Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot Pitch Report:
This is one of the most batting friendly venues of India with short boundaries. You can easily see scores above 300 here.\
The average 1st innings score at this Stadium is 322.
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Last 4 ODI Matches played here:
AUS: 352/7(50), IND: 286/10(49.4)(Pace: 11, Spin: 2)
IND: 340/6, AUS: 304/10(49.1)(Pace: 8, Spin: 7)
SA: 270/7, IND: 252/6(50)(Pace: 6, Spin: 5)
ENG: 325/4, IND: 316/9(50)(Pace: 6, Spin: 5)
India vs New Zealand Head 2 Head:
IND: 63, NZ: 50
New Zealand Team Preview:
They arrived with an experimental squad, with most of their regular first-choice players unavailable, making the task of challenging the opposition appear daunting. Yet, they rose to the occasion in the opening ODI, pushing India hard and keeping them under pressure for the majority of the contest.
Probable11 of New Zealand:
- Devon Conway: LHB
- H Nicholls: LHB
- W Young: RHB
- D Mitchell: RHB+RAM
- Glen Phillips: RHB+RAO
- MItchell Hay: RHB(wk)
- M Bracewell: LHB+RAO
- Z Foulkes: RHB+RAM
- Kristian Clarke: RHB+RAM
- Kyle Jamieson: RHB+RAM
- Aditya Ashok: RAL/J Lennox: LAO
Team Composition:
Main Batters: D Mitchell, D Conway, Glen Phillips and W Young
Main Spinners: Aditya Ashok and M Bracewell(Glen Phillips will assist them)
Main Pacers: K Jamieson, Kristian Clarke and Z Foulkes(D Mitchell will assist them)
Expected Death Overs: Any 2 of K Jamieson/M Rae/Z Foulkes
Important Picks in the Small Leagues:
- D Mitchell
- D Conway
- M Bracewell
- Glen Phillips
- K Jamieson(first bowling)
Trump Card Picks(Risky but can be effective on their day)
- Z Foulkes(first bowling)
- W Young
Indian Team Preview:
Indian team is looking good in this format due to tremendous form of star legendary duo Rohit and Virat Kohli. They will be clear favourites in this series. They have won the first match due to another brilliance of Virat Kohli.
Team News:
W Sundar is ruled out from the whole series. He can be replaced by Ayush Badoni/Nitish Kumar Reddy in the playing11.
Probable 11 of India:
- Rohit Sharma: RHB
- Shubman Gill: RHB
- Virat Kohli: RHB
- Shreyas Iyer: RHB
- Ayush Badoni: RHB+RAO
- KL Rahul: RHB(wk)
- Ravindra Jadeja: LHB+LAO
- Harshit Rana: RAF
- Kuldeep Yadav: Chinaman
- Arshdeep Singh: LAM/Prasidh Krishna: RAF
- M Siraj: RAM
Team Composition:
Main Batters: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul
Main Pacers: Arshdeep Singh/Prasidh Krishna, M Siraj and Harshit Rana
Main Spinners: Kuldeep Yadav, W Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja
