THE WTC FINALS! Men In Blue against the Blackcaps!

India vs New Zealand - World Test Championship Final'2021, at Rose Bowl Cricket Stadium, Southampton 

Weather Forecast
Day 1 (18th) - Rain - 17°C
Day 2 (19th) - Partly Cloudy - 19°C
Day 3 (20th) - Showers - 18°C
Day 4 (21st) - Showers - 18°C
Day 5 (22nd) - Showers - 17°C

Series Top Performers

IND

Ajinkya Rahane - 5th highest run scorer (1095), Avg (43.80) - 17M/28I
Rohit Sharma - 6th highest run scorer (1030), Avg (64.37) - 11M/17I
Virat Kohli - 11th highest run scorer (877), Avg (43.85) - 14M/22I
Cheteshwara Pujara - 15th highest run scorer (818), Avg (29.21) - 17M/28I
Rishabh Pant - 27th highest run scorer (662), Avg (41.37) - 11M/18I

Ravichandran Ashwin - 3rd highest wicket taker (67), Avg (20.88), SR (46.9), 5 wicket hauls (4) - 13M/24I
Ishant Sharma - 12th highest wicket taker (36), Avg (17.36), SR (36.3), 5 wicket hauls (3) - 11M/20I
Mohammad Shami - 12th highest wicket taker (36), Avg (19.77), SR (39.9), 5 wicket hauls (1) - 10M/18I
Jasprit Bumrah - 16th highest wicket taker (34), Avg (22.41), SR (48.7), 5 wicket hauls (2) - 9M/17I

NZ

Kane Williamson - 16th highest run scorer (817), Avg (58.35) - 9M/14I
Tom Latham - 25th highest run scorer (680), Avg (40) - 11M/18I
Henry Nicholls - 31st highest run scorer (585), Avg (41.78) - 10M/15I

Tim Southee - 5th highest wicket taker (51), Avg (20.66), SR (45.9), 5 wicket hauls (3) - 10M/20I
Kyle Jamieson - 12th highest wicket taker (36), Avg (13.27), SR (33.3), 5 wicket hauls (4), 10 wicket haul match (1) - 6M/12I
Trent Boult - 16th highest wicket taker (34), Avg (29.29), SR (59) - 9M/18I
Neil Wagner - 20th highest wicket taker (32), Avg (22.50), SR (52.9) - 7M/14I

1. VENUE AND PITCH INFO

Venue - Rose Bowl Cricket Stadium, Southampton

(i) Total Matches - Tests

Overall - 6

Avg 1st Innings - 337
Avg 2nd Innings - 280
Avg 3rd Innings - 262
Avg 4th Innings - 187

Highest - 583/8 (England vs Pakistan - 21st August'2020)

Matches won batting 1st - 2
Matches won batting 2nd - 1
Matches Drawn - 3

(ii) Both teams on this venue - Tests

India - 2-0w/2l (0%)
New Zealand - Not Played Yet!

(iii) Recent matches on this venue

1. England vs Pakistan - 21st-25th August'2020
583/8dec vs 273 & 187/4 (Match Drawn)

Pacers - 3w+8w+3w=14w
Spinners - 5w+1w+1w=7w

2. Pakistan vs England - 13th-17th August'2020
236 vs 110/4 dec (Match Drawn)

Pacers - 9w+3w=12w
Spinners - 0w+1w=1w

3. England vs West Indies - 8th-12th July'2020
204 & 313 vs 318 & 200/6 (WI won by 4 wkts)

Pacers - 10w+8w+8w+6w=32w
Spinners - 0w+2w+2w+0w=4w

4. England vs India - 30th August-2nd September'2018
246 & 271 vs 273 & 184 (ENG won by 60 runs)

Cheteshwara Pujara - 132(257)*
Virat Kohli - 46(71)
Jasprit Bumrah - 3w
Ishant Sharma - 2w
Mohammad Shami - 2w
Ravichandran Ashwin - 2w
Virat Kohli - 58(130)
Ajinkya Rahane - 51(159)
Ravichandran Ashwin - 25(36) & 1w
Mohammad Shami - 4w
Ishant Sharma - 2w

