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WTC final : India vs New Zealand Preview

 


The inaugural World Test Championship final gets on the way tomorrow in Southampton and both teams look ready. India have announced their starting Xi this evening. New Zealand on the other hand have a decision to make to play an all pace attack or drop a seamer for a spinner. I think they will go with a spinner that's why I think the team will look like this.

New Zealand Probable XI: 1. Tom Latham, 2. Devon Conway, 3. Kane Williamson, 4. Ross Taylor, 5. Henry Nicholls, 6. Bj Watling, 7. Kyle Jamieson, 8, Tim Southee, 9. Neil Wagner, 10. Ajaz Patel, 11. Trent Boult


India XI: 1. Rohit Sharma, 2. Shubman Gill, 3. Cheteshwar Pujara, 4. Virat Kohli, 5. Ajinkya Rahane, 6. Rishabh Pant, 7. Ravindra Jadeja, 8. R, Ashwin, 9. Ishant Sharma, 10. Mohammed Shami, 11. Jasprit Bumrah

 These were my predictions on how New Zealand Xi may look for tomorrows game as India have already announced their XI. 

Writer : Ebrahim Yusuf Omar 



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