Expected Death Overs: Arshdeep Singh/Prasidh Krishna and Harshit Rana
Important Picks For Small Leagues:
- Virat Kohli
- Rohit Sharma
- Shubman Gill
- Shreyas Iyer
- Kuldeep Yadav
- Harshit Rana
Trump Card Picks:
- Ravindra Jadeja
- M Siraj
Safe Captaincy Choices:
- Virat Kohli
- Rohit Sharma
- Shubman Gill
- D Mitchell
Risky Captaincy Choices:
- D Conway
IND STATS:
KL Rahul(RHB):
H2H: 9 I, 357 R, 71.40 A, 10.18 SR,
VENUE: 2 I, 106 R, 53.0, 129.26 SR
ODI: 92 M, 84 I, 3247 R, 49.95 A, 89.77 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 22&6, 60, 66, 35, 25,
RM: 29
Shubman Gill(RHB):
H2H: 13 I, 679 R, 67.90 A, 101.95 SR,
VENUE(T20I): 1 I, 46 R, 46.0 A, 127.77 SR
ODI: 59 M, 59 I, 2874 R, 56.35 A, 98.72 SR,
LISTA: 175 M, 172 I, 5412 R, 36.81 A, 138.30 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 4, 4, 0, 28, 11,
RM: 56,
Rohit Sharma(RHB):
H2H: 30 I, 1099 R, 37.89 A, 85.92 SR,
VENUE: 3 I, 188 R, 62.66 A, 107.42 SR
ODI: 280 M, 272 I, 11542 R, 49.11 A, 92.84 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 57, 14, 75, 155, 0,
RM: 26,
Virat Kohli(RHB+RAM):
H2H: 34 I, 1750 R, 56.45 A, 95.83 SR,
VENUE: 4 I, 226 R, 56.5 A, 87.59 SR
ODI: 309 M, 293 I, 14650 R, 58.60 A, 93.70 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 135, 102, 65, 131, 77,
RM: 93
Yashasvi Jaiswal(LHB+LES):
H2H:
VENUE:
ODI: 4 M, 4 I, 171 R, 57.00 A, 86.80 SR,
LISTA: 39 M, 39 I, 1746 R, 51.35 A, 85.54 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 101, 15, 46+52/2(3), 3, 15,
Shreyas Iyer(RHB+RAO):
H2H: 10 I, 660 R, 66.0 A, 98.80 SR,
VENUE: 2 I, 55 R, 27.5 A, 91.66 SR
ODI: 74 M, 68 I, 2966 R, 47.83 A, 99.09 SR,
LISTA: 165 M, 156 I, 6712 R, 48.99 A, 99.49 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 62, 11, 61, 82, 45,
RM: 49
Nitish Kumar Reedy(RHB+RAM):
H2H:
VENUE:
ODI: 2 M, 2 I, 27 R, 27.00 A, 128.57 SR+ 2 I, 5 O, 0 W,
LISTA: 31 M, 23 I, 606 R, 35.64 A, 99.34 SR+ 28 I, 151.5 O, 21 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 23+49/1(5), 55+34/1(10), 6+37/1(8), 30+59/1(10), 25+65/2(10),
Ravindra Jadeja(LHB+LAO):
H2H: 14 I, 390 R, 43.33 A, 97.50 SR+ 17 I, 152 O, 10 W,
VENUE: 3 I, 62 R, 31.0 A+ 3 I, 30 O, 2 W
ODI: 208 M, 140 I, 2866 R, 32.56 A, 85.91 SR+ 200 I, 1720 O, 232 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 32+66/0(9), 24+41/0(7), 50/1(9), 36+48/1(10), 52+62/3(10),
RM: 4+56/0(9),
Mohammed Siraj(RAF):
H2H: 5 I, 45 O, 9 W,
VENUE: 1 I, 9 O, 1 W (T20I): 1 I, 4 O, 1 W
ODI: 48 M, 47 I, 358 O, 75 W,