Pacers - 8w+5w+7w+6w=26w
Spinners - 2w+5w+1w+4w=12w

5. England vs India - 27th-31st July'2014
569/7dec & 205/4dec vs 330 & 178 (ENG won by 266 runs)

Ajinkya Rahane - 54(113)
Virat Kohli - 39(75)
Rohit Sharma - 28(61) & 1w
Ravindra Jadeja - 31(52) & 2w
Ajinkya Rahane - 52(121)*
Ravindra Jadeja - 15(41) & 3w

Pacers - 4w+8w+1w+2w=15w
Spinners - 3w+2w+3w+7w=15w

6. Sri Lanka vs England - 16th-20th June'2011
184 & 334/5 vs 377/8dec (Match Drawn)

Pacers - 9w+8w+4w=21w
Spinners - 1w+0w+1w=2w

SUMMARY

Pacers
1st Innings - 43w
2nd Innings - 40w
3rd Innings - 23w
4th Innings - 14w

Spinners
1st Innings - 11w
2nd Innings - 11w
3rd Innings - 9w
4th Innings - 11w

Overall
120w:42w (Pacers:Spinners)

(iv) Toss Based Analysis on this Venue - Tests

IND

1. Shubman Gill
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling -

2. Rohit Sharma
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 28(61)&1w
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling - 6(28)&0w

3. Cheteshwara Pujara
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 132(257)*, 24(52)
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling - 5(14), 2(6)

4. Virat Kohli
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 46(71), 39(75)
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling - 58(130), 28(56)

5. Ajinkya Rahane
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(14), 54(113)
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling - 51(159), 52(121)*

6. Ravindra Jadeja
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 31(52)&2w
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling - 15(43)&3w

7. Ravichandran Ashwin
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling - 25(36)&1w

8. Hanuma Vihari
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling -

9. Jasprit Bumrah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling - 1w

10. Mohammad Shami
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling - 4w, 0w

11. Ishant Sharma
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 14(27)&2w
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling - 2w

12. Umesh Yadav
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling -

13. Mohammad Siraj
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling -

14. Rishabh Pant
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(29)
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling - 18(12)

15. Wriddhiman Saha
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling -

NZ

1. Devon Conway
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling -

2. Tom Latham
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling -

3. Kane Williamson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling -

4. Ross Taylor
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling -

5. Henry Nicholls
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling -

6. BJ Watling
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling -

7. Will Young
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling -

8. Colin De Grandhomme
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling -

9. Tim Southee
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling -

10. Kyle Jamieson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling -

11. Trent Boult
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling -

12. Matt Henry
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling -

13. Neil Wagner
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling -

14. Ajaz Patel
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling -

15. Tom Blundell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling -
 

2. HEAD TO HEAD

(i) Overall
59 - 21w/12l/26d (In favour of IND)

(ii) Last 5 games
5 - 3w/2l (In favour of IND)

(iii) On this Venue
Not Played Yet!

(iv) Top Performers from current squads when both these sides meet - Tests

IND

Virat Kohli - 11th highest run scorer (773), Avg (51.53) - 9M/17I
Cheteshwara Pujara - 12th highest run scorer (749), Avg (46.81) - 9M/17I
Ajinkya Rahane - 24th highest run scorer (600), Avg (50) - 7M/13I
Rohit Sharma - 48th highest run scorer (360), Avg (60) - 5M/9I

Ravichandran Ashwin - 5th highest wicket taker (48), Avg (16.97), SR (33.1), 5-wicket hauls (6), 10-wicket haul matches (3) - 6M/11I
Ishant Sharma - 13th highest wicket taker (35), Avg (24.14), SR (42.5), 5-wicket hauls (3) - 7M/13I
Mohammad Shami - 21st highest wicket taker (23), Avg (33.78), SR (58.4) - 7M/13I
Ravindra Jadeja - 32nd highest wicket taker (19), Avg (33.68), SR (78.3), 5-wicket hauls (1) - 6M/12I

NZ

Ross Taylor - 8th highest run scorer (812), Avg (33.83) - 14M/25I
Kane Williamson - 14th highest run scorer (728), Avg (36.40) - 11M/20I
Tom Latham - 50th highest run scorer (345), Avg (31.36) - 6M/12I

