The 2nd ODI match of the New Zealand tour of India, 2023 is scheduled to be held on Saturday, 21st January 2023 at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur.

The key strength of India had been its batting order and they crossed 350 runs in the previous four matches when they batted first. The batsmen of India play aggressive cricket and this strategy worked for the side. The batsmen of team India play more aggressively in their home conditions. The key batters of India like Virat Kohli and Shubhman Gill had been in superb form and had scored back-to-back hundreds. Rohit Sharma also had been good and his six-hitting capability had improved. SK Yadav and Ishan Kishan are other batsmen who can put a big total on the board for India in this match. Ishan Kishan is not playing as an opener and that is the main reason why he was not much impressive in the previous match.

Mohammad Siraj and Kuldeep Yadav had been good among the bowlers. These both bowlers picked wickets in each and every match they played. Washington Sundar and Shardul Thakur were part of the playing eleven of the previous match and we think that Umran Malik will get a chance to play this match. Remember that India scored 349 runs in the first ODI. Shubman Gill was the most successful batsman scoring 208 runs on 149 balls with the help of 19 boundaries and nine huge sixes. Rohit Sharma scored 34 runs. Mohammed Siraj was the most successful bowler picking four wickets in ten overs against 46 runs. Kuldeep Yadav also performed well and picked up two wickets in eight overs while he was charged with 43 runs. Shardul Thakur also picked two wickets while Shardul Thakur and Hardik Pandya picked one wicket each.

New Zealand lost the first match by the margin of just 12 runs and they showed up why they are the number one ODI team in the world. Six key batsmen of this team went back to the pavilion at a total of just 136 runs while chasing the target of 350 runs but Mitch Santner and Michael Bracewell took the charge and reduced the winning margin for India. They were just brilliant in tough conditions and we can expect that they will also perform well in this match. New Zealand must continue this strategy in this match otherwise, they lost this match by a big margin.

The bowling unit of New Zealand was not very effective in the first match. Henry Shipley and Lockie Ferguson were not impressive in the opening overs while Blair Tickner also proved expensive. Michael Bracewell and Mitchell Santner were impressive bowlers in the first match. Shipley and Daryl Mitchell picked two wickets each while Lockie Ferguson, Tickner, and Santner picked one wicket each. Michael Bracewell was the most successful and highest run-scorer in the previous match with a century to his name. He scored a total of 140 runs on just 78 balls with the help of 12 boundaries and 10 huge sixes. Mitchell Santner scored 57 runs while Finn Allen could manage to score 40 runs.

India had played a total of 1024 ODI matches where they won 536 matches and opposing teams won 436 matches. Their 43 matches ended with no result and nine matches were tied.

New Zealand had played a total of 796 ODI matches so far. They won 366 while other teams won 382 matches. 42 matches of New Zealand came with no result six matches were tied.

India played 114 ODI matches against New Zealand where they won 56 matches and New Zealand won 50 matches. 07 matches between New Zealand and India came without any result while one match was tied.

According to today’s prediction, India is the favorite team to win this match. The reasons why India is a favorite team in this match, are mentioned below:

• India won the first ODI match and will be confident about this match
• The batting order of India is known to perform well in the home conditions
• India had won 27 out of 36 ODI matches played in India
• The key batsmen of team India are in good form
• The top batting order of New Zealand almost collapsed in the previous match

India is overall a strong and experienced team and they have a decent record while playing in their home conditions. They have strong batting order and bowling unit, so the winning chances of India for today’s match have been increased. The equation of winning the chances of both teams for today’s match is mentioned as under.

India has a 72% chance to win this match
New Zealand has a 38% chance to win this match

The toss is going to play an important role in the decision of each and every match of this series. According to toss prediction, the team who will win the toss may elect to bat first.

The 2nd ODI match of the New Zealand tour of India is going to be held at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur. The pitch at this stadium is excellent for batting. The boundaries at this venue are short and will bring the spinners into play. The pitch will continue to be good for batting throughout the match. It also has a bit of help for the spin bowlers. As per the live cricket score, a total of 300 runs should be par score.

The weather forecast in Raipur on match day is good for a cricket game. There are almost no chances of rain and we may have a full match to watch.

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj.

New Zealand: Finn Allen, Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (c & wk), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner, Henry Shipley, Lockie Ferguson, Blair Tickner.

Captain: Shubhman Gill
Vice-Captain: Virat Kohli
Tom Latham, Finn Allen, Rohit Sharma, Devon Conway, Glenn Phillips, M Bracewell, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammad Siraj, Umran Malik

• Date: Saturday, 21st January 2023
• Time: 08:00 AM GMT / 01:30 PM LOCAL / 01:30 PM IST

• Stadium: Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium
• Location: Raipur, India
• Opened: 2008
• Capacity: 65,000
• Ends: North End, South End
• Time Zone: UTC +05:30
• Home to: Delhi Daredevils, Chhattisgarh
• Floodlights: Yes

Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Srikar Bharat, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umran Malik.