IND vs NZ Prediction 1st T2OI, Dream11 Stats, Playing11

Hagley Oval, Christchurch Pitch Report

Hagley Oval is expected to provide a balanced contest, with opportunities for batters and assistance for pace bowlers. Extra bounce and movement will make this a different challenge from the highly batting-friendly surfaces seen recently in India.

The larger boundaries will also test shot selection. Batters will need to judge the bounce carefully and time their attacking shots, rather than rely only on power.

Jacob Duffy has suggested scores around 170–200, rather than the 250-plus totals seen on some Indian grounds. His assessment points towards a contest where bowlers have a greater opportunity to influence the game.

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Last 3 T2OI Matches at this venue:
SA: 187/4(20), NZ: 154/8(20)(Pace:10 Spin:1)
ENG: 236/4(20), NZ: 171/10(18)(Pace:7 Spin:7)
ENG: 153/6(20),(Pace:4 Spin:2)

HEAD 2 HEAD:

IND: 17, NZ: 11

New Zealand Team Preview:

Despite their strength in this format, they face a tough challenge from Team India, who beat them in both their previous series and the World Cup final.

Probable Playing11 of New Zealand:

1. Finn Allen: RHB
2. T Seifert: RHB(wk)
3. D Conway: LHB
4. Glen Phillips: RHB+RAO
5. D Mitchell: RHB+RAM
6. M Bracewell: LHB+RAO
7. M Santner: LHB+LAO
8. Nathan Smith: RHB+RAM
9. Kyle Jamieson: RAM/Adam Milne: RAF
10. M Henry: RAM
11. L Ferguson: RAF

Team Composition:
Main Batters: T Seifert, Glen Phillips, Finn Allen and Devon Conway

Main Spinners: M Santner and M Bracewell(Glen Phillips will assist them)

Main Pacers: L Ferguson, Adam Milne and M Henry(Nathan Smith will assist them)

Expected Death Overs: M Henry and L Ferguson

Important Picks in the Free Leagues of Dream11/My11Circle:

1. T Seifert
2. Glen Phillips
3. M Bracewell
4. M Santner
5. Lockie Ferguson

Trump Card Picks(Risky but can be effective on their day)

1. Finn Allen
2. M Henry(Must have pick in first bowling)

Indian Team Preview:

India are a formidable side in this format and will enter this match as favourites despite facing challenges in these type of conditions.

Team News:

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi will be on the bench again while Naman Dhir is expected to lose his pace to pace bowling allrounder despite performing brilliantly due to conditions.

Expected Playing11 of Team India:

1. Abhishek Sharma: LHB+LAO
2. Sanju Samson: RHB(wk)
3. Ishan Kishan: LHB
4. Shreyas Iyer: RHB
5. Tilak Varma: LHB
6. Shivam Dube: LHB+RAM
7. Axar Patel: LHB+LAO
8. Nitish Kumar Reddy: RHB+RAM
9. Bhuvneshwar Kumar: RAM
10. Arshdeep Singh: LAM
11. Varun Chakravarthy: RAL/Prince Yadav: RAM

Team Composition:

Main Batters: Ishan Kishan, Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson and Shreyas Iyer

Main Pacers: Arshdeep Singh and Bhuvneshwar Kumar(Nitish Kumar Reddy and Shivam Dube will assist them)

Main Spinners: Axar Patel and Varun Chakravarthy

Expected Death Overs: Arshdeep Singh and Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Important Picks in the Free Leagues of Dream11/My11Circle:

1. Ishan Kishan
2. Shreyas Iyer
3. Sanju Samson
4. Abhishek Sharma
5. Bhuvneshwar Kumar(first bowling)
6. Arshdeep Singh

Trump Card Picks on Dream11:

1. Axar Patel(first batting)
2. Varun Chakravarthy
3. Tilak Varma

Top Captaincy Choices on Dream11:

• Sanju Samson
• T Seifert
• Ishan Kishan
• Glen Phillips

Risky Captaincy Choices:

1. Abhsishek Sharma
2. Arshdeep Singh(first Bowling)

India vs New Zealand Match Prediction:

Expect a closely fought contest, even though Team India are favourites on paper. Challenging overseas conditions could test India’s batters, who have struggled in England and Ireland. India hold a slight edge, with an estimated 55% chance of winning compared to New Zealand’s 45%.