Tim Southee - 10th highest wicket taker (39), Avg (24.46), SR (43.2), 5-wicket hauls (2) - 8M/15I
Trent Boult - 11th highest wicket taker (36), Avg (29.52), SR (54.5) - 9M/17I
Neil Wagner - 36th highest wicket taker (18), Avg (28.50), SR (51.2) - 5M/10I

(v) Recent Matches

1. India vs New Zealand - 29th February-2nd March'2020
242 & 124 vs 235 & 132/3 (NZ won by 7 wkts)

Cheteshwara Pujara - 54(140)
Hanuma Vihari - 55(70)
Mohammad Shami - 4w
Jasprit Bumrah - 3w
Ravindra Jadeja - 2w
Tom Latham - 52(122)
Kyle Jamieson - 49(63) & 5w
Tom Blundell - 30(77)
Colin De Grandhomme - 26(44)
Trent Boult - 2w
Tim Southee - 2w
Cheteshwara Pujara - 24(88)
Jasprit Bumrah - 2w
Tom Blundell - 55(113)
Tom Latham - 52(74)
Trent Boult - 4w
Tim Southee - 3w

Pacers - 10w+8w+9w+3w=30w
Spinners - 0w+2w+0w+0w=2w

2. India vs New Zealand - 21st-24th February'2020
165 & 191 vs 348 & 9/0 (NZ won by 10 wkts)

Ajinkya Rahane - 46(138)
Ishant Sharma - 5w
Ravichandran Ashwin - 3w
Kane Williamson - 89(153)
Ross Taylor - 44(71)
Kyle Jamieson - 44(45) & 4w
Colin De Grandhomme - 43(74)
Trent Boult - 38(24) & 1w
Tim Southee - 4w
Ajinkya Rahane - 29(75)
Rishabh Pant - 25(41)
Tim Southee - 5w
Trent Boult - 4w

Pacers - 9w+7w+10w+0w=26w
Spinners - 0w+3w+0w+0w=3w

3. India vs New Zealand - 8th-11th October'2016
557/5dec & 216/3dec vs 299 & 153 (IND won by 321 runs)

Virat Kohli - 211(366)
Ajinkya Rahane - 188(381)
Rohit Sharma - 51(63)*
Cheteshwara Pujara - 41(108)
Ravichandran Ashwin - 6w
Ravindra Jadeja - 17(27)* & 2w
Tom Latham - 53(104)
BJ Watling - 23(48)
Trent Boult - 2w
Cheteshwara Pujara - 101(148)*
Ajinkya Rahane - 23(20)*
Ravichandran Ashwin - 7w
Ravindra Jadeja - 2w
Ross Taylor - 32(25)
Kane Williamson - 27(33)
BJ Watling - 23(64)*

Pacers - 2w+0w+0w+1w=3w
Spinners - 3w+8w+2w+9w=22w

4. India vs New Zealand - 30th September-3rd October'2016
316 & 263 vs 204 & 197 (IND won by 178 runs)

Cheteshwara Pujara - 87(219)
Ajinkya Rahane - 77(157)
Wriddhiman Saha - 54(85)*
Mohammad Shami - 3w
Ross Taylor - 36(80)
BJ Watling - 25(67)
Matt Henry - 3w
Neil Wagner - 2w
Trent Boult - 2w
Rohit Sharma - 82(132)
Wriddhiman Saha - 58(120)*
Virat Kohli - 45(65)
Mohammad Shami - 3w
Ravindra Jadeja - 3w
Ravichandran Ashwin - 3w
Tom Latham - 74(148)
Henry Nicholls - 24(66)
Matt Henry - 18(44) & 3w
Trent Boult - 3w

