The world is ready to witness yet another big battle of test cricket. The 1st Test match of India tour of New Zealand, 2020 is scheduled to be held on Thursday, 20th February 2020 at Basin Reserve, Wellington. We are posting safe, secure and accurate today match prediction of all matches of India and New Zealand.

India is ranked as the number one team of test rankings and they are leading the world test championship. India has good records while playing tests abroad. This series of two test matches will be a challenge for team India to keep its number one position. Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Shami, and Umesh Yadav are the key bowlers of their side who had to play their key role. Ishant Sharma is not he part of team India and this could be a big lose the the side. Ravindra Jadeja and Ravi Ashwin are had to play their role. There is no doubt that India has a strong batting order in the side. Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Hanuma Vihari, Ajinkya Rahane, and Prithvi Shaw will have to bat well in this series against a strong side of New Zealand.

New Zealand is a strong side when it comes to test cricket. They will have their full strength available for this series of two test matches. Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Colin de Grandhomme, BJ Watling, Tom Latham, Tom Blundell, and Henry Nichols will be leading the batting order of team New Zealand. New Zeland has more strength in bowling than batting. Trent Boult, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner, and Ajaz Patel will be taking care of the bowling department. Kyle Jamieson is another tall fast bowler who will be difficult to play for team India.

New Zealand had played a total of 440 Test matches where they won 99 and Opposing teams won 175 matches. Their 166 Test matches were drawn.

India had played 540 Test matches. They won 157 matches while opposing teams won 164 matches. Their 217 Test matches were drawn and one match was tied.

India had faced New Zealand in 57 Test matches where India won 21 and New Zealand 10 matches. 26 matches between these two teams were drawn.

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

• The batting order of both teams is strong
• New Zealand has strong bowling on 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

India has a strong batting order on the side which is in good form. They also have a strong bowling unit in the side, so the winning chances of today match for India have been increased. The equation of winning chances of both teams for today’s match is mentioned as under.

India has a 44% chance to win this match
New Zealand has 37% chances to win this match
There are 19% chances of Draw

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 Test match of this series is scheduled to be held at Basin Reserve, Wellington. 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 290 runs should be as a par.

The weather forecast for Wellington is average 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.

Date: Thursday, 20th February 2020
Time: 10:30 PM GMT/ 11:30 AM LOCAL

Stadium: Basin Reserve
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
Capacity: 11,600
Ends: Vance Stand End, Scoreboard End
Time Zone: UTC +13:00
Home to: Wellington

Total matches: 63
Matches won batting first: 12
Matches won bowling first: 27
Average 1st Inns scores: 307
Average 2nd Inns scores: 322
Average 3rd Inns scores: 246
Average 4th Inns scores: 141
Highest total recorded: 680/8 (210 Ov) by NZ vs IND
Lowest total recorded: 42/10 (39 Ov) by NZ vs AUS

Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal, Virat Kohli(c), Shreyas Iyer, Lokesh Rahul(w), Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Manish Pandey, Yuzvendra Chahal, Navdeep Saini, Rishabh Pant, Shivam Dube. (Will be updated).