NZ Playing 11 for Pakistan vs New Zealand 1st T20I Match; Top Picks, Fantasy Cricket Tips For PAK vs NZ Dream11 Team Prediction

New Zealand are touring Pakistan to play 5 T20Is, 5 ODIs and the Pakistan vs New Zealand 1st T20I match is scheduled to be played at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on 14 April, 2023 (Friday). The visiting New Zealand team will definitely be very much high on confidence as they are coming into this game on the back of a brilliant 2-1 T20I series victory over Sri Lanka at home earlier this month. However, the Kiwi side will miss some of their star cricketers as they are participating in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL 2023) season, but they have some really talented youngsters and few experienced guys part of the T20I squad.

New Zealand Playing XI Team News

New Zealand are very much likely to leave out Will Young, Henry Shipley and Ben Lister from the playing 11 for this PAK vs NZ match.
The pair of Chad Bowes and Mark Chapman will open the batting.
Tom Latham will captain the side and also be the wicket-keeper.
They will once again bank upon the likes of Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham and Mark Chapman to play a significant role in this batting line-up.
The likes of Ish Sodhi, Blair Tickner, Matt Henry and Adam Milne will be their crucial wicket-taking bowlers.

NZ Playing 11

1. Chad Bowes
2. Mark Chapman
3. Tom Latham (C & wk)
4. Daryl Mitchell
5. James Neesham
6. Rachin Ravindra
7. Cole McConchie
8. Ish Sodhi
9. Blair Tickner
10. Adam Milne
11. Matt Henry

New Zealand Squad

Tom Latham (c), Mark Chapman, Matt Henry, Cole McConchie, Daryl Mitchell, Rachin Ravindra, Ish Sodhi, Will Young, Chad Bowes, Dane Cleaver, Ben Lister, Adam Milne, James Neesham, Henry Shipley, Blair Tickner.

PAK vs NZ Dream11 Prediction

Here are the best fantasy cricket picks for the match from New Zealand:

New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell has been a consistent performer at the international level across formats in the last couple of years. Mitchell has smashed close to 1000 T20I runs at a strike-rate of nearly 140 that includes 5 fifties.

Matches	Runs	Strike-rate	50s	Recent Form
47	969	139.83	5	15, 66, 35, 8, 59

For New Zealand, senior leg-spinner Ish Sodhi has the ability to pick wickets at regular intervals in T20I cricket. Sodhi has taken 115 wickets from 94 T20I matches at an economy of 8.03.