NZ vs PAK Dream11 Team Prediction: 36. This number will haunt Indian cricket for years to come. That manic one hour at Adelaide will be replayed again and again to show how a world-class batting line-up was brought to its knees by the quality and disciplined bowling effort. However, the -mortem can wait. For now, Team India has bigger worries. As everyone gears up for the Boxing Day Test at Melbourne, India has made 5 changes in the team to fix the gaping holes in the team. Without Kohli, without two front-line bowlers, a debutant opener and a part-time captain, Team India will face a tough challenge at Melbourne. On the other hand, Australia will be keen to make it 2-0 in the series. They will also be aware of the fact that minus the third day Adelaide, they lagged behind India in the first Test. This is a mistake they can not afford and hence expect Australia to come out all guns blazing. Let’s look at the AUS vs IND prediction.
Fixture: New Zealand vs Pakistan; New Zealand vs Pakistan Test series
When: 26 December, 03:30 AM IST
Venue: Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui
Head to Head:
Total games: 58
NZ: – 25
PAK: – 12
Drawn: 21
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NZ vs PAK Playing 11
NZ Team News: K Williamson returns which means W Young is out of the playing XI.
Playing combination: T Latham and T Blundell will open the batting. K Williamson, R Taylor, and H Nicolls are the engine of the batting order in the middle-order. B Watling will be the wicket-keeper. K Jamieson is the all-rounder while N Wagner, T Boult, and T Southee will handle the bowling artillery.
NZ Playing 11:
Tom Latham, Tom Blundell, Kane Williamson (capt), Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, BJ Watling (wk), Daryl Mitchell, Kyle Jamieson, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner, Trent Boult
PAK Team News:
Injuries, unavailability: B Azam and S Khan are ruled out of this Test.
Playing combination: S Masood and A Ali are the openers. F Alam, H Sohail, and M Rizwan will bat in the middle order. S Afridi and M Abbas will be the key bowlers.
PAK Playing 11:
Shan Masood, Abid Ali, Azhar Ali, Fawad Alam, Haris Sohail, Mohammad Rizwan (capt & wk), Faheem Ashraf, Yasir Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Abbas, Naseem Shah
In NZ vs PAK Dream 11 prediction, K Williamson and H Nicholls will be the key batters for the team while T Southee and N Wagner will be expected to claim wickets. K Jamieson is the X factor in batting as well as bowling departments. For Pakistan, M Rizwan is the batting mainstay while S Afridi will spearhead the bowling department.
NZ vs PAK Dream11 Prediction:
Wicket-keepers: M Rizwan
Batsmen: H Nicholls, K Williamson, R Taylor, T Latham,
All-rounder: F Alam
Bowlers: K Jamieson, N Wagner, T Southee, M Abbas, S Afridi
Captain and vice-captain:
K Jamieson is having a dream run in Test career. He has claimed 20 wickets in 4 games and has scored 164 runs at an average of 54.66. He claimed 11 wickets in 2 Tests against West Indies and also scored a crucial fifty. He is the perfect choice for captain.
K Williamson made 251 runs in his last Test innings and looks in great form. He has scored 6727 runs in 81 Tests and averages 52.55. He has made 22 hundreds and 32 fifties.
H Nicholls is in good batting form. He made a stunning knock of 174 runs in the last Test innings against West Indies. He averages 41.91 with the bat and has made 1928 runs in 35 Tests.
T Southee is a top-class bowler and in swinging conditions, he can wreak havoc. He has claimed 296 wickets in 75 Tests and averages 28.58 with the ball.
New Zealand are a highly strong team at their home and these conditions favour them. Pakistan on the other hand are without B Azam which weakens them further. So in the NZ vs PAK Dream11 today match prediction, expect NZ to win the game.