Pacers - 7w+8w+7w+4w=26w
Spinners - 3w+2w+3w+6w=14w

5. India vs New Zealand - 22nd-26th September'2016
318 & 377/5dec vs 262 & 236 (IND won by 197 runs)

Cheteshwara Pujara - 62(109)
Ravindra Jadeja - 42(44)* & 5w
Ravichandran Ashwin - 40(76) & 4w
Rohit Sharma - 35(67)
Kane Williamson - 75(137)
Tom Latham - 58(151)
Trent Boult - 3w
Neil Wagner - 2w
Cheteshwara Pujara - 78(152)
Rohit Sharma - 68(93)*
Ravindra Jadeja - 50(58)* & 1w
Ajinkya Rahane - 40(81)
Ravichandran Ashwin - 6w
Mohammad Shami - 2w
Kane Williamson - 25(59)
BJ Watling - 18(30)

Pacers - 5w+1w+0w+2w=8w
Spinners - 5w+9w+5w+7w=26w

(vi) Toss Based Analysis - Head to Head

IND

1. Shubman Gill
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling -

2. Rohit Sharma
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 35(67), 2(12), 51(63)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 72(120), 0(3)
3rd Batting/4th Bowling - 68(93)*, 82(132)
4th Batting/3rd Bowling - 19(59), 31(97)*

3. Cheteshwara Pujara
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 159(306), 62(109), 87(219), 11(42), 54(140)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 9(17), 1(3), 19(59), 41(108)
3rd Batting/4th Bowling - 78(152), 4(7), 101(148)*, 11(81), 24(88)
4th Batting/3rd Bowling - 48(104), 23(71), 17(50)

4. Virat Kohli
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 58(107), 9(10), 9(28), 211(366), 2(7), 3(15)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 103(193), 4(13), 38(93)
3rd Batting/4th Bowling - 18(40), 45(65), 17(28), 19(43), 14(30)
4th Batting/3rd Bowling - 51(82)*, 67(102), 105(135)*&0w

5. Ajinkya Rahane
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 18(36), 77(157), 188(381), 46(138), 7(27)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 26(70), 118(158)
3rd Batting/4th Bowling - 40(81), 1(5), 23(20)*, 29(75), 9(43)
4th Batting/3rd Bowling - 18(21)

6. Ravindra Jadeja
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 42(44)*&5w, 14(31)&1w, 17(27)*&2w, 9(10)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 30(44)*&1w, 26(16)&0w
3rd Batting/4th Bowling - 50(58)*&1w, 3w, 2w, 16(22)*&0w
4th Batting/3rd Bowling - 26(21)&1w, 1w

7. Ravichandran Ashwin
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 37(54)&6w, 40(76)&4w, 26(33)&1w, 6w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 32(40)&1w
3rd Batting/4th Bowling - 6w, 3w, 7w
4th Batting/3rd Bowling - 6w, 5w

8. Hanuma Vihari
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(20), 55(70)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3rd Batting/4th Bowling - 15(79), 9(18)
4th Batting/3rd Bowling -

9. Jasprit Bumrah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 10(11)*&3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3rd Batting/4th Bowling - 2w
4th Batting/3rd Bowling -

10. Mohammad Shami
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 3w, 0w, 21(20)&1w, 16(12)&4w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 4w
3rd Batting/4th Bowling - 2w, 3w, 0w, 0w
4th Batting/3rd Bowling - 3w, 2w

11. Ishant Sharma
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4w, 6w, 26(50)&6w
3rd Batting/4th Bowling - 12(21)&0w
4th Batting/3rd Bowling - 3w, 3w, 0w

12. Umesh Yadav
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w
3rd Batting/4th Bowling - 0w, 1w, 1w
4th Batting/3rd Bowling - 1w, 2w

13. Mohammad Siraj
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling -

14. Rishabh Pant
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 19(53), 12(14)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3rd Batting/4th Bowling - 25(41), 4(14)
4th Batting/3rd Bowling -

15. Wriddhiman Saha
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(2), 54(85)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3rd Batting/4th Bowling - 58(120)*
4th Batting/3rd Bowling -

NZ

1. Devon Conway
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling -

2. Tom Latham
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(8)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 58(151), 1(2), 53(104), 11(30), 52(122)
3rd Batting/4th Bowling - 29(64)
4th Batting/3rd Bowling - 2(15), 74(148), 6(10), 7(4)*, 52(74)

3. Kane Williamson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(3)&1w, 17(44), 113(172), 47(100)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 32(92)&0w, 75(137), 8(25), 89(153), 3(8)
3rd Batting/4th Bowling - 8(25), 52(163), 13(37), 3(17), 7(22)
4th Batting/3rd Bowling - 25(59), 27(33), 5(8)

