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New Zealand vs India Dream11: The hosts were completely outdone in the T20I series, whereas, the hosts returned the favor in the ODI’s. It is now time for the Test series to take the center stage.

The first of the two Tests will take place at the Basin Reserve in Wellington, whereas, the second and final Test will take place at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch.

Both teams are stuck with few injury concerns but the series still is expected to be a really competitive won. It would be interesting to see which team will take the early advantage in the series.

Here, we have come up with match prediction, team news, possible playing elevens and fantasy picks for NZ vs IND Dream11 prediction, today match prediction.

Basin Reserve, Wellington, 21st January at 04:00 AM IST

Head to Head last 5 games

New Zealand won: 01
India won: 03
Draw: 01

Last result at this venue

Mar 08-12, 2019: Bangladesh (211 and 209), lost to New Zealand (432/6 dec) by an innings and 12 runs.

NZ vs IND Dream11 Team News

New Zealand News

The hosts have announced a 14-man squad for this series led by Kane Williamson.

Injuries/Unavailable: Neil Wagner (Unavailable for the first Test), Matt henry has been called as cover.

Possible combination: Skipper Kane Williamson has assured that Kyle Jamieson will make his debut in the first Test.

Tom Blundell and Tom Latham will open the innings followed by skipper Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor and Henry Nicholls.

The conditions are seamer-friendly, therefore, Tim Southee, the returning Trent Boult, and the tall-lanky pacer Kyle Jamieson will share the bowling responsibility.

New Zealand Playing 11- (Expected)
Tom Blundell, Tom Latham, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, BJ Watling, Henry Nicholls, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner/Aijaz Patel, Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Kyle Jamieson.

India News

The team management has announced a 16-member squad.

Injuries: Rohit Sharma (Hamstring)

Returns and New Faces: Navdeep Saini, Prithvi Shaw, Shubman Gill.

Possible change: Virat Kohli told in the pre-match conference that Ishant Sharma looked effortless in the nets. This means he will be featuring in the eleven.

Prithvi Shaw is expected to partner Mayank Agarwal at the top followed by Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane.

After a good outing with the bat in the practice game for Rishab Pant, he is expected to feature in the eleven.

The bowling workload will be managed by R Ashwin, I Sharma, M Shami and J Bumrah.

India Playing 11- (Expected)
Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Rishab Pant/Wriddhiman Saha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Mohammad Shami, Jasprit Bumrah.

NZ vs IND Today match prediction Squads

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

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

NZ vs IND Dream11 Fantasy Team

Fantasy Picks from New Zealand-

Players to watch-out:

• Tom Latham: 837 runs from the last 10 Tests averaging 52.31.
• Ross Taylor: 718 runs from the last 10 Tests averaging 47.86
• Kane Williamson: 665 runs from the last 15 Test innings averaging 51.15.
• Trent Boult: 10 wickets from the last 4 Test matches.

Players to avoid:
Neil Wagner, Aijaz Patel

Fantasy Picks from India-

Players to watch-out:

• Cheteshwar Pujara: 641 runs from the last 10 Tests averaging 49.30.
• Mayank Agarwal: 872 runs from the last 10 Tests averaging 67.07.
• Virat Kohli: 834 runs from the last 10 Tests averaging 64.15.
• Mohammad Shami: 42 scalps from the last 10 Test matches.

Players to avoid:
Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja

Team 1:

WK: BJ Watling
BAT: Kane Williamson (C), R Taylor, V Kohli, A Rahane, P Shaw
ALL: Colin de Grandhomme
BWL: T Boult (VC), T Southee, J Bumrah, M Shami

Team 2:

WK: BJ Watling
BAT: Kane Williamson, R Taylor (VC), V Kohli, C Pujara (C), M Agarwal
ALL: Hanuma Vihari
BWL: T Boult, T Southee, I Sharma, M Shami

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

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