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IND vs NZ Dream11 Team Prediction | ICC World Cup 2019 Semi-Final 1 Match, Squads, Fantasy Team News

By Dheeraj
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IND vs NZ Dream11 Semi-Final 1 Match Prediction | India vs New Zealand ICC World Cup 2019

The ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 has reached its business end. It is time for the semi-finals to unfold. The four teams who have deservingly made it here after some sheer competition are India, Australia, England and New Zealand.

The first semi-final will be played between India and New Zealand as India finished at the top of the pile in the league stage, whereas, New Zealand finished fourth. This match will be played at the Emirates Old Trafford in Manchester.

The second semi-final will see the reigning and five-time champions Australia who finished second in the points table going up against the hosts England who remained on the third position after the completion of league matches.

Both India and New Zealand were supposed to see-off each other in match no 18 of this World Cup at Nottingham, but due to persistent rains, even the toss didn’t take place.


Best Performance in the World Cup:

New Zealand: Runners-up in 2015 edition.

India: Champions in 1983 and 2011 editions.


Match Schedule

India vs New Zealand

Venue: Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester

Time: July 09, 03:00 PM


Head to Head in ODIs

Matches: 106

India won: 55

New Zealand won: 45

Tied: 01

No result: 05


The surface and the weather at The Emirates Old Trafford

Team’s batting first here have won all the games played in this World Cup. Clouds are expected throughout the course of the match with little bit drizzle. Going by the nature, both captains will be pipped to bat first here.

Matches: 50

Won batting first: 22 (45%)

Won batting second: 27 (55%)

No Result: 01

Highest Total: 397/6 (50 Ov) by ENG vs AFGH, June 18, 2018

Lowest Total: 45/10 (40.3 Ov) by CAN vs ENG, July 20, 1979

300+ Totals: 5

400+ Totals: 00


TOSS: New Zealand won the toss and opted to bat

IND vs NZ Team News:

  • Lockie Ferguson in for Tim Southee.
  • Yuzvendra Chahal in for Kuldeep Yadav.

India squad to face New Zealand: 

Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik, Kedar Jadhav, Mayank Agarwal, Rishabh Pant, Yuzvendra Chahal, MS Dhoni (wk), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Hardik Pandya.

New Zealand squad to face India: 

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


IND vs NZ Playing11

India: Kannaur Lokesh Rahul, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Dinesh Karthik, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah.

New Zealand: Henry Nicholls, Martin Guptill, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Colin de Grandhomme, James Neesham, Tom Latham, Mitchell Santner, Trent Boult, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson.


Players in focus

Virat Kohli

@Reuters
  • With 442 runs so far in this World Cup, Virat Kohli has looked exceptional.
  • He averages astonishingly against New Zealand i.e. 68.53 which includes 7 fifties and 5 centuries from just 22 innings.
  • His last 4 scores against the Blackcaps are 113, 45, 43 and 60.

 

Mohammad Shami

@Reuters
  • With 14 scalps from just 4 games, Mohammad Shami has been brilliant for India in this World Cup.
  • His best figures in this World Cup came against England against whom he scalped 5 for 69.

Jasprit Bumrah

@Reuters
  • India’s premier pacer Jasprit Bumrah has so far scalped 17 wickets from 8 games in this World Cup and is the leading wicket-taker for India so far.
  • Barring his debut game against New Zealand, he has picked a wicket every time he has played against this opposition. From 7 matches, he has picked 12 wickets at an average of 22.75.

 

Rohit Sharma

@Twitter/cricketworldcup
  • Ro-‘HIT’ man Sharma is on a different planet all together in this World Cup.
  • He is the leading run-scorer in this World Cup with 647 runs from 8 innings which includes 5 centuries.

 

Ross Taylor

@PTI
  • Ross Taylor has amassed 1117 runs against this opposition at an average of 41.37.
  • He has scored 261 runs in this World Cup so far from 7 innings.

 

Kane Williamson

@Reuters
  • The Blackcaps skipper Kane Williamson is the stalwart of this team.
  • He has scored 895 runs against this opposition from 23 innings.
  • In this World Cup, he is the leading run-getter for his side with 481 runs.

 

James Neesham

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  • The big all-rounder has amassed 201 runs in this World Cup from just 6 innings with a highest score of 97*.
  • With the ball, he has managed 11 wickets in the tournament so far.

 

Trent Boult

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  • The Blackcaps spearhead has dismissed Rohit Sharma with his lethal and deceptive inswingers 4-times in his ODI career.
  • He has taken 22 scalps against this opposition from 12 matches.
  • In this World Cup, he has managed 15 scalps which include a hat-trick against Australia.

 

IND vs NZ Dream11 Team

 

Dheeraj

A 90's born who has witnessed Sachin becoming "The God", Dhoni becoming "The only Captain to have won all the ICC trophies" and Kohli turning into a "run machine". Cricket is something I am crazy for and I try to deliver the best and true I can in my every writing.