The India and New Zealand will take on each for the second match of the five-match ODI series. These two teams will take on each other on October 20, 2016, at the Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi.
TIMING
1:30 PM
WHERE TO WATCH
Star Sports 1 and Star Sports 3
India Team Preview
The Indians under the captaincy of MS Dhoni has started the ODI series against the New Zeland with the bang. Indians bowlers responded weel and gave their team a modest total that Virat Kohli & Co. easily chased down.
Meanwhile, the second ODI will do not bring formidable changes in the India playing XI. It is believed that Dhoni will opt to play with the same combination of the team.
The opener Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane will be the key at the top of the order. The likes of Virat Kohli, Manish Pandey, and Dhoni will be the key in the middle order.
The duo of Umesh Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah will lead the bowling unit alongside Hardik Pandya. Amit Mishra and Axar Patel will spin the bowl the white ball for the Indian team.
Well, Dhoni and his troops have the momentum with them and now, they just need to implement the winning momentum in the next match.
India Squad
Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni(w/c), Mandeep Singh, Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Dhawal Kulkarni
New Zealand Team Preview
The Kiwis will enter the second ODI with the single motive of searching their first win on the Indian soil as they lost 3 Test match and first one day match.
The batting department of Kane Williamson led side has been haunted by the bowling host of Indian right from the start of the series. Although, when the action turned into the colored clothing, New Zeland fans were expecting for firepower from their batter but their struggle with the bat continued as they were bowled out on 194.
Tom Latham has been the backbone of the New Zeland team with the solid fifty in the last match. The dashing left-handed batsman became the first Kiwi batsman to remain not out at the end of the innings.
On the other side, the likes of Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Corey Anderson, Luke Ronchi and even captain Kane Williamson has disappointed everyone as the runs get drought from their bats.
Meanwhile, the think tank of the New Zeland team will bring back the Trent Boult in place of Doug Bracewell. Although, apart from this, New Zeland will look to enter the match with same bunch of players.
New Zeland Squad
Martin Guptill, Tom Latham, Kane Williamson(c), Ross Taylor, Corey Anderson, Luke Ronchi(w), James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Doug Bracewell, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Trent Boult, Matt Henry, Anton Devcich, BJ Watling.
Prediction
Indian is the hot favorite to win this match.
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