3 Players To Watch In IND vs NZ CWC Match 21: It is one of the most much-awaited clashes among the fans in the World Cup 2023. India against New Zealand. This encounter will take place on October 22, Sunday, at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala.
The scars that New Zealand gave the Indian fans four years ago, in the 2019 World Cup semi-final, are still not healed. A victory in Dharamsala over the Kiwis would alleviate those scars.
This is a day-night game, so batting first may be the preferred option for the captain winning the toss as the ball is known to move considerably for the pacers under lights in the evening in Dharamsala.
3 Players To Watch In IND vs NZ CWC Match 21: ICC CWC 2023
Trent Boult
Trent Boult swinging the new ball into the pads of India’s right-handed batters in wintry conditions in Dharamsala. This will be a sight that the Indian fans would be keenly observing with their fingers crossed. For Boult is the one who dismissed Virat Kohli in the 2019 semi-final, and India’s batters already are famously known to struggle to left-arm pacers bowling with the new ball.
As per the 3 Players To Watch In IND vs NZ CWC Match 21: Boult has an outstanding record against India in ODIs: 13 matches, 24 wickets at an average of 24 and an economy of 4.7 with one five-wicket haul and one four-wicket haul.
Mohammed Siraj
If New Zealand have Boult as their new-ball enforcer, India have Mohammed Siraj, who has regularly been making dents in the first powerplay.
As per the 3 Players To Watch In IND vs NZ CWC Match 21, Siraj is the leading ODI wicket-taker since the start of 2022 among the bowlers of the 10 teams in the WC 2023. He has 55 wickets in only 29 bowling innings. 32 of those wickets have come in the first powerplay – which is the highest in the world – showing his elite potency with the new ball in his hand.
Virat Kohli
According to the 3 Players To Watch In IND vs NZ CWC Match 21, Virat Kohli is India’s all-time second-highest ODI run-scorer against New Zealand with 1433 runs, only behind Sachin Tendulkar’s tally of 1750 runs. Kohli’s average of 55, though, is higher than Tendulkar’s 46 against the Black Caps.
As per the 3 Players To Watch In IND vs NZ CWC Match 21: Kohli has notched up 5 ODI hundreds to go with 8 fifties against the Kiwis. With the form he’s in, and if he can see off the new ball, fans can expect a big knock from KING Kohli in Dharamsala.
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