It’s a historic tour as this country hasn’t been to Pakistan to play international cricket in many years and now, we’re all set to kick off the 2021 New Zealand tour of Pakistan. On the fixtures list is 3 ODIs followed by a series of 5 T20Is, as all teams will be wanting to prepare for the upcoming ICC 2020 T20 World Cup. We begin with the longer format and all the three ODIs will be played at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.

Pakistan will obviously begin as favourites as they’ve been seeing good results in recent times and they’ve also got the massive home advantage. On the other hand, there’s a team which has sent half their players to IPL 2021 and will be short staffed, but New Zealand have finalists at the last two 50-over World Cups, so don’t count them out. Keep reading for our complete My11Circle (Get Rs.500 FREE*) PAK vs NZ 1st ODI Dream11 predictions…

Game details

Series: 2021 New Zealand tour of Pakistan.
When: 17th September 2021, 3:00pm IST.
Where: Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Capacity: 15,000+
Series position: First game of the 3-match series.

Form (recent first)

PAK: L L L W L
NZ: W W W L W

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Stats that matter

Head to head in last 5 games, these teams are tied 2-2.
Last time New Zealand toured Pakistan – 18 years ago.
New Zealand – lost all 3 of their previous ODIs here.

PAK vs NZ Fantasy Cricket Tips

Pakistan

The hosts have already named their 12-man squad for the 1st ODI so there’s no need to wait until the toss for team combinations. There’s a decision that will have to be made between Usman Qadir and Zahid Mehmood and we’re picking the former in our PAK vs NZ fantasy team because he’s been preferred in recent months. Pakistan captain has 221 runs in only 3 ODIs here, including a fifty and century, so we’re picking Babar Azam as well.

Leaving aside the obvious picks like the captain and others, Iftikhar Ahmed is someone who has massive potential and in recent games, we saw him being promoted up the order where he showed he can play a long innings and isn’t just a muscle player, so I’ll pick him in my PAK vs NZ 1st ODI Dream11 team too. Mohammad Rizwan has been super consistent, so we’re picking him while Shadab Khan is a good bowling option on spinning a pitch.

New Zealand

Tom Blundell had a quad strain, so Tom Latham will take the gloves and the latter must definitely make your My11Circle (Get Rs.500 FREE*) PAK vs NZ fantasy team, as he had a couple of fifties in 5 T20Is against Bangladesh recently, on a similar pitch as well. They’ve come with one specialist spinner, Ajaz Patel but likely to get a maiden ODI cap is Cole McConchie, since he got wickets against Bangladesh, though known for his batting.

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In the news recently for having shaved off his mullet, all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme hasn’t got us a big performance in a while but he’s one of the senior most players int he squad now and we think a good contribution is coming, so maybe pick him as fantasy captain or vice-captain. Matt Henry is your most experienced bowler, so pick him and if he makes the PAK vs NZ playing XI, Daryl Mitchell is a worthy pick too.

Pakistan vs New Zealand – 1st ODI 2021 Betting

Pakistan vs New Zealand – 1st ODI 2021 Betting
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PAK vs NZ Squads

Pakistan ODI Squad

Babar Azam (C), Imam-ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Rizwan, Hasan Ali, Usman Qadir, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Saud Shakeel, Zahid Mahmood.

New Zealand ODI Squad

Tom Latham (C), Henry Nicholls, Finn Allen, Colin de Grandhomme, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Will Young, Scott Kuggeleijn, Jacob Duffy, Cole McConchie, Hamish Bennett, Doug Bracewell, Matt Henry, Ajaz Patel, Blair Tickner.