What a dominating performance it was from Team India who went on to win the recent T20I series 3-0, even though they had many of their senior players rested for that series. However, it’s time for the bigger challenge now as we move into the 5-day format and here, New Zealand has had the edge over India in recent contests. The most recent of them was the 2021 WTC Finals which they beat India in England.
The hosts have a few selection dilemmas and we’d recommend waiting for the toss before your final eleven is selected. New Zealand has played 3 previous Tests at the Green Park in Kanpur and they’re yet to find a win, with 2 losses and one draw. You can expect the spinners to pick plenty of wickets on this surface. Keep reading for our complete MyFab11 (sign-up with code “READAD46“) IND vs NZ 1st Test fantasy preview…
Match info
- Tournament: 2021 New Zealand tour of India.
- Date: 25th November 2021, 9:30pm IST.
- Venue: Green Park, Kanpur, India.
- Capacity: 45,000+
- Series status: First game of the 2-match series.
Recent form
- IND: W L W D L
- NZ: W W D W W
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Numbers
- Head to head in last 5 games, New Zealand leads 3-2.
- India last lost a Test match at this ground in 1983.
- Ravi Ashwin – 10 wickets in only previous game here.
India
We spoke about the spin influence on this ground and that’s why we can’t leave someone like Ravi Ashwin out of our team. He hasn’t gone wicketless in any games since his return to the T20I team and that’ll boost his confidence even more, so pick him in your IND vs NZ fantasy team. Ravindra Jadeja is sure to be the second spinner and India will take a call on whether they’d want to play a third in Axar Patel or not.
With the bat, we think Shubman Gill will open alongside Mayank Agarwal. Mayank has been getting on and off chances for Team India and we don’t think he’ll let this one go. With supreme form in the IPL over the last couple of years, we think he’ll be able to get some in this format as well. Shreyas Iyer has been handed out a Test debut and 4 years after making his white ball debut, he’ll want to shine on the big stage.
New Zealand
With Devon Conway’s hand-breaking injury, it’s going to be Tom Blundell taking the wicket-keeping gloves and if NZ decide to take the spin route as well, we could see them playing Will Somerville, Ajaz Patel as well as Mitchell Santner. While Santner doesn’t have the best record in red ball cricket, there’s the temptation of paying Kyle Jamieson in his place, who has a good record against India in his short international career so far.
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Among the pacers, there’s Southee who is the most experienced, but I’d rather have Neil Wagner in my MyFab11 (sign-up with code “READAD46“) IND vs NZ fantasy team because he bowls a mean short ball, which usually works well against Asian teams. With the bat, we’re going to go for experience and pick Kane Williamson in the middle order for our IND vs NZ MyFab11 team, while Tom Latham at the top is likely to accumulate runs.
India vs New Zealand – 1st Test 2021 Betting
India vs New Zealand – 1st Test 2021 Betting
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IND vs NZ Squads
India Squad
Ajinkya Rahane (C), Suryakumar Yadav, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Wriddhiman Saha, KS Bharat, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Jayant Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.
New Zealand Squad
Kane Williamson (C), Tom Blundell, Henry Nicholls, Kyle Jamieson, Tom Latham, Ajaz Patel, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Will Somerville, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, Neil Wagner, Will Young, Devon Conway.
IND vs NZ fantasy team
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