India vs New Zealand 1st T20I — Player Stats

Player Stats

Match date: 22 October 2026 | Venue: Hagley Oval, Christchurch

INDIA

1. Shreyas Iyer

H2H:
Batting (T20I): 11 innings | 225 runs | Avg 25.0 | SR 124.3 | HS 58 | 50s 1 | 100s 0

T20I Career:
Batting: 67 innings | 1,690 runs | Avg 31.9 | SR 141.2 | HS 102 | 50s 10 | 100s 1

Recent Matches: 22(14), 16(11), 1(2), 40(18), 102*(43)

2. Abhishek Sharma

H2H:
Batting (T20I): 6 innings | 234 runs | Avg 46.8 | SR 248.9 | HS 84 | 50s 3 | 100s 0

T20I Career:
Batting: 66 innings | 2,071 runs | Avg 32.4 | SR 194.1 | HS 135 | 50s 14 | 100s 3

Recent Matches: 6(4), 29(24), 69(30), 20(12), 21(10)

3. Sanju Samson

H2H:
Batting (T20I): 8 innings | 145 runs | Avg 18.1 | SR 161.1 | HS 89 | 50s 1 | 100s 0

T20I Career:
Batting: 69 innings | 1,735 runs | Avg 27.1 | SR 159.3 | HS 111 | 50s 10 | 100s 3

Recent Matches: 16(7), 56(23), 3(6), 82(41), 11(9)

4. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi

T20I Career:
Batting: 8 innings | 246 runs | Avg 30.8 | SR 186.4 | HS 81 | 50s 2 | 100s 0

Recent Matches: 15(9), 38(21), 81(49), 20(9), 50(19)

5. Ishan Kishan

H2H:
Batting (T20I): 12 innings | 372 runs | Avg 31.0 | SR 162.4 | HS 103 | 50s 2 | 100s 1

T20I Career:
Batting: 66 innings | 1,954 runs | Avg 31.5 | SR 148.8 | HS 103 | 50s 13 | 100s 1

Recent Matches: 30(10), 6(3), 37(18), 43(22), 37*(27)

6. Tilak Varma

H2H:
Batting (T20I): 1 innings | 8 runs | Avg — | SR 133.3 | HS 8 | 50s 0 | 100s 0

T20I Career:
Batting: 66 innings | 1,841 runs | Avg 43.8 | SR 147.3 | HS 120 | 50s 10 | 100s 2

Recent Matches: 7(6), 43(25), 28(16), 44*(18), DNB

7. Axar Patel

H2H:
Batting (T20I): 4 innings | 13 runs | Avg 6.5 | SR 100.0 | HS 5 | 50s 0 | 100s 0
Bowling (T20I): 8 innings | 13 wickets | Econ 7.96 | Best 3/9

T20I Career:
Batting: 69 innings | 791 runs | Avg 16.5 | SR 129.0 | HS 65 | 50s 1 | 100s 0
Bowling: 104 innings | 113 wickets | Econ 7.64 | Best 3/9

Recent Matches: DNB, 3(5) (Bowl 1/45), 20(14) (Bowl 1/33), DNB (Bowl 0/63), DNB (Bowl 2/26)

8. Shivam Dube

H2H:
Batting (T20I): 10 innings | 184 runs | Avg 30.7 | SR 204.4 | HS 65 | 50s 1 | 100s 0
Bowling (T20I): 8 innings | 5 wickets | Econ 10.73 | Best 2/28

T20I Career:
Batting: 60 innings | 1,186 runs | Avg 28.2 | SR 150.5 | HS 66 | 50s 6 | 100s 0
Bowling: 53 innings | 40 wickets | Econ 9.94 | Best 3/4

Recent Matches: DNB, 7(10) (Bowl 0/30), DNB, 27(15) (Bowl 2/33), 3(9)

9. Nitish Kumar Reddy

T20I Career:
Batting: 6 innings | 153 runs | Avg 30.6 | SR 173.9 | HS 74 | 50s 1 | 100s 0
Bowling: 8 innings | 10 wickets | Econ 9.04 | Best 3/24

Recent Matches: 41(20) (Bowl 0/39), 21(14) (Bowl 1/19), 9(16) (ODI) (Bowl 0/50), DNB (ODI) (Bowl 1/45), 1(4) (Bowl 3/25)

