The two best teams of the ongoing World Cup 2023 so far – India and New Zealand – will take on each other at the picturesque Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala on Sunday. Both of these two teams are unbeaten in the tournament and they will want to carry the winning impetus.
The Kiwis (+1.923) have a better Net Run Rate than India (+1.659). The Blackcaps have won all of their four matches and more impressively they have won three without their full-time captain Kane Williamson.
New Zealand continued their winning march against Afghanistan in the last game as they won by a huge margin of 149 runs whereas India hammered Bangladesh by seven wickets on Thursday.
India continued to impress with the ball as Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav suffocated the Tigers in the middle overs. Furthermore, Virat Kohli scored a fine century in the run-chase, his first in World Cup while chasing. Moreover, Shubman Gill scored his maiden fifty in the World Cup and there are a lot of positives for the team.
But Hardik Pandya suffered an ankle injury however Rohit Sharma has confirmed that nothing serious has been found in his scans.
Meanwhile, New Zealand came up with a collective batting show as Will Young, Tom Latham and Glenn Phillips scored half-centuries against Afghanistan.
Match Prediction: India will enter the contest as favorites against New Zealand.
India squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav.
New Zealand squad: Kane Williamson (c), Trent Boult, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitch Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Will Young.
