India Vs New Zealand World Cup Semi-Final: Probable Playing XI, Squads & Captains

The fans of Indian Cricket Team are eagerly waiting to watch the first ICC World Cup 2019 Semi Final, which will be played between India Vs New Zealand today (on 9th July). After defeating Sri Lanka, India is all set to take on New Zealand in the Semi-final of the World Cup 2019 at Old Trafford in Manchester on Tuesday.

Notably, both the team have not played a match in this tournament as of now as their match was washed out due to heavy rains. Indian cricket team led by Virat Kohli has won seven matches in nine matches. On the other hand, Kane Williamson’s New Zealand has won five and lost three matches in a total of nine matches. India Vs New Zealand Live Score: How To Watch Cricket World Cup 2019 Semi-Final For Free

The World Cup 2019 Point Table is ruled by India as they have lost just one match and have NRR of +0.809 and 15 points followed by Australia, England and New Zealand.

If the match of India vs New Zealand is washed out due to rain the match will resume on Wednesday, which is declared as resume day.

Talking about the Indian players who will play India vs New Zealand match today, there are some indications that India will include Yuzvendra Chahal (who was given rest during India vs Sri Lanka match). But the question is still not answered, who will be dropped out of the team?

Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who replaced pacer Mohammed Shami is likely to play to India vs New Zealand match as India’s formula of having five bowlers in the XI did well during the last match.

Talking about New Zealand players will play New Zealand vs India Match, the opener of the team Henry Nicholls has miserably failed to impress, it is likely that he will be replaced with Colin Munro.

Probable XI:

India: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli (capt), Rishabh Pant, MS Dhoni (wk), Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah.

New Zealand: Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, Kane Williamson (capt), Ross Taylor, Tom Latham (wk), James Neesham, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult.

Squads:

India: KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (capt), Rishabh Pant, MS Dhoni (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Dinesh Karthik, Kedar Jadhav, Mayank Agarwal.

New Zealand: Martin Guptill, Henry Nicholls, Kane Williamson (capt), Ross Taylor, Tom Latham (wk), James Neesham, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Matt Henry, Trent Boult, Tom Blundell, Lockie Ferguson, Colin Munro, Ish Sodhi.

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