NZ vs PAK Prediction: Toss, Pitch, Free Cricket Betting Tips for New Zealand vs Pakistan 1st T20I

Head to Head (overall)

• Matches Played- 21
• NZ – 8
• PAK- 13

Head to Head (in NZ)

• Matches Played- 9
• NZ- 5
• PAK- 4

Head to Head (In Eden Park)

• Matches Played- 3
• NZ – 1
• PAK- 2

NZ VS PAK MATCH PREDICTION

New Zeland vs Pakistan is always an exciting contest. Pakistan is one of the very few teams that have tested New Zealand at their home turf when it comes to T20 cricket. But this time, the scenarios are different. They miss the services of their captain and main batsman Babar Azam and opener Imam ul Haq due to injuries that they picked up during the practice sessions. Whereas New Zealand has rested their main Test players who played against West Indies. Lockie Ferguson also misses out due to injury. So both teams will be assembling a completely different eleven to what we are used to in the coming match.

NZ Playing XI: Martin Guptill, Tim Seifert, Devon Conway, Glenn Phillips,  Mark Chapman, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Dough Bracewell, Ish Sodhi, Scott Kuggeleijn, Blair Tickner

PAK Playing XI: Hussain Talat, Mohammad Rizwan, Haider Ali, Mohammad Hafeez, Khushdil Shah, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Wahab Riaz, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf

NZ vs PAK Toss Prediction and Pitch Report

Eden Park is historically a high scoring ground, where even the mishits go for maximums. With smaller ground dimensions in place, a high scoring encounter is predicted. And rightly so it is better to have a score in mind. So chasing is preferred on this batsmen’s paradise.

Predicted Score:

If New Zealand bats first: 180-190
If Pakistan bats first: 170-180

NZ vs PAK cricket betting tips

Players who are expected to perform well as per NZ vs PAK Dream11 Teams.

Top Batsman

NZ- Devon Conway

This man has literally earned his spot by racking up tons of runs in the domestic circuit. He was the leading run-scorer in Super Smash, where he racked up 543 runs. He also impressed with scores of 41(29) and 65*(37) in the two T20Is that he played against West Indies.

PAK- Mohammad Hafeez

Mohammad Hafeez is the main Pakistan batsman to look forward to in this encounter. He has scored 865 T20 runs from 26 innings at an average of 48.06 in this calendar year.

Other prominent Batsmen: Glenn Philips, Haider Ali

Top Bowlers

NZ- Scott Kuggeleijn

In the absence of Boult, Ferguson, and Southee, he is the main pacer to look forward to in this match from New Zealand.

PAK- Shaheen Afridi

Shaheen is one of the most dangerous bowlers in the present era. He has picked up 48 wickets in this calendar year at an economy of 7.45.

Other prominent Bowlers: Haris Rauf, Mitchell Santner, Shadab Khan 

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