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NZ vs PAK Today Match Prediction : New Zealand will take on Pakistan in the third and final T20I match in Napier on Tuesday, December 22. With two back to back impressive performances New Zealand have sealed the series and now will look to complete the whitewash of the visitors. On the other hand, Pakistan who have been poor in this series will look to salvage some pride in this match.
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 might continue with the same playing 11 who played in the last match and Pakistan might drop Abdullah Shfique who have bagged two ducks in the series.
NZ vs PAK Prediction, Playing 11
New Zealand :
Martin Guptill, Tim Seifert (wk), Kane Williamson (c), Devon Conway, Glenn Phillips, Jimmy Neesham, Scott Kuggeleijn, Kyle Jamieson, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Trent Boult
Pakistan :
Mohammad Rizwan (wk, Haider Ali, Sarfraz Ahmed, Mohammad Hafeez, Shadab Khan (c), Khushdil Shah, Imad Wasim, Faheem Ashraf, Wahab Riaz / Mohammad Hasnain, 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
Kane Williamson : Captain of New Zealand is back and he is in form as he smashed 251 runs against West Indies and also scored 57* in the last T20I match.
Tim Seifert : The wicket keeper scored a good fifty in the first match and then in the second match he played another good knock of 84* runs and in opening he will be the key batsman once again as Guptill is struggling for form.
Mohammad Hafeez : He bounced back in the second match and played a splendid knock of 99* runs and in the last 15 T20I matches he has scored 617 runs at 88 plus so he is in top form in this format.
Tim Southee : The right arm pacer has been in good form this summer and he picked 4 wickets in the last match and once again he will look to take some wickets with his seam and swing bowling.