10. Naman Dhir

T20I Career:
Batting: 4 innings | 38 runs | Avg 19.0 | SR 292.3 | HS 24 | 50s 0 | 100s 0
Bowling: 4 innings | 5 wickets | Econ 11.40 | Best 3/31

Recent Matches: 24*(6), 0(1) (Bowl 0/19), 10(5) (Bowl 2/39), 4*(1) (Bowl 0/25), DNB (Bowl 3/31)

11. Prince Yadav

T20I Career:
Bowling: 8 innings | 10 wickets | Econ 8.54 | Best 3/22

Recent Matches: DNB, 0(1) (Bowl 1/36), 13*(6) (Bowl 0/37), DNB (Bowl 2/10), DNB (Bowl 2/19)

12. Mayank Yadav

T20I Career:
Bowling: 10 innings | 13 wickets | Econ 8.34 | Best 3/29

Recent Matches: 0*(1) (Bowl 0/52), 0(1) (Bowl 0/34), DNB (Bowl 3/36), DNB (Bowl 1/40), DNB (Bowl 3/29)

13. Arshdeep Singh

H2H:
Bowling (T20I): 10 innings | 17 wickets | Econ 9.44 | Best 5/51

T20I Career:
Bowling: 95 innings | 145 wickets | Econ 8.63 | Best 5/51

Recent Matches: DNB, 5(4) (Bowl 1/52), 11(8) (Bowl 3/44), DNB (Bowl 0/45), DNB (Bowl 1/34)

14. Bhuvneshwar Kumar

H2H:
Bowling (T20I): 11 innings | 9 wickets | Econ 8.03 | Best 2/24

T20I Career:
Bowling: 86 innings | 90 wickets | Econ 6.96 | Best 5/4

Recent Matches: DNB, DNB (T20) (Bowl 2/29), DNB (T20) (Bowl 2/28), DNB (T20) (Bowl 0/51), DNB (T20) (Bowl 2/38)

16. Kuldeep Yadav

H2H:
Bowling (T20I): 8 innings | 9 wickets | Econ 7.64 | Best 2/26

T20I Career:
Bowling: 54 innings | 98 wickets | Econ 7.11 | Best 5/17

Recent Matches: DNB (Bowl 1/53), DNB (Bowl 2/33), DNB (ODI) (Bowl 1/62), DNB (ODI) (Bowl 2/65), DNB (ODI) (Bowl 4/40)

NEW ZEALAND

1. Mitchell Santner

H2H:
Batting (T20I): 23 innings | 285 runs | Avg 20.4 | SR 120.3 | HS 47 | 50s 0 | 100s 0
Bowling (T20I): 27 innings | 23 wickets | Econ 7.80 | Best 4/11

Venue:
Batting (T20I): 4 innings | 48 runs | Avg 24.0 | SR 192.0 | HS 36 | 50s 0 | 100s 0
Bowling (T20I): 7 innings | 7 wickets | Econ 7.02 | Best 3/23

T20I Career:
Batting: 90 innings | 1,108 runs | Avg 20.5 | SR 130.7 | HS 77 | 50s 2 | 100s 0
Bowling: 133 innings | 142 wickets | Econ 7.17 | Best 4/11

Recent Matches: 13(27) (ODI) (Bowl 0/39), 34*(56) (ODI) (Bowl 2/36), DNB (ODI) (Bowl 2/15), DNB (ODI) (Bowl 2/21), 21(17) (ODI) (Bowl 0/42)

2. Finn Allen

H2H:
Batting (T20I): 7 innings | 141 runs | Avg 20.1 | SR 160.2 | HS 80 | 50s 1 | 100s 0

Venue:
Batting (T20I): 8 innings | 194 runs | Avg 27.7 | SR 145.9 | HS 62 | 50s 1 | 100s 0

T20I Career:
Batting: 61 innings | 1,663 runs | Avg 28.7 | SR 170.7 | HS 137 | 50s 7 | 100s 3

Recent Matches: 20(13) (T20), 8(5) (T20), 93(35) (T20), 18(8) (T20), 100*(47) (T20)

