IND vs NZ Dream11 Prediction | ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Warm-up

IND vs NZ Dream11 Prediction | India vs New Zealand Match Preview | Fantasy Team & Team News

The 2019 ICC World Cup is close at hand and with it comes the excitement and hype for the biggest cricket tournament. The top 10 teams clash to decide who is number one in the world.

The tournament will get underway from 30th May but before that, all teams are scheduled to play warm-up matches which should help the teams calibrate themselves. India is set to clash against New Zealand for their first warm-up match in London.

India, who are currently second in the world (ODI rankings) will fight against the previous runner-ups of the 2015 World Cup, New Zealand. The former aims to collect their third World Cup title while the latter, their maiden. Both teams have looked excellent in the limited overs format and should be expected to have a deep run in this tournament. Whatever may be the outcome, this match is sure going to be a dazzler.

Match Details

Competition – ICC Cricket World Cup 2019

Venue – Kennington Oval, London

Date & Time – 25th May, 03:00 PM IST

Pitch Stats

Average 1st innings score: 247

Average 2nd innings score: 213

Highest Total: 398/5 (50 Overs) by NZ vs Eng

Lowest Total: 103/10 (41 Overs) by Eng vs RSA

Highest Chased: 322/3 (48.4 Overs) by SL vs IND

Lowest Defended: 260/5 (50 Overs) by AUS vs Eng

Head to Head

In the last series between India and New Zealand, India had won the ODI series 4-1 while New Zealand won the T20 series 2-1. Out of the 106 ODIs they have played, India has won 55 while New Zealand 45.

India’s recent run (latest first):

13th March – Lost vs Australia by 53 runs
10th March – Lost vs Australia by 4 wickets
08th March – Lost vs Australia by 32 runs

New Zealand’s recent run (latest first):

20th February – Won vs Bangladesh by 88 runs
16th February – Won vs Bangladesh by 8 wickets
13th February – Won vs Bangladesh by 8 wickets

IND vs NZ Dream11 Team News & Squads

New Zealand’s vice-captain and primary wicket-keeper Tom Latham will not be playing this world cup match due to injury.
Tom Blundell will make is international ODI debut in this world cup.
Vijay Shankar was hit by a delivery from Khaleel Ahmed in the practice session last night. He is unlikely to feature

India Squad

Virat Kohli (C), Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shikhar Dhawan, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami, Vijay Shankar, Rohit Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav

New Zealand Squad

Kane Williamson (C), Tom Blundell, Trent Boult, Colin de Grandhomme, Lockie Ferguson, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Colin Munro, Jimmy Neesham, Henry Nicholls, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor

IND vs NZ Dream11 Fantasy Team

Since Tom Latham is injured and won’t appear in the first warm-up, the best choice, keeping this in mind is MS Dhoni. Dhoni had an amazing IPL run where he achieved his highest batting average in the IPL (42.20) and scored 416 runs. His experience on the field with the skipper Virat Kohli should help the Indian side tremendously.
The highest rated ODI batsmen (890), Virat Kohli should go massive this tournament. He is also packed with experience while just having finished playing the IPL and finishing as the 8th highest scoring batsmen (464).
Martin Guptill, while he only played 3 matches in the IPL, he was able to rack up 81 runs. Martin Guptill has had good records on English soil and should be comfortable going into the world cup.
A good all-rounder choice is Mitchell Santner. He is ranked 5th best in the ODI all-rounder rankings. He took 3 wickets at an economy of 5 in two matches against Bangladesh and scored 16* in one inning.
Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult, one of the best swing bowlers should take advantage of the weather in England for grabbing few wickets early in the match. In the India vs Australia series, Bumrah bagged a total of 7 wickets in 5 matches against them while maintaining an economy of 5.00.
Shikhar Dhawan is in tremendous form right now. The veteran hit a total of 521 in the IPL and was 4th on the leaderboard for most runs. Even though the format is changing from T20 to ODI, the player should feel confident coming into this tournament because of his recent performance.
Dhawan’s counterpart, Kane Williamson has always been consistent with the bat. The player scored a double century and half-century in the test matches against Bangladesh and also a half-century in the ODIs. He also scored 156 from 9 matches in the IPL.