The cricket fans are ready to witness yet another big battle of the T20 cricket. The 1st T20 match of India tour of New Zealand, 2020 is scheduled to be held on Friday, 24th January 2020 at Eden Park, Auckland. We are posting safe, secure and accurate today match prediction of all matches of India and New Zealand.

India had recently won a home ODI series against Australia with a margin of 2-1 and earlier they won the T20 series against West Indies with the same margin. India had made some key changes in their final squad for the T20 series. The regular captain of team India, Virat Kohli will be leading the team during this tour. Prithvi Shaw had been given the chances in this t20 series and with him, Rohit Sharma, Shreyas Iyar, and Manish Panday will be leading the batting department. Kedar Jadhav, Shivam Dube, and Ravindra Jadeja are the all-rounder who are the part of the side while KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant are the wicket-keeper batsmen in the team. Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Shami, Vavdeep Siani, and Shardul Thakur will be handling the bowling unit of the Indian team.

The national team players of New Zealand were busy in Super Smash League and they will be in excellent form for this home series against India. Kane Williamson will be leading the New Zealand team in this t20 series. Martin Guptill and Ross Taylor are the key batters while Scott Kuggeleijn, Colin Munro, Colin de Grandhomme, Tom Bruce, Daryl Mitchell, and Mitchell Santner are the key all-rounders who are the part of New Zealand side. Tim Seifert is the wicket-keeper batsman and Hamish Bennett, Ish Sodhi, Tim Sodhi, and Blair Tickner will be leading the bowling department.

India had played a total of 129 T20 matches where they won 81 and Opposing teams won 43 matches. Four T20 matches were ended without any result.

New Zealand had played 126 T20 matches. They won 62 matches while opposing teams won 61 matches. Their three matches were ended without any result.

India had faced New Zealand in 11 T20 matches where India won three and New Zealand won eight matches.

According to our match prediction, New Zealand is the favorite team to win this match. There are many factors that make New Zealand a favorite team to win this match.

• New Zealand had a decent record while playing against India
• New Zealand has a strong batting order in the side
• The bowling unit of India is also strong and looks in good form
• The home conditions and crowd will also helpful for New Zealand

New Zealand is overall a well-balanced side. They have some expert T20 players in the side who are in excellent form, so the winning chances of today match for New Zealand have been increased. The equation of winning chances of both teams for today’s match is mentioned as under.

New Zealand has a 51% chance to win this match
India has 49% chances to win this match

The toss can play an important role in the decision of this match. According to our toss prediction, the team who will win the toss may elect to bat first.

The 1st match of this series and scheduled to be held at Eden Park, Auckland. Pitch here in this stadium is a batting favored and with a little bit bounce that may help the seamers. Spinners can play a key role in this pitch. A score of near about 180 runs should be as a par.

The weather forecast for Auckland is not good for this match. There are some chances of rain and that is possible that we may have a short match.

Dream11 Prediction for New Zealand vs India. After checking the latest player’s availability, the Dream 11 Team for this match of India and New Zealand is mentioned under.

WICKETKEEPER:
R Pant
L Rahul (VC)
BATSMEN:
V Kohli
S Iyer
R Taylor
R Sharma (c)
M Guptill
ALL-ROUNDERS:
W Sundar
BOWLERS:
N Saini
I Sodhi
B Tickner

Date: Friday, 24th January 2020
Time: 06:50 AM GMT / 07:50 PM LOCAL

Stadium: Eden Park
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Opened: 1900
Capacity: 50,000
Known as: Eden Park
Ends: Broadcasting End, Terraces End
Time Zone: UTC +13:00
Home to: Auckland
Other Sports: it is home to Rugby
Floodlights: Yes
Curator: Mark Perham

Total matches: 20
Matches won batting first: 9
Matches won bowling first: 8
Average 1st Inns scores: 168
Average 2nd Inns scores: 149
Highest total recorded: 245/5 (18.5 Ov) by AUS vs NZ
Lowest total recorded: 107/10 (14.5 Ov) by NZ vs RSA
Highest score chased: 245/5 (18.5 Ov) by AUS vs NZ
Lowest score defended: 165/7 (20 Ov) by RSA vs NZ

Kane Williamson (c), Hamish Bennett, Tom Bruce, Colin de Grandhomme, Martin Guptill, Scott Kuggeleijn, Daryl Mitchell, Colin Munro, Ross Taylor, Blair Tickner, Mitchell Santner, Tim Seifert (wk), Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee.