Match Preview

* New Zealand Team and India Team will play their 1st Test match, India tour of New Zealand at
Basin Reserve, Wellington.

*The T20I and ODI series on India’s tour of New Zealand have been a completely one-sided affair for both the teams. While India won the T20I series 5-0, New Zealand came back stronger to win the ODI series 3-0.

New Zealand Team Updates

* The upcoming 2-Test series between India and New Zealand couldn’t have arrived at an interesting time for the two respective captains. Williamson’s side are trying to leave overcome the disappointment of a recent 3-0 thrashing in Australia. NZ Vs IND Dream11 Team Prediction With both India and New Zealand expected to slug it out in whites over the next fortnight or so, both the captains will need to be at the top of their captaincy game in order to win the series.

* Under Williamson, New Zealand have been a tough side to beat at home, losing just a single Test in his more than 4 years captaincy tenure. Away from home, New Zealand have consistently been punching above their weight with the historic 2-1 series win in UAE vs Pakistan in 2018 being the team’s zenith so far under Williamson. NZ Vs IND Dream11 Team Prediction Since then, New Zealand have also managed to draw a Test series in Sri Lanka but the 3-0 loss in Australia must be surely hurting the Kiwis.

Probable Playing11:

Tom Blundell, Tom Latham, Kane Williamson (C), Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, BJ Watling (WK), Colin de Grandhomme, Ajaz Patel, Trent Boult, Tim Southee, and Neil Wagner/ Kyle Jamieson.

New Zealand Squad:

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

India Team Updates

* For Kohli, this will be a chance to become only the 3rd Indian captain to win a Test series in New Zealand. Kohli has the templates of 2 finest India captains MAK Pataudi and MS Dhoni to follow but it certainly won’t be easy against the likes of Trent Boult, Tim Southee and Neil Wagner. The series defeats in South Africa and England must still be hurting India and the New Zealand series provides them with a chance to continue the momentum they gained by winning in Australia last year barring which murmurs of India being poor travellers will again start to resurface.

* Openers, Mayank Agarwal and Prithvi Shaw are placed in at the top and middle order will be Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (C), Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari and Wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha and bowlers Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah This Test series could be another chance for Manish Pandey.

NZ Vs IND Dream11 Team Prediction

Squads
India Squad:

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

New Zealand Squad:

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