4. Ross Taylor
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 20(24), 113(127), 3(15)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(14), 0(2), 36(80), 0(4), 44(71), 15(37)
3rd Batting/4th Bowling - 29(41), 7(9), 35(66), 41(73)
4th Batting/3rd Bowling - 17(36), 4(28), 32(25), 5(9)*

5. Henry Nicholls
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(11), 17(62), 14(27)
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling - 24(66), 5(13)*

6. BJ Watling
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(6), 0(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(72), 21(54), 25(67), 23(48), 14(30), 0(16)
3rd Batting/4th Bowling - 124(367)
4th Batting/3rd Bowling - 18(30), 1(8), 23(64)*

7. Will Young
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling -

8. Colin De Grandhomme
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 43(74)&0w, 26(44)&0w
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling - 1w

9. Tim Southee
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 38(68)&1w, 14(11)&7w, 28(21)&3w, 32(32)&3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4w, 2w
3rd Batting/4th Bowling - 31(25), 1w, 14(15)&3w, 2w
4th Batting/3rd Bowling - 5w

10. Kyle Jamieson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 44(45)&4w, 49(63)&5w
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling - 0w

11. Trent Boult
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 3w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 3w, 2w, 2w, 38(24)&1w, 2w
3rd Batting/4th Bowling - 1w, 3w, 1w
4th Batting/3rd Bowling - 0w, 3w, 0w, 4w

12. Matt Henry
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 0w
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling - 18(44)&3w, 0w

13. Neil Wagner
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 3w, 21(41)&1w
3rd Batting/4th Bowling - 14(21)&4w, 0w
4th Batting/3rd Bowling - 0w, 1w

14. Ajaz Patel
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling - 0w

15. Tom Blundell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 30(80), 30(77)
3rd Batting/4th Bowling -
4th Batting/3rd Bowling - 2(6)*, 55(113)

INDIA INTRA SQUAD PRACTICE MATCH HIGHLIGHTS -

Shubman Gill - 85
Ravindra Jadeja - 54*
Virat Kohli - 104*
Rishabh Pant - 121
Ishant Sharma - 3w
Mohammad Siraj - 2w

TOP PERFORMERS IN NZ TEST SERIES AGAINST ENG AHEAD OF THE WTC FINAL - (Held in Lords and Edgbaston)

1st Test

Devon Conway - 200 & 23
Tom Latham - 23 & 36
Henry Nicholls - 61 & 23
Tim Southee - 6w & 1w
Kyle Jamieson - 3w
Neil Wagner - 1w & 2w

2nd Test

Devon Conway - 80 & 3
Will Young - 82 & 8
Ross Taylor - 80
Trent Boult - 4w & 2w
Ajaz Patel - 20r 2w & 2w
Matt Henry - 3w & 3w
Neil Wagner - 1w & 3w

3. SQUAD INFO WITH PROBABLE XIs

(A) INDIA (IND):

Probable XI (They have announced their Playing XI already)

1) Shubman Gill - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 43, 9, 11, 0, 21, 33, 15, 0, 11, 15*, 0, 14

2) Rohit Sharma - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 24, 35, 14, 63, 44, 32, 43, 19, 37, 25

3) Cheteshwara Pujara - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 17, 0, 21, 7, 73, 15, 25, 56, 50, 77, 17, 3, 43, 0, 54, 0, 66

4) Virat Kohli (C) - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 35, 12, 8, 72*, 5, 33, 33, 7, 66

5) Ajinkya Rahane - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 8, 27, 7, 67, 10, 1, 0, 37, 24, 22, 4, 112, 27*, 42, 0

6) Rishabh Pant (Wk) - LHB
Last 10 - 14, 16, 58*, 37, 7, 15, 51, 15*, 78, 77

7) Ravindra Jadeja - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0, 22r 1w, 7r 0w, 62r 3w, 6r 0w, 8r 2w, 0w, 26r 0w, 28r 4w

8) Ravichandran Ashwin - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 13r 3w, 5w, 3w, 17r 4w, 13r 5w, 106r 3w