LISTA: 95 M, 94 I, 723 O, 161 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 23/2(4), 5+37/1(4), 16+19/1(8), 58/4(10), 6+45/2(10)
RM: 40/2(10),
Harshit Rana(RAF):
H2H: 1 I, 29 R, 29.0 A, 126.08 SR+ 1 I, 10 O, 2 W
VENUE:
ODI: 12 M, 5 I, 70 R, 23.33 A, 127.77 SR+ 12 I, 95 O, 22 W,
LISTA: 33 M, 17 I, 165 R, 11.78 A, 96.49 SR+ 33 I, 242 O, 59 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 70/1(10), 44/0(8), 34/2(4), 47/4(10), 0+42/1(7),
RM: 29+65/2(10),
Prasidh Krishna(RAF):
H2H: 1 I, 9 O, 2 W
VENUE: 1 I, 5 O, 1 W
ODI: 22 M, 22 I, 173 O, 39 W,
LISTA: 80 M, 80 I, 625 O, 139 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 85/2(8.2), 66/4(9.5), 60/0(10), 47/1(9), 36/5(8),
RM: 60/2(9),
Arshdeep Singh(LAM):
H2H: 2 I, 13.1 O, 0 W,
VENUE(T20I): 1 I, 2.3 O, 3 W
ODI: 14 M, 13 I, 103.5 O, 22 W,
LISTA: 44 M, 42 I, 348 O, 75 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 4+54/0(4), 13/2(4), 47/1(4), 34/5(10), 26/2(6),
Kuldeep Yadav(LAW):
H2H: 14 I, 122 O, 28 W
VENUE: 2 I, 16 O, 4 W
ODI: 118 M, 115 I, 1008 O, 192 W,
LISTA: 132 M, 129 I, 1129 O, 217 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 78/1(10), 41/4(10), 12/2(2), 47/2(10), 52/3(10),
RM: 52/1(9),
Ayush Badoni(RHB+RAO):
LISTA: 27 M, 22 I, 693 R, 36.47 A, 93.27 SR+ 20 I, 117 O, 18 W
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 5, 1, 12+21/0(5), 28/1(7), 3+30/3(10),
NZ STATS:
Devon Conway(RHB+RAM):
H2H: 8 I, 286 R, 40.85 A, 90.50 SR,
VENUE:
ODI: 41 M, 40 I, 1671 R, 45.16 A, 87.90 SR,
LISTA: 123 M, 119 I, 4754 R, 44.42 A, 86.53 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 227&100, 64, 24, 4, 19,
RM: 56,
Mitchell Hay(RHB):
H2H: 1 I, 18 R, 18.0 A, 138.46 SR
VENUE:
ODI: 8 M, 6 I, 184 R, 36.80 A, 109.97 SR,
LISTA: 43 M, 40 I, 910 R, 24.59 A, 82.42 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 42&43, 7, 61, 9, 31,
RM: 18,
Henry Nicholls(LHB+RAO):
H2H: 16 I, 518 R, 37.0 A, 78.24 SR,
VENUE:
ODI: 82 M, 80 I, 2242 R, 35.03 A, 80.58 SR,
LISTA: 166 M, 159 I, 5755 R, 42.94 A, 84.86 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 111&109, 2&19, 226, 22, 8,
RM: 62
Will Young(RHB+RAO):
H2H: 4 I, 66 R, 16.50 A, 65.34 SR,
VENUE:
ODI: 53 M, 53 I, 1706 R, 35.54 A, 85.72 SR,
LISTA: 132 M, 132 I, 4629 R, 38.89 A, 88.23 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 14&23, 23, 40, 37, 7,
RM: 12,
Michael Bracewell(LHB+RAO):
H2H: 6 I, 259 R, 51.80 A, 135.60 SR+ 7 I, 43 O, 3 W,
VENUE:
ODI: 41 M, 36 I, 928 R, 35.69 A, 108.41 SR+ 37 I, 270 O, 37 W,
LISTA: 151 M, 139 I, 4177 R, 33.68 A, 90.88 SR+ 62 I, 424 O, 60 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 14/1(2), 35+29/0(3), 11, 40+1/0(1), 47&24+3/0&138/1,
