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NZ vs PAK Today Match Prediction : New Zealand will take on Pakistan in the second T20I match in Hamilton on Sunday, 20 December. New Zealand lead 1-0 in the series after a 5 wickets win in Auckland in the first T20I and now they will look to seal the series. On the other hand, Pakistan will be hoping for a better performance so they can level the series in this do or die contest.
Here we are going to discuss strengths and weakness of New Zealand as well as of Pakistan and will also make our NZ vs PAK Today Match Prediction
Strengths
New Zealand’s strength is their batting as well as bowling. The return of Kane Williamson has strengthened their batting line up of Martin Guptill, Tim Seifert, Devon Conway, Glenn Phillips and Jimmy Neesham and then the bowling attack of Trent Boult, Tim Southee and Kyle Jamieson along with spinners Ish Sodhi and Mitchell Santner can dismantle any batting line up in these home conditions.
On the other hand, Pakistan’s strength is also their bowling attack as Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf showed their form in the first match with 5 wickets between them and they have the ability to pick wickets with new ball and then in the batting they have good young talents like Haider Ali, Khushdil Shah, Shadab Khan and experience of Mohammad Hafeez.
Weaknesses :
New Zealand’s weakness is the poor form of Martin Guptill as the opener hasn’t scored big runs in this home season and Glenn Phillips is inconsistent with his performance.
On the other hand, Pakistan’s weakness is their inexperienced batting line up as the likes of Abdullah Shafique, Mohammad Rizwan, Haider Ali and Khushdil Shah are playing for the first time in these conditions and the absence of Babar Azam has further weakened their batting unit and in bowling Wahab Riaz and Shadab Khan leak a lot of runs in middle overs.
Here we are going to discuss both New Zealand and Pakistan’s playing combination and probable playing XIs who will be useful for making NZ vs PAK Dream11 Team
New Zealand will make some changes as Kane Williamson, Trent Boult, Tim Southee and Kyle Jamieson have returned and on the other side, Pakistan might bring Sarfraz Ahmed to give some stability in the batting order.
NZ vs PAK Prediction, Playing 11
New Zealand :
Martin Guptill, Tim Seifert (wk), Kane Williamson (c), Devon Conway, Glenn Phillips, Jimmy Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Kyle Jamieson, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Trent Boult
Pakistan :
Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Abdullah Shafique, Haider Ali, Mohammad Hafeez, Shadab Khan (c), Sarfraz Ahmed / Khushdil Shah, Imad Wasim, Faheem Ashraf, Wahab Riaz, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf
NZ vs PAK Today Match Prediction :
Here we are going to discuss about a few players from both sides who can be very good picks for NZ vs PAK Dream 11 Prediction teams
Shaheen Shah Afridi : He has been the best pacer from Pakistan for the last 12 months and with his ability to take wickets with new as well as old ball he will be the key bowler for them in this series and in the first match he picked 2 wickets.
Kane Williamson : Captain of New Zealand is back and he is in form as he smashed 251 runs against West Indies and the refreshed captain will look to score big runs in this series as well.
Tim Seifert : The wicket keeper scored a good fifty in the first match and in opening he will be the key batsman once again as Guptill is struggling for form.
Shadab Khan : The all rounder is captaining in this series and in the first match he played a good knock of 30 odd runs under pressure and he also bowls some overs of leg spin so he can be a good pick.