Before the ongoing tour of New Zealand, India had never defeated the blackcaps at their home in T20 bilateral series. But in this tour after whitewashing with 5-0, India is looking pretty much confident with their squad ahead of ICC T20 World Cup 2020. However, the New Zealand team after whitewashing India in the ODIs series with 3-0 took fast revenge. And now both teams have to play two matches Test Series starting from 21st February at Wellington Cricket Ground where the test records of Kiwi’s team are not that much impressive.
India vs New Zealand, Dream 11 Prediction
Match Details
The first test match of India’s Tour of New Zealand 2020 will be going to commence at Basin Reserve in Wellington between 21st Feb and 25 Feb. The match starts at 11:30 AM Local (10:30 PM GMT Feb 20) (4:00 AM GMT Feb 21). In India, this match will be live on Stars Sports Network. And live streaming will be available on Hotstar.
Wellington Cricket Ground Test Records
The Wellington Cricket Ground Basin Reserve is commonly known as ‘The Basin”. The Basin Reserve is the only cricket ground in New Zealand to have Historic Place status as it is the oldest test cricket ground in New Zealand. This ground is also used for other events other than cricket such as for concerts, sports events and other social gatherings.
The capacity of this stadium is 11,600 heads. At this venue, the test records of the New Zealand team is not that much impressive. Here blackcaps have played 63 test matches so far and out of which, they have won only 19 matches. However, against India, New Zealand has lost only one match at Wellington cricket ground. Out of 6 test matches played between India and New Zealand, India have won 1, 2 drawn and 3 lost.
Pitch Report: The pitch at Basin Reserve has always had grass and it’s likely to be the same again, but it will be a drop-in pitch and it won’t develop as much of wear and tear as the game progresses
Probable Playing XI
India: Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (C), Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Ravindra Jadeja, Wriddhiman Saha, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah
New Zealand Tom Latham, Tom Blundell, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, BJ Watling, Colin de Grandhomme, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner, Ajaz Patel, Trent Boult
Top Batsman To Pick: Virat Kohli, Chteshwar Pujara, Hanuma Bihari, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor
Top Bowlers To Pick: Jasprit Bumrah, Blair Tickner, Mohammad Shami
All-rounder to pick: Ravindra Jadeja, Colin de Grandhomme, James Neesham