9) Mohammad Shami - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 3w, 2w

10) Ishant Sharma - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w

11) Jasprit Bumrah - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 2w, 1w

BENCH

12) Mohammad Siraj - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 5w

13) Hanuma Vihari - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 8, 0, 32, 52, 0, 8, 0, 4, 1, 2, 2, 65r 1w, 4, 23*

14) Wriddhiman Saha - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 1, 7, 9, 4, 0, 0, 54*, 58*, 39, 87, 30, 64

15) Umesh Yadav - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 3w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 3w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 1w

Safe C/VC choices
Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja

(B) NEW ZEALAND (NZ):

Probable XI

1) Tom Latham - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 6, 23*, 23, 36, 19, 18, 110*, 32, 106, 17*, 118*, 30

2) Devon Conway - LHB, WK, RM
Last 10 - 80, 3, 200, 23, 15, 92*, 126, 72, 27, 27, 19, 36

3) Kane Williamson (C) - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 13, 1, 20, 26*, 66*, 16*, 0, 8, 9, 53, 12

4) Ross Taylor - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 80, 14, 33, 27, 7, 4, 50, 2, 68*, 9, 0, 0

5) Will Young - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 82, 8, 5, 103, 124, 1, 21, 24, 0, 14, 53, 1, 11*

6) Henry Nicholls - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 21, 61, 23, 37, 18, 13, 49*, 72, 33, 127*, 49, 113

7) Kyle Jamieson - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 9r 3w, 0w, 16r 2w, 1w, 16r 0w, 1w, 11r 3w, 12r 1w, 4r 1w, 1w, 1w

8) Tim Southee - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 6w, 1w, 3w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 3w

9) Ajaz Patel - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 20r 2w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 52, 45r 0w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w

10) Neil Wagner - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 1w, 3w, 25r 1w, 10r 2w, 32r 2w, 0w, 1w, 17r 4w, 1w, 1r 2w, 0w, 19r 2w, 2w, 66r 0w, 3w, 2w, 4w, 0w

11) Trent Boult - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 4w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 3w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w

BENCH

12) BJ Watling - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 1, 15*, 0, 4, 8*, 23, 11, 37, 31, 16, 43*, 68, 13

13) Matt Henry - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 3w, 3w, 3w, 1w, 4w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 3w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 3w

14) Colin De Grandhomme - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 0r 0w, 9r 0w, 57, 0, 29, 12, 19, 43r 0w, 6, 19, 14*

15) Tom Blundell - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 34, 113, 19, 103*, 30, 6, 10, 2, 80*, 151, 2, 29, 16

Safe C/VC choices
Kane Williamson, Devon Conway

Differential GL C/VC choices

IND

Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Jasprit Bumrah
Hit or Miss: Shubman Gill, Ravichandran Ashwin, Cheteshwara Pujara

NZ

Will Young, Kyle Jamieson, Henry Nicholls
Hir or Miss: Tim Southee, Tom Latham, Ross Taylor

My Fantasy Team (SL)
(Pre Toss)

Wk - Pant
Bat - Kohli, Rohit/Pujara, Williamson, Conway, Latham/Nicholls/Taylor
AR - Jadeja
Bowl - Bumrah, Ishant, Jamieson/Boult, Southee

Notes -
1) Jamieson and Southee can contribute with the bat too, so they should ideally be preferred above Boult and Wagner/Henry in your team.
2) I predict either two of Rohit, Kohli or Pujara to score well in atleast one inning.
3) Rain could have a crucial role to play so create atleast 2 GL teams as if both teams only play 1 inning, and decide accordingly which players to keep.
4) For risky users, drop Kohli and Williamson from a GL team, and take Nicholls/Young and Rahane/Gill in that case.
5) Ashwin has done extremely well with the ball against NZ in the past, but in England conditions with rain playing a role, I expect the seamers to play a major part. Don't be surprised if Virat ends up bowling a few overs too.

Predictions -

Highest run scorers
NZ - Devon Conway/Kane Williamson
IND - Rohit Sharma/Ajinkya Rahane

Highest wicket takers
NZ - Tim Southee/Trent Boult
IND - Ishant Sharma/Jasprit Bumrah