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NZ vs WI Today Match Prediction :
New Zealand will face off West Indies in the first T20 international in Auckland tomorrow. New Zealand who is going to play their first match since March will look to kick off their home season with a win. On the other hand, West Indies too will be eyeing a winning start and as the T20 World Cup is just ten months away both the sides will look to start their preparation keeping that event in the mind.
Here we are going to discuss strengths and weakness of New Zealand as well as of West Indies and will also make our NZ vs WI Today Match Prediction
Strengths :
New Zealand does’t look a strong T20I side but they’re playing at home and all their players are familiar with these conditions. Martin Guptill, new comer Devon Conway, Glenn Phillips, Tim Seifert, Dary Mitchell, Ross Taylor and Jimmy Neesham have been top class at home in domestic as well as international T20s and they make a strong batting unit. In the bowling they have Tim Southee, Mitchell Santner, Lockie Ferguson, Ish Sodhi and Hamish Bannett who will enjoy bowling at home grounds.
On the other hand, West Indies’ strength is their batting as they have a strong line up of Brendan King, Nicholas Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer, Kieron Pollard, Andre Fletcher and Fabian Allen who all are powerful hitters and on these small grounds of New Zealand they will love the hitting. In the bowling they have Sheldon Cottrell who is pretty good with new ball, Oshane Thomas, Hayden Walsh, Kestrick Williams who have a lot of experience of this format.
Weaknesses :
New Zealand’s bowling looks bit weak as they don’t have any yorker specialist and Trent Boult is also missing this series and on small grounds it’ll be a tough challenge for their bowlers to stop powerful hitters of West Indies.
On the other hand, West Indies don’t have a reliable batsmen in their line up who can build the innings if a collapse happen and except Sheldon Cottrell their other pacers leak a lot of runs so it’ll be a tough task for them to bowl with good line and lengths.
Here we are going to discuss both New Zealand and West Indies’s playing combination and probable playing XIs who will be useful for making NZ vs WI Dream11 Team
New Zealand might go with seven option so both Mitchell Santner and Daryl Mitchell are expected to play in this match. On the other hand, West Indies too will go with seven batting options and five bowling options so Fabian Allen is expected to play.
NZ vs WI Prediction, Playing 11
New Zealand :
Martin Guptill, Devon Conway, Glenn Phillips, Ross Taylor, Tim Seifert (wk), Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Kyle Jamieson, Lockie Ferguson
West Indies :
Brandon King, Andre Fletcher (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran, Kieron Pollard, Rovman Powell, Fabian Allen, Hayden Walsh Jnr, Sheldon Cottrell, Oshane Thomas, Kestrick Williams
NZ vs WI 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 WI Dream 11 Prediction teams
Kieron Pollard : The captain of West Indies has been in top form in this format this year as he did well in CPL as well as in IPL and given his form and strength he should enjoy batting on these small grounds of New Zealand and he also bowls couple of overs.
Martin Guptill : He has been one of the best openers of this format and he loves batting at Eden Park, Auckland as he has scored 500 plus runs here and in the power play he will go for big shots and the Windies bowling will suit him.
Nicholas Pooran : The young left hand batsman is coming with a good IPL season and he will look to transform his form here and if he gets set then can score big runs.
Tim Seifert : The wicket keeper has been impressive and in the last T20I series against India he played couple of good knocks and in the middle order in the absence of Kane Williamson he will be a key batsman.