It is not usually the case that India finds its back against the wall in the home Test series but trailing New Zealand by 2-0 in a three-match Test series, the Rohit Sharma are staring at the barrel of a clean sweep loss. India has never been clean swept by 3-0 at home and would want to avoid the whitewash at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
We look at the current form, head-to-head, players to look out for, and squads of both teams in our match preview.
Current form for India: L L W W W
India has failed to click as a unit and they will certainly want to turn the tables in Mumbai. Things haven’t gone according to plan and the home team will want to come up with their best effort in the final Test as crucial WTC points are at stake.
Current form for New Zealand: W W L L Abandoned
New Zealand have done almost everything right in the first two Test matches and thus find themselves in driver’s seat. Mitchell Santner was outstanding for the team in the previous Test as he bagged a total of 13 wickets to do the bulk of the damage.
Head to Head: Matches: 64, Won by India: 22, Won by New Zealand: 15, Drawn: 27.
Players to look out for: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, and Jasprit Bumrah will be the crucial players for India.
Glenn Phillips, Tom Latham, Tim Southee, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Daryl Mitchell, and Devon Conway will be the key players for the visitors.
India squad: Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (WK), Dhruv Jurel (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Akash Deep, Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana.
New Zealand squad: Tom Latham (c), Tom Blundell (wk), Michael Bracewell (1st Test only), Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Matt Henry, Daryl Mitchell, Will O’Rourke, Ajaz Patel, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Ben Sears, Ish Sodhi (2nd and 3rd Test only), Tim Southee, Kane Williamson, Will Young.
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