RM: 16+56/0(8),
Josh Clarkson(RHB+RAM):
H2H:
VENUE:
ODI: 3 M, 2 I, 17 R, 8.50 A, 70.83 SR+ 3 I, 12 O, 3 W,
LISTA: 98 M, 89 I, 2214 R, 28.75 A, 95.38 SR+ 51 I, 318 O, 66 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 1&0+103/0, 21+18/0(1), 17, 5+42/2(4), 42+22/0(2),
Nick Kelly(LHB+LAO):
H2H:
VENUE:
ODI: 3 M, 3 I, 49 R, 16.33 A, 80.32 SR,
LISTA: 101 M, 97 I, 2817 R, 30.29 A, 84.87 SR+ 2 I, 8 O, 2 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 3&59, 111&1, 8, 5, 95,
Daryl Mitchell(RHB+RAM):
H2H: 4 I, 473 R, 52.55 A, 91.84 SR+ 4 I, 17 O, 5 W,
VENUE:
ODI: 57 M, 52 I, 2422 R, 53.82 A, 94.53 SR+ 17 I, 56 O, 14 W
LISTA: 142 M, 130 I, 4875 R, 42.39 A, 88.01 SR+ 70 I, 322 O, 65 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 28, 41, 119, 25+4/0, 11+9/1,
RM: 84+7/0(1),
Glenn Phillips(RHB+RAO):
H2H: 8 I, 174 R, 21.75 A, 80.18 SR+ 4 I, 16 O, 0 W,
VENUE:
ODI: 45 M, 37 I, 1124 R, 38.75 A, 101.26 SR+ 30 I, 125 O, 16 W,
LISTA: 95 M, 87 I, 2785 R, 36.16 A, 93.29 SR+ 49 I, 207 O, 28 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 94&2+103/2&93/2, 18+19/1, 29+28/0&14/1, 24+29/2(4), 90+8/0(1),
RM: 12+21/0(4),
Zakary Foulkes(RHB+RAM):
H2H: 1 I, 1 R, 1.0 A, 50.0 SR+ 1 I, 10 O, 0 W
VENUE:
ODI: 7 M, 4 I, 39 R, 39.0 A, 82.97 SR+ 6 I, 42 O, 9 W,
LISTA: 35 M, 24 I, 475 R, 27.94 A, 73.87 SR+ 33 I, 244 O, 48 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 22+30/1(8), 2+13/1(4), 4&11+32/2&80/1, 23+41/0&39/1, 1+82/0&20/0,
RM: 1+49/0(10),
Jayden Lennox(LAO):
H2H:
VENUE:
ODI:
LISTA: 54 M, 52 I, 448 O, 69 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 39, 27/1(2.5), 19+34/0(4), 1+29/3(3), 26/0(1),
Adithya Ashok(LES):
H2H: 1 I, 6 O, 1 W
VENUE:
ODI: 3 M, 3 I, 16 O, 2 W,
LISTA: 39 M, 38 I, 318 O, 52 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 38+31/3&150/0, 4&4+27/1&77/2, 1&19+95/0, 9, 30/0(3),
RM: 55/1(6),
Kristian Clarke(RAM):
H2H: 1 I, 10 O, 1 W
VENUE:
ODI: 1 I, 10 O, 1 W
LISTA: 34 M, 32 I, 254.2 O, 52 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 12&32+53/4&42/0, 34&1+61/2, 36/0(3), 0+34/1(4), 27/1(3),
RM: 24+73/1(10),
Kyle Jamieson(RAF):
H2H: 3 I, 42 R, 116.66 SR+ 5 I, 43 O, 9 W,
VENUE:
ODI: 21 M, 9 I, 101 R, 25.25 A, 87.82 SR+ 20 I, 165 O, 28 W,
LISTA: 52 M, 29 I, 342 R, 26.30 A, 103.32 SR+ 50 I, 392 O, 64 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 44/3(7), 44/1(9), 3&12+27/2&39/3, 5+34/0(4), 1+23/1(4),
RM: 8+41/4(10),
Michael Rae(RAM):
H2H:
VENUE:
ODI:
LISTA: 45 M, 44 I, 360 O, 66 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 19+65/3, 13+66/3&45/3, 89/2&26/0, 36/1(4), 32/0(4),
