The cricket fans are ready to witness yet another big battle of the T20 cricket. The 1st T20 match of the Pakistan tour of New Zealand, 2020 is scheduled to be held on Friday, 18th December 2020 at Eden Park, Auckland. We are posting safe, secure, and accurate today match prediction of all matches of Pakistan and New Zealand.

New Zealand had played a recent T20 series against West Indies where they had a clean sweep with 2-0. New Zealand tested some young players in that series like Devon Conway and Glenn Phillips who gave their best performance in that series. The batting order of New Zealand is strong at least on papers. Tim Seifert and Martin Guptill are going to open the batting inning against Pakistan. Ross Taylor had been dropped for this series from the team.

We think that Mark Chapman will be replacing Ross Taylor in this series against Pakistan. The all-rounding squad of the New Zealand team is also strong as compared to the team Pakistan. Mitchell Santner, Scott Kuggeleijn, Ish Sodhi, Blair Tickner, Jacob Duffy, and James Neesham. New Zealand is not stronger as compared to Pakistan when it comes to the bowling department.

Pakistan team is facing some troubles right before the start of this series against New Zealand. The Captain and the key batsman of the Pakistan side, Babar Azam is injured and some other batsman had to step up but it looks almost impossible. We know how the class Babar Azam has in batting. The opening batting pair is still not finalized as Fakhar Zaman is also not the part of the squad of this team and Babar Azam is absent. In our opinion, Abdullah Shafique will be opening the batting with Haidar Ali for Pakistan. Mohammad Hafeez is also part of the squad which is a good sign for team Pakistan.

Mohammad Rizwan and Khushdil Shah are the other batsmen which can play well in the condition like in New Zealand. Imad Wasim and Shadab Khan will be the last who can bat. Wahab Riaz, Haris Rauf, and Shaheen Shah Afridi are three key fast bowlers in the Pakistan team. Muhammad Musa and Mohammad Hasnain also have a chance to play a match during this series. Usman Qadir is part of the squad for this series but we don’t think that he will be part of the playing XI as Shadab Khan is back into the side. Faheem Ashraf can also have a chance to play a game during this series.

Pakistan had played a total of 157 T20 matches where they won 97 and Opposing teams won 58 matches. Their two matches were ended with no result.

New Zealand had played 134 T20 matches. They won 64 matches while opposing teams won 66 matches. Their four matches were ended without any result.

Pakistan had faced New Zealand in 21 T20 matches where Pakistan won 13 and New Zealand won 8 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 won a recent T20 series against West Indies and are in good form
• Pakistan will be missing its key players like Babar Azam and Imam ul Haq in this match
• New Zealand has a strong batting order on the side
• The bowling unit of New Zealand is also strong and looks in good form
• The home conditions and crowd will also helpful for New Zealand

New Zealand has a strong batting order in the side which in excellent form. They also have a good result while playing against Pakistan, so the winning chances of today match for New Zealand have been increased. The equation of winning chances of both teams for today match is mentioned as under.

New Zealand has a 60% chance to win this match
Pakistan has 40% 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 of bounce that may help the seamers. Spinners can play a key role in this pitch. A score of near about 190 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 Pakistan. After checking the latest player’s availability, the Dream 11 Team for this match of Pakistan and New Zealand is mentioned under.

Date: Friday, 18th December 2020
Time: 06:00 AM GMT / 07:00 PM LOCAL / 11:30 AM IST

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: 23
Matches won batting first: 9
Matches won bowling first: 11
Average 1st Inns scores: 169
Average 2nd Inns scores: 152
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

Martin Guptill, Tim Seifert(w), Glenn Phillips, Devon Conway, Mark Chapman, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner(c), Doug Bracewell, Scott Kuggeleijn, Jacob Duffy, Ish Sodhi, Todd Astle, Blair Tickner.