India v New Zealand Betting Tips
India To Win
Trent Boult To Be New Zealand’s Top Wicket Taker
New Zealand Over 7.5 Sixes, India Under 10.5 Sixes
India To Have The Higher Opening Partnership
Virat Kohli To Be India’s Top Run Scorer
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India To Win
India have been the team to beat at this tournament reaching the semi-final with a perfect nine wins out of nine. Along the way they beat New Zealand by four wickets in Dharamsala, but this was possibly their least convincing win, chasing 274 with only two overs to spare.
India will be confident, though, winning their past four meetings with the Black Caps. Buoyed by an inevitably raucous crowd in Mumbai, India should win.
Trent Boult To Be New Zealand’s Top Wicket Taker
Trent Boult has fond memories against this India team. He has dismissed members of the India squad 13 times at an average of 25.61. As mentioned in previous tips, he is also very good against right-handers (Ravindra Jadeja may end up being the only left-hander in the top eight).
In ODIs Boult’s average against left-handers is 27.98 at a strike-rate of 32.8, however this plummets to 22.27 at 27.4 against right-handers. I fancy Boult to be New Zealand’s top wicket-taker.
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New Zealand Over 7.5 Sixes, India Under 10.5 Sixes
New Zealand are averaging 7.9 sixes per match, while India are right behind them with 7.8. New Zealand would be a good bet to hit over 7.5 sixes, while India to hit under 10.5 sixes.
India To Have The Higher Opening Partnership
India’s opening partnership averages 59.11 so far in the tournament, scoring 532 runs at a speedy 7.82 runs per over. New Zealand, on the other hand, average only 39.00 for the first drop, scoring nearly 200 runs fewer (351) and are almost two runs off the pace (5.89 runs per over). India to have the higher opening partnership looks a smart play.
Virat Kohli To Be India’s Top Run Scorer
Virat Kohli is living up to expectation and having an outstanding World Cup. In only two innings has he failed to pass 50 and is averaging 99. But it is his careful approach that stands out. Only 9.23% of balls Kohli faces are hit for boundaries which is the lowest of the 13 top run-scorers in the competition. However he also has the second lowest dot ball percentage of the top seven run-scorers.
Kohli is rotating the strike and keeping the score ticking with ease. Of players to have faced more than 200 deliveries, only three batters have rotated the strike on a higher percentage of their deliveries than Kohli (31.8%). Kohli scoring runs at the tournament has been a safe inevitability so far and bowlers have yet to find a way to make him look in trouble. We’ll finish by backing Kohli to be India’s top run-scorer.
India v New Zealand Betting Tips
India To Win
Trent Boult To Be New Zealand’s Top Wicket Taker
New Zealand Over 7.5 Sixes, India Under 10.5 Sixes
India To Have The Higher Opening Partnership
Virat Kohli To Be India’s Top Run Scorer
*All prices are bang up to date with our snazzy widgets, while odds in copy are accurate at time of publishing but subject to change.
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