IND vs NZ Match Prediction: When India faces New Zealand in the World Cup 2023 today, it will be the biggest challenge for the Kiwis to wash away the stain of failure in ICC tournaments. In fact, India and New Zealand have clashed 9 times in ICC tournaments held in the last 33 years. New Zealand has won on 8 of these occasions. In this sequence going on from 1990 till now, India had won against the Kiwis only once (World Cup 2003). In such a situation, it will be interesting to see whether the Indian team will be able to break the dominance of the Kiwis against them in ICC tournaments today or not…
Are there any figures in India’s favor?
Overall head to head record is in favor of Team India. Of the 116 ODI matches played between India and New Zealand, India has won 58, while New Zealand has won 50. Even in the current ICC rankings, Team India is at first position, while New Zealand is at 5th position. Along with this, Team India had also won the three-match ODI series between these two teams in a one-sided manner in the beginning of this year.
What is the strength of Team India?
Like always, Team India’s batting is its strength. All five batsmen of India’s top order are in excellent form. Rohit Sharma is giving a great start to Team India. Shubman Gill is the player who has scored the most ODI runs this year. Virat, Shreyas and KL have supported the team many times so far in this World Cup. This is the strongest batting line-up in World Cup 2023. Along with this, India also has match-winning batsmen like Suryakumar and Ravindra Jadeja at the sixth and seventh positions.
How much power is there in Team India’s bowling?
With the return of Jasprit Bumrah, Team India’s fast bowling attack looks very aggressive. Then, Siraj is also the number-1 ranked bowler in ODI. Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja are also doing wonders in spin bowling. On the basis of its bowling, till now India has not allowed the opposition team to cross the mark of 275 in any match of the World Cup 2023.
What is New Zealand’s strong point?
The bowling of the Kiwi team is its strongest side. The pair of Matt Henry and Trent Boult has the ability to destroy the opposition team’s batting in the first powerplay itself. After this, the team has an experienced spinner like Mitchell Santner, who is currently the highest wicket-taker in the World Cup 2023.
How much power is there in New Zealand’s batting?
So far in this World Cup, almost every Kiwi batsman has scored runs. But there have been irregularities in their performance. This means that Team India can exploit this weakness of New Zealand. However, one of the best things about New Zealand’s batting is that even in bad conditions, the batsmen of this team do not lose their temper and have the ability to put their team in a better position with very good understanding.
In whose favor will the result go today?
Both the teams are strong and there are some statistics in favor of both the teams. Both the teams have won all their matches so far in this World Cup in a one-sided manner. In such a situation, it is very difficult to predict the result of this match. The Indian team can take advantage of the home ground but the Dharamshala ground can be helpful to New Zealand’s fast bowlers to a great extent. Overall, today’s match is going to be a tough match and any team can win this match.
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