India look for series win in Rajkot
Date and Time : 4th November 2017, 7:00 PM (IST)
Venue : SCA Stadium, Rajkot
Both teams Morales will be quite different at the moment. India will be cheered up and raring to go while New Zealand will be down in confidence.
The visitors certainly will have to raise their game at the weekend or else they can go empty handed back to New Zealand.
They were completely outplayed in the Delhi T20I in all departments. They weren’t expected to be that clumsy in the field.
Bowling wise they lacked penetration while looked like going nowhere while batting and in chase of a mammoth total of 203.
On the other hand, India batted like champions while their bowlers did the job as well on the night.
Team news and possible line-ups
After dismal performance from their bowlers in the last game, New Zealand must be tempted to play Adam Milne in place of Tim Southee.
Although they can also drop Tom Bruce and play an extra bowler. Martin Guptill have also not performed up to the mark thus far. His place in the side is under threat.
As for India, Ashish Nehra has now retired, so they can play Mohammed Siraj in his place. Other than that I think it will be the same side from the previous game.
New Zealand XI : Guptill, Munro, Williamson, Latham, Bruce, Nicholls, Grandhomme, Santner, Milne, Boult, Sodhi.
India XI : R. Sharma, Dhawan, Kohli, Iyer, Dhoni, Pandya, A. Patel, B. Kumar, Chahal, Bumrah, Siraj.
Prediction
I expect India to come on top in this game to be honest. I think they will win the series in Rajkot.
