T20 World Cup final.
India announced a young 15 men Squad giving rest to the regular senior players keeping in mind the heavy workload that they have had over the past few months.
Newzealand on the other hand are without Devon Conway and Kane Williamson who is set to miss the T20 Series.Tim Southee is named as Captain.
India Would Probably go with 5 Specialist Batsman and the toss up between Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer and Venkatesh Iyer for the 6th Batsman would be interesting.
Newzealand batting looks very lean and depends on the Experienced duo of Martin Guptill and Daryll Mitchell to take the team forward in this series.
Martin Guptill (3147) and Rohit (3038) sit second and third respectively on the overall T20I run-tally. They both have a shot at overtaking Virat Kohli, who leads the run charts with 3227 right now.
Here what the two teams had to say in the prematch Press Conference.
“They are a very good team, they are well led, they are well planned and well prepared, and yes, they have beaten India recently in a few tournaments – those are the facts. Herein lies a really good opportunity for us to keep improving and keep getting better, and hopefully the next time we get an opportunity in a big tournament against them, we put one over.”.India’s new head coach Rahul Dravid
“It’s busy and we haven’t really had a chance to stop and think after the disappointment in the way things finished in the T20 World Cup final, but we have to shift our focus to this series and then obviously for the Test series. To represent your country is a great honour, so that gets me up and going.”New Zealand’s stand-in captain Tim Southee
Form Guide
(Last five Completed Matches,Most recent first)
India – WWWLL
Newzealand – LWWWW
IND vs NZ Match Details
Venue – Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Date – 17th November 2021
Time – 7:00 PM IST
IND vs NZ Pitch Report
The Pitch at Sawai Mansingh Stadium Jaipur is a Batting Friendly track and is a big ground With Spinners getting assistance from the pitch.As it is a night game dew factor could come into play.
IND vs NZ Probable Playing 11
India
Rohit Sharma (c),KL Rahul, 3 Ishan Kishan, Venkatesh Iyer/Shreyas Iyer/Ruturaj Gaikwad,Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Axar Patel,R Ashwin,Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Siraj,Yuzvendra Chahal
Newzealand
Martin Guptill,Daryl Mitchell,Glenn Phillips,Mark Chapman,Tim Seifert (wk),James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Kyle Jamieson,Tim Southee (capt),Adam Milne/Lockie Ferguson, Ish Sodhi
IND vs NZ Player Stats
Rohit Sharma – 7 M|250 Runs
KL Rahul – 6 M |208 Runs
Daryl Mitchell – 7 M | 208 Runs
Martin Guptill – 7 M | 245 Runs
Ravichandran Ashwin – 3 M| 6 Wk
Ish Sodhi – 7 M | 9 Wk
IND vs NZ Top Fantasy Picks
1. Rohith Sharma
2.Kl Rahul
3.Martin Guptill
4.Yuzvendra Chahal
5.Glenn Phillips
6.James Neesham
IND vs NZ Top Captaincy and Vice Captaincy Picks
1.Kl Rahul
2.Rohith Sharma
3.James Neesham
4.Daryl Mitchell
5.Ishan Kishan
IND vs NZ Dream 11 Prediction for SL
IND vs NZ Dream 11 Prediction for GL
Note – The final teams will be Updated After Lineups.
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