3. Michael Bracewell

H2H:
Batting (T20I): 3 innings | 23 runs | Avg 7.7 | SR 71.9 | HS 14 | 50s 0 | 100s 0
Bowling (T20I): 3 innings | 4 wickets | Econ 5.78 | Best 2/31

Venue:
Batting (T20I): 4 innings | 3 runs | Avg 1.5 | SR 27.3 | HS 2 | 50s 0 | 100s 0
Bowling (T20I): 8 innings | 10 wickets | Econ 6.08 | Best 2/11

T20I Career:
Batting: 30 innings | 434 runs | Avg 20.7 | SR 134.0 | HS 61 | 50s 2 | 100s 0
Bowling: 38 innings | 35 wickets | Econ 7.39 | Best 3/5

Recent Matches: 1(7) (ODI) (Bowl 1/64), 32(31) (ODI) (Bowl 2/35), DNB (ODI) (Bowl 2/33), 24*(26) (ODI) (Bowl 2/51), 29(31) (ODI) (Bowl 1/33)

4. Josh Clarkson

Venue:
Batting (T20I): 1 innings | 13 runs | Avg 13.0 | SR 130.0 | HS 13 | 50s 0 | 100s 0

T20I Career:
Batting: 9 innings | 151 runs | Avg 25.2 | SR 132.5 | HS 38 | 50s 0 | 100s 0

Recent Matches: DNB (Bowl 3/9), 27*(14) (Bowl 1/28), 6(10) (ODI) (Bowl 0/19), 6(5) (ODI) (Bowl 0/11), 8(16) (ODI) (Bowl 0/27)

5. Devon Conway

H2H:
Batting (T20I): 10 innings | 214 runs | Avg 23.8 | SR 132.1 | HS 59 | 50s 2 | 100s 0

Venue:
Batting (T20I): 6 innings | 332 runs | Avg 110.7 | SR 133.9 | HS 99 | 50s 3 | 100s 0

T20I Career:
Batting: 63 innings | 1,839 runs | Avg 35.4 | SR 128.6 | HS 99 | 50s 13 | 100s 0

Recent Matches: 39(26), 60(49), 1(5), 44(23), 1(2)

6. Jacob Duffy

H2H:
Bowling (T20I): 8 innings | 7 wickets | Econ 10.78 | Best 2/27

Venue:
Bowling (T20I): 3 innings | 6 wickets | Econ 8.83 | Best 4/14

T20I Career:
Bowling: 46 innings | 62 wickets | Econ 8.06 | Best 4/14

Recent Matches: 5*(6) (ODI) (Bowl 3/67), 1(6) (ODI) (Bowl 0/16), DNB (ODI) (Bowl 1/15), DNB (ODI) (Bowl 0/13), 0(5) (ODI) (Bowl 1/52)

7. Lockie Ferguson

H2H:
Bowling (T20I): 11 innings | 10 wickets | Econ 10.06 | Best 2/22

Venue:
Bowling (T20I): 3 innings | 4 wickets | Econ 6.67 | Best 2/25

T20I Career:
Bowling: 53 innings | 76 wickets | Econ 7.33 | Best 5/21

Recent Matches: DNB (T20) (Bowl 0/43), DNB (T20) (Bowl 1/41), DNB (T20) (Bowl 0/57), DNB (Bowl 1/9), DNB (Bowl 3/16)

8. Matt Henry

H2H:
Bowling (T20I): 4 innings | 4 wickets | Econ 11.83 | Best 1/24

Venue:
Bowling (T20I): 4 innings | 5 wickets | Econ 7.69 | Best 2/22

T20I Career:
Bowling: 40 innings | 53 wickets | Econ 8.50 | Best 3/26

Recent Matches: 2(3) (T20) (Bowl 0/36), DNB (T20) (Bowl 2/54), 5(7) (T20) (Bowl 0/40), 0(1) (Bowl 1/49), DNB (Bowl 2/34)

9. Bevon Jacobs

H2H:
Batting (T20I): 1 innings | 7 runs | Avg 7.0 | SR 63.6 | HS 7 | 50s 0 | 100s 0

Venue:
Batting (T20I): 1 innings | 36 runs | Avg 36.0 | SR 189.5 | HS 36 | 50s 0 | 100s 0

T20I Career:
Batting: 9 innings | 183 runs | Avg 26.1 | SR 143.0 | HS 62 | 50s 1 | 100s 0

Recent Matches: 62*(31), 1(2), 36(19), 3(5), DNB

10. Kyle Jamieson

H2H:
Bowling (T20I): 3 innings | 3 wickets | Econ 14.44 | Best 2/54

Venue:
Bowling (T20I): 5 innings | 7 wickets | Econ 8.26 | Best 3/8

T20I Career:
Bowling: 32 innings | 30 wickets | Econ 9.59 | Best 3/8

Recent Matches: DNB (T20) (Bowl 1/48), 12(13) (T20) (Bowl 1/42), 4*(4) (Bowl 0/43), 13(9) (Bowl 2/29), DNB (Bowl 2/42)

11. Adam Milne

H2H:
Bowling (T20I): 8 innings | 4 wickets | Econ 9.48 | Best 1/8

Venue:
Bowling (T20I): 4 innings | 5 wickets | Econ 9.50 | Best 3/24

T20I Career:
Bowling: 54 innings | 65 wickets | Econ 8.31 | Best 5/26

Recent Matches: 2*(2) (T20) (Bowl 0/41), DNB (Bowl 1/27), DNB (Bowl 2/21), DNB (Bowl 1/30), DNB (ODI)

12. Daryl Mitchell

H2H:
Batting (T20I): 20 innings | 383 runs | Avg 22.5 | SR 148.4 | HS 59 | 50s 1 | 100s 0

Venue:
Batting (T20I): 3 innings | 111 runs | Avg 111.0 | SR 160.9 | HS 72 | 50s 1 | 100s 0

T20I Career:
Batting: 90 innings | 1,880 runs | Avg 26.9 | SR 140.5 | HS 73 | 50s 8 | 100s 0

Recent Matches: 28(49) (ODI), 28(43) (ODI), 65(73) (ODI), 17(11), DNB

13. Glenn Phillips

H2H:
Batting (T20I): 15 innings | 316 runs | Avg 21.1 | SR 134.5 | HS 78 | 50s 2 | 100s 0
Bowling (T20I): 6 innings | 0 wickets | Econ 8.33 | Best 0/5

Venue:
Batting (T20I): 7 innings | 256 runs | Avg 51.2 | SR 154.2 | HS 70 | 50s 2 | 100s 0
Bowling (T20I): 2 innings | 0 wickets | Econ 9.50 | Best 0/8

T20I Career:
Batting: 85 innings | 2,286 runs | Avg 31.8 | SR 142.7 | HS 108 | 50s 12 | 100s 2
Bowling: 23 innings | 9 wickets | Econ 8.53 | Best 3/6

Recent Matches: 6(8) (T20), 19(16) (T20), DNB (T20), 14*(9) (T20), 3(4) (T20)

14. Tim Seifert

H2H:
Batting (T20I): 16 innings | 477 runs | Avg 34.1 | SR 152.9 | HS 84 | 50s 5 | 100s 0

Venue:
Batting (T20I): 6 innings | 135 runs | Avg 22.5 | SR 112.5 | HS 44 | 50s 0 | 100s 0

T20I Career:
Batting: 83 innings | 2,273 runs | Avg 31.1 | SR 146.0 | HS 97 | 50s 17 | 100s 0

Recent Matches: 0(3) (T20), 0(1) (T20), 19(14) (T20), 52(26), 58(33)

15. Nathan Smith

T20I Career:
Bowling: 2 innings | 3 wickets | Econ 9.40 | Best 2/14

Recent Matches: 18(15) (ODI) (Bowl 1/51), 8(29) (ODI) (Bowl 1/28), DNB (ODI) (Bowl 0/22), 5(9) (ODI) (Bowl 0/32), DNB (Bowl 2/14)

16. Blair Tickner

H2H:
Bowling (T20I): 6 innings | 3 wickets | Econ 11.49 | Best 1/34

Venue:
Bowling (T20I): 3 innings | 3 wickets | Econ 9.71 | Best 2/42

T20I Career:
Bowling: 18 innings | 19 wickets | Econ 9.43 | Best 4/27

Recent Matches: 12(11) (ODI) (Bowl 0/35), 7(10) (ODI) (Bowl 4/40), DNB (ODI) (Bowl 1/61), 18*(20) (ODI) (Bowl 4/64), DNB (ODI) (Bowl 4/34)