IND STATS:
Rohit Sharma: VS
M Bracewell: 11 R, 18 B, 1 W
Kyle Jamieson: 33 R, 44 B, 2 W
G Phillips:
D Mitchell: 30 R, 16 B, 0 W (T20I): 3 R, 4 B, 1 W
Z Foulks: 11 R, 13 B, 0 W
Kristian Clarke:
Virat Kohli: VS
M Bracewell: 38 R, 31 B, 1 W
Kyle Jamieson: 12 R, 28 B, 1 W (T20D): 12 R, 10 B, 1 W
Z Foulkes: 11 R, 9 B, 0 W
G Phillips: 31 R, 35 B, 0 W
D Mitchell: 3 R, 3 B, 0 W
Adithya Ashok: 22 R, 18 B, 0 W
Kristian Clarke: 20 R, 20 B, 0 W
Y Jaiswal: VS
M Bracewell:
Kyle Jamieson:
N Kelly:
G Phillips:
D Mitchell:
Shreyas Iyer: VS
M Bracewell: 37 R, 56 B, 0 W
Kyle Jamieson: 41 R, 41 B, 1 W
G Phillips: 30 R, 22 B, 0 W
D Mitchell: 7 R, 9 B, 0 W
Zak Foulkes: 10 R, 10 B, 0 W
Adithya Ashok: 21 R, 9 B, 0 W
K Clrake: 5 R, 6 B, 0 W
Lokesh Rahul: VS
M Bracewell: 10 R, 19 B, 0 W
Kyle Jamieson: 17 R, 18 B, 0 W (T20D): 10 R, 7 B, 0 W
G Phillips:
D Mitchell:
Kristian Clarke: 19 R, 8 B, 0 W
Z Foulkes: 6 R, 9 B, 0 W
Shubman Gill: VS
M Bracewell: 77 R, 57 B, 0 W
Kyle Jamieson: 10 R, 21 B, 0 W (T20I): 32 R, 16 B, 1 W
G Phillips: 22 R, 20 B, 0 W
D Mitchell: 28 R, 22 B, 0 W (T20I): 11 R, 9 B, 1 W (T20D): 32 R, 15 B, 0 W
Kristian Clarke: 7 R, 10 B, 0 W
Adithya Ashok: 12 R, 9 B, 1 W
Z Foulkes: 4 R, 12 B, 0 W
R Jadeja: VS
M Bracewell: 5 R, 2 B, 0 W
Kyle Jamieson: 17 R, 16 B, 1 W
G Phillips: 4 R, 7 B, 0 W
D Mitchell: 1 R, 7 B, 1 W (T20I): 17 R, 11 B, 0 W
NZ STATS:
D Mitchell: VS
Kuldeep Yadav: 111 R, 117 B, 2 W (T20I): 15 R, 18 B, 1 W
M Siraj: 51 R, 54 B, 0 W
Arshdeep Singh(T20I): 43 R, 19 B, 1 W
Harshit Rana: 8 R, 8 B, 0 W
R Jadeja: 101 R, 119 B, 0 W
Prasidh Krishna: 18 R, 9 B, 1 W
D Conway: VS
Kuldeep Yadav: 36 R, 26 B, 0 W (T20D): 43 R, 18 B, 0 W
M Siraj: 21 R, 37 B, 2 W
Arshdeep Singh: 18 R, 25 B, 0 W (T20I): 23 R, 11 B, 3 W
Harshit Rana: 13 R, 15 B, 1 W
R Jadeja: 2 R, 2 B, 0 W
Prasidh Krishna: 8 R, 10 B, 0 W
Glenn Philips: VS
Kuldeep Yadav: 34 R, 51 B, 2 W (T20I): 5 R, 12 B, 2 W
M Siraj: 38 R, 22 B, 0 W (T20I): 7 R, 9 B, 1 W (T20D): 1 R, 3 B, 1 W
Arshdeep Singh:
Harshit Rana:
R Jadeja: 30 R, 47 B, 0 W
Prasidh Krishna:
M Bracewell: VS
Kuldeep Yadav: 31 R, 33 B, 1 W
M Siraj: 10 R, 12 B, 0 W
Arshdeep Singh:
Harshit Rana: 6 R, 3 B, 0 W
R Jadeja: 5 R, 5 B, 0 W
Prasidh Krishna: 6 R, 11 B, 0 W
H Nicholls: VS
Kuldeep Yadav: 51 R, 60 B, 3 W
M Siraj: 15 R, 35 B, 1 W
Arshdeep Singh:
Harshit Rana: 16 R, 17 B, 1 W
R Jadeja: 41 R, 59 B, 1 W
Prasidh Krishna: 13 R, 14 B, 0 W
Will Young: VS
Kuldeep Yadav:
M Siraj: 10 R, 18 B, 1 W
Arshdeep Singh:
Harshit Rana: 3 R, 4 B, 0 W
R Jadeja: 6 R, 8 B, 0 W
Prasidh Krishna: