IND VS NZ FIRST TEST

Pitch Report:

Green Park Stadium, Kanpur

Pitch is expected to be a rank turner i.e spinners should dominate on it. Team winning the toss should bat first. Indian team have lost only 1 game in the last 62 years at this ground. Most probably spinners should get good turn from the day 2 itself. Batting should be easy on first day(may be on day 2 also).

Last test match at this ground:

India: 318 and 377/5, NZ: 262 and 236 (Pace: 26, Spin: 8)

Team India Preview:

Indian team will be clear favourites on their home ground despite the absence of their star players. They are set to play with the 3 spinners. S Iyer is set to make his debut after the injury of KL Rahul.

Probable11 of India:

Mayank Agarwal: RHB

Shubhman Gill: RHB

Cheteshwar Pujara: RHB

Shreyas Iyer: RHB

Ajinkya Rahane: RHB

Ravindra Jadeja: LHB+LAO

Wriddihman Saha: RHB

Axar Patel: LHB+LAO

Ravichandran Ashwin: RHB+RAO

Ishant Sharma: RAM

Mohammed Siraj: RAF/Umesh Yadav: RAF

Team Breakup:

Main Batters: Mayank Agarwal, Shubhman Gill, C Pujara and A Rahane

Main Spinners: R Ashwin, R Jadeja and Axar Patel

Main Pacers: Ishant Sharma and Umesh/M Siraj

Playerwise stats and Analysis:

W Saha:(RHB):
H2H: 3 I, 112 R, 112.0 A, 54.1 SR
VENUE: 1 I, 0 R,
Test: 38 M, 52 I, 1251 R, 29.09 A, 45.30 SR,
IN ASIA: 29 M, 38 I, 914 R, 31.51 A, 46.77 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 2, 24, 7, 15, 27,

K Srikar Bharat(RHB):
FC: 78 I, 123 R, 4283 R, 37.24 A, 59.54 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE : 70, 2, 48, 9, 0,

M Agarwal(RHB):
H2H: 4 I, 102 R, 25.5 A, 51.0 SR
VENUE:
Test: 14 M, 23 I, 1052 R, 45.73 A, 54.47 SR,
IN ASIA: 5 M, 6 I, 597 R, 99.50 A, 61.73 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 0, 23, 28, 28, 4,

S Gill(RHB):
H2H: 2 I, 36 R, 18.0 A, 37.1 SR
VENUE:
Test: 8 M, 15 I, 414 R, 31.84 A, 55.87 SR,
IN ASIA: 4 M, 7 I, 119 R, 19.83 A, 54.83 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 12, 44, 40, 9, 34,

S Iyer(RHB):
ODI: 22 M, 20 I, 813 R, 42.78 A, 100.37 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 18, 31, 3, 5, 25,

Surya Yadav(RHB):
H2H:
VENUE:
ODI: 3 M, 3 I, 124 R, 62.0 A, 122.77 SR
FC: 77 M, 129 I, 5326 A, 44.01 A, 62.68 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 6, 25, 62, 1, 0,

R Ashwin(RHB+RAO):
H2H: 9 I, 173 R, 21.6 A, 60.9 SR+ 13 I, 289 O, 52 W,
VENUE: 1 I, 40 R, 40.0 A, 52.6 SR+ 2 I, 66 O, 10 W,
Test: 79 M, 111 I, 2685 R, 27.68 A, 53.76 SR, + 148 I, 3611 O, 413 W,
IN ASIA: 54 M, 66 I, 1693 R, 28.69 A, 54.17 SR+ 105 I, 2072 O, 329 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 14/2, 29/1, 20/3, 23/2, 19/1, R

R Jadeja(LHB+LAO):
H2H: 12 I, 267 R, 38.1 A, 70.4 SR+ 14 I, 263 O, 20 W,
VENUE: 2 I 92 R, 92.2 SR+ 2 I, 68 O, 6 W,
Test: 56 M, 82 I, 2145 R, 34.04 A, 59.79 SR, + 106 I, 2328 O, 227 W,
IN ASIA: 35 M, 46 I 1291 R, 40.34 A, 65.33 SR+ 69 I, 1578 O, 170 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE:13+28/0, 26+23/0, 19/1, 15/3, 16/3,

A Patel(LHB+LAO):
H2H:
VENUE:
Test: 3 M, 4 I, 55 I, 13.75 A, 41.98 SR, +6 I, 128 O, 27 W,
IN ASIA: 3 M, 4 I, 55 R, 13.75 A, 41.98 SR+ 6 I, 127 O, 27 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 10+23/0, 4+32/0, 1+31/0, 26/1, 2+3/9,

I Sharma(RAM):
H2H: 15 I, 279 O, 38 W,
VENUE: 2 I, 2 2O, 5 W,
Test:104 M, 186 I, 3171 O, 311 W,
IN ASIA: 54 M, 98 I, 1457 O, 140 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 38/3, 21/0, 69/3, 13/2, 92/0,

U Yadav(RAF):
H2H: 10 I, 127 O, 9 W,
VENUE: 2 I, 23 O, 1 W,
Test: 49 M, 96 I, 1307 O, 154 W,
IN ASIA: 34 M, 68 I, 852 O, 107 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 76/3, 60/3, 16/0, 19/1, 10/1,

M Siraj(RAF):
H2H:
VENUE:
Test: 9 M, 17 I, 296 O, 30 W,
IN ASIA: 2 M, 4 I, 26 O, 3 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 19/2, 38/3, 9/1, 20/1, 39/1,

J Yadav(RHB+RAO):
H2H:
VENUE:
Test: 4 M, 6 I, 228 R, 45.60 A, 44.27 SR+8 I, 38 O,11 W,
IN ASIA: 4 M, 6 I, 228 R, 44.27 A, + 8 I, 38 O, 11 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 14/2, 12/0, 1+23/2, 3+38/0, 19+15/0,

P Krishna(RAM):
ODI: 3 M, 3 I, 25 O, 6 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 41/1, 41/0, 33/1, 28/1, 36/1,

Newzealand Team Preview:

They are the champions of the World Test Championship however they will have to give their best in order to challenge India in the home conditions. They have failed to win a single test in India since 1988.

Probable 11:

Tom Latham: LHB,

Will Young: RHB,

Kane Williamson: RHB,

Ross Taylor: RHB,

Henry Nicholls: LHB,

Tom Blundell: RHB

Mitchell Santner: LHB+LAO

Will Somerville: RHB+RAO

Kyle Jamieson: RHB+RAM/Neil Wagner: LAM

Tim Southee: RAM

Ajaz Patel: LAO

Team Breakup: 

Main Batters: T Latham, H Nicholls, K Williamson and R Taylor

Main Spinners: Ajaz Patel, W Somerville and M Santner

Main Pacers:  T Southee and K Jamieson/N Wagner

Performance and Analysis of the players:

T Blundell(RHB):
H2H: 4 I, 117 R, 39.0 A, 42.4 SR
VENUE:
Test: 11 M, 17 I, 572 R, 38.13 A, 47.35 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 6, 30, 4, 22, 13, 17,

G Phillips(RHB+RAO):
Test: 1 M, 2 I, 52 R, 26.00 A, 43.69 SR
FC: 40 M, 68 I, 2440 R, 38.12 A, 61.92 SR+ 39 I, 298 O, 26 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 2+11/0, 18, 0, 34, 0,

K Williamson(RHB):
H2H: 22 I, 829 R, 39.5 A, 45.5 SR
VENUE: 2 I, 100 R, 50.0 A, 51.0 SR
Test: 85 M, 148 I, 7230 R, 53.95 A, 51.76 SR, + 67 I, 365 O, 30 W,
IN ASIA: 19 M, 34 I, 1545 R, 46.81 A, 48.72 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 0, 28, 40, 5, 85,

R Taylor(RHB+RAO):
H2H: 27 I, 866 R, 34.6 A, 56.9 SR
VENUE: 2 I, 17 R, 8.5 A, 44.7 SR
Test: 108 M, 189 I, 7564 R, 45.84 A, 59.61 SR,
IN ASIA: 24 M, 43 I, 1381 R, 32.88 A, 56.99 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 33, 80, 0, 11, 47,

H Nicholls(LHB):
H2H: 6 I, 68 R, 13.6 A, 33.7 SR
VENUE(ODI): 1 I, 37 R, 154.2 SER
Test: 40 M, 59 I, 2264 R, 42.71 A, 49.50 SR,
IN ASIA: 6 I, 11 R, 395 R, 39.50 A, 39.93 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 1, 20, 17, 44, 97,

T Latham(LHB):
H2H: 14 I, 384 R, 29.5 A, 43.8 SR
VENUE: 2 I, 60 R, 30.0 A, 36.1 SR
Test: 59 M, 103 I, 4056 R, 41.38 A, 46.32 SR,
IN ASIA: 11 M, 20 I, 804 R, 40.20 A, 45.68 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 50, 11, 104, 20, 127,

W Young(RHB+RAO):
H2H:
VENUE:
Test: 3 M, 4 I, 138 R, 34.50 A, 41.44 SR,
FC: 86 M, 142 I, 5506 R, 42.68 A, 48.54 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 5 22, 20, 46, 6,

D Mitchell(RHB+RAM):
H2H:
VENUE:
Test: 5 M, 5 I, 232 R, 58.00 A, 58.29 SR, + 6 I, 47 O, 1 W,
FC: 81 M, 129 I, 4278 R, 38.19 A, 47.93 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 72, 11, 0+11/1, 31, 5,

M Santner(LHB+LAO):
H2H: 6 I, 159 R, 26.5 A, 39.6 SR+ 6 I, 155 O, 10 W,
VENUE: 2 I, 103 R, 51.5 A, 36.0 SR+ 2 I, 55 O, 5 W,
Test: 24 M, 32 I, 766 R, 24.70 A, 42.48 SR, + 40 I, 673 O, 41 W,
IN ASIA: 4 M, 8 I, 184 R, 23.0 A, 38.41 SR+ 8 I, 179 O, 10 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 1+8/0, 23/0, 4+19/1, 8+33/0, 2+27/3,

R Ravindra(LHB+LAO):
H2H:
VENUE:
FC: 28 M, 46 I, 1595 R, 38.90 A, 51.35 SR, + 34 I, 383 O, 25 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE:0+8/0, 17+19/1, 11, 26, 7,

K Jamieson(RHB+RAM):
H2H: 3 I, 114 R, 38.0 A, 91.9 SR+ 6 I, 103 O, 16 W,
VENUE:
Test: 8 M, 8 I, 256 R, 42.66 A, 71.70 SR+ 16 I, 287 O, 46 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 0+10/0, 4+26/0, 2+22/0, 0+42/1, 3+32/0,

A Patel(LAO):
H2H: 2 I, 6 O, 0 W,
VENUE:
Test: 9 M, 16 I, 293 O, 26 W,
IN ASIA: 5 M, 9 I, 221 O, 22 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 7/1, 20/1, 16/4, 9/2, 21/2,

N Wagner(LAF):
H2H: 12 I, 183 O, 21 W,
VENUE: 2 I, 31 O, 2 W,
Test: 54 M, 102 I, 1998 O, 229 W,
IN ASIA: 5 M, 9 I, 171 O, 15 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 27/2, 68/1, 18/3, 40/2, 44/1,

T Southee(RAM):
H2H: 17 I, 322 R, 44 W,
VENUE(ODI): 1 I, 4 O, 2 W,
Test: 79 M, 148 I, 2981 O, 314 W,
IN ASIA: 11 M, 20 I, 373 O, 40 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 24/2, 24/1, 43/0, 0+40/1, 16/3,

W Somerville(RAO):
H2H:
VENUE:
Test: 4 M, 8 I, 175 O, 15 W,
FC: 37 I, 179 O, 24 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 79/2, 23/2, 50/1, 61/4, 89/2,

Matchups:

Indian Batters:

C Pujara: VS

M Santner: 85 R, 198 B, 2 O,

K Jamieson: 22 R 133 B, 3 O,

T Southee: 46 R, 159 B, 3 O,

N Wagner: 75 R, 229 B, 1 O,

A Rahane: VS

M Santner: 111 R, 207 B, 1 O,

K Jamieson: 44 R, 117 B, 0 O,

T Southee: 35 R, 136 B, 4 O,

N Wagner: 67 R, 94 B, 2 O,

M Agarwal: VS

M Santner:

K Jamieson: 17 M, 39 I, 0 O,

T Southee: 24 R, 46 B, 1 O,

N Wagner:

S Gill: VS

M Santner:

K Jamieson: 10 R, 30 B, 0 O,

T Southee: 13 R, 41 B, 1 O,

N Wagner: 0 R, 3 B, 1 O,

R Jadeja: VS

M Santner: 38 R, 35 B, 1 O,

K Jamieson: 5 R, 27 B, 1 O,

T Southee: 30 R, 51 B, 0 O,

N Wagner: 45 R, 67 B, 3 O,

NZ Batters:

K Williamson: VS

R Jadeja: 73 R, 181 B, 0 O,

R Ashwin: 159 R, 270 B, 5 O,

I Sharma: 65 R, 168 B, 2 O,

Umesh Yadav: 51 R, 90 B, 0 O,

R Taylor: vs

I Sharma: 2 R, 13 B, 1 O,

Umesh Yadav: 0 R, 3 B, 0 O,

T Latham: VS

R Jadeja: 43 R, 109 B, 2 O

R Ashwin: 80 R, 176 B, 6 O,

I Sharma: 21 R, 75 B, 2 O,

Umesh Yadav: 43 R, 109 B, 2 O,