Pitch Condition:
The Rose Bowl, Southampton, England
Weather Forecast: Forecast for the World Test Championship final between India and England appears bleak, with Accuweather predicting persistent showers accompanied by thunderstorms on all six days (including the reserve day) in Southampton
There is good amount of grass on this wicket on the first view so Pace bowlers should enjoy on this wicket.
This wicket generally behaves like ideal test wicket with more advantage to Batsmen and Pacers. Wicket generally helps pacers in the first session and later on batting becomes little easily however pacers will still get some help. Spinners can get some support on 4th and 5th day but that chances are looking little less as rain is forecasted on all the 5 days.
Last 3 Tests at this venue:
PAK vs ENG: PAK: 236, ENG: 210/4 (Pace:12 Spin:1)
PAK vs ENG: ENG: 583/8, PAK: 273 AND 187/4 (Pace:13 Spin:7, Pak part time spinners had taken 3 wickets in this game)
ENG: 204 AND 313, WI: 318 AND 200/6 (Pace:26 Spin:4)
| Total matches | 6 |
| Matches won batting first | 2 |
| Matches won bowling first | 1 |
| Average 1st Inns scores | 337 |
| Average 2nd Inns scores | 280 |
| Average 3rd Inns scores | 262 |
| Average 4th Inns scores | 187 |
| Highest total recorded | 583/8 (154.4 Ov) by ENG vs PAK |
| Lowest total recorded | 178/10 (66.4 Ov) by IND vs ENG |
Pitch Curator: He aims for ‘pace, bounce and carry’. Southampton groundsman Simon Lee says spin could potentially become a factor too, later in the game, if conditions remain mostly dry.
Sunil Gavasker: Spinner can play crucial role on 4th and 5th day due to heat factor.
Team India Preview:
Team India is set to play in the WTC Final. Their confidence will be sky high as they had defeated Asutralia on their home soil and England. They are expected to go with both the spinners as recent form of Jadeja can guarantee him selection even in the batting section also. Any one of Ishant/M Siraj are expected to play in this game.
Indian team have left Mayank and KL Rahul from their squad.
Probable11 of India(Confirmed):
- Rohit Sharma: RHB
- Shubman Gill: RHB
- Cheteshwar Pujara: RHB
- Virat Kohli (c): RHB
- Ajinkya Rahane: RHB
- Rishabh Pant: LHB
- Ravindra Jadeja: LHB+LAO
- Ravichandran Ashwin: RHB+RAO
- Ishant Sharma: RAM
- M Shami: RAM
- Jasprit Bumrah: RAM
H2H Stats and Venue Stats of the players:
PIE Stands for Performance in England.
R PANT(RHB):
H2H: 4 I, 60 R, 15.0 A, 49.2 SR
VENUE: 2 I, 18 R 9.0 A, 43.9 SR
TEST INT: 20 M, 33 I, 1358 R, 45.26 A, 71.47 SR
PIE: 3 M, 162 R, 27 A
W SAHA(RHB):
H2H: 3 I, 112 R, 112.0 A, 54.1 SR
VENUE: N/A
TEST INT: 38 M, 52 I, 1251 R, 29.09 A, 45.30 SR
V Kohli(RHB):
H2H: 17 I, 773 R, 51.5 A, 57.0 A,
VENUE: 4 I, 171 R, 42.8 A, 51.5 SR
PIE: 10 M, 727 R, 36.3 A
TEST INT: 91 M, 153 I, 7490 R, 52.37 A, 57.12 SR
C Pujara(RHB):
H2H: 17 I, 749 I, 46.8 A, 44.0 SR
VENUE: 4 I, 163 R, 54.3 A, 49.5 SR
PIE: 22 M, 1472 R, 40.88 A
TEST INT: 85 M, 142 I, 6244 R, 46.59 A, 44.90 SR
Rohit Sharma(RHB):
H2H: 9 I, 360 R, 60.0 A, 55.7 SR
VENUE: 2 I, 34 R, 17.0 A, 38.2 SR
PIE: 1 M, 2 I, 34 R, 17 A
TEST INT: 38 M, 64 I, 2651 R, 46.69 A, 58.39 SR
A Rahane(RHB):
H2H: 13 I, 600 R, 50.0 A, 49.5 SR
VENUE: 4 I, 168 R, 56.0 A, 41.3 SR
PIE: 20 I, 556 R, 29.2 A
TEST INT: 73 M, 123 I, 4583 R, 41.28 A, 49.79 SR
S Gill(RHB):
H2H:
VENUE:
TEST INT: 7 I, 13 I, 378 R, 34.4 A, 58.7 SR
H Vihari(RHB):
H2H: 4 I, 86 R, 21.5 A, 46.0 A,
VENUE: N/A
TEST INT: 21 I, 624 R, 32.8 A, 42.6 SR
Flopped badly in the county matches. 0, 8, 32, 52, 0, 8
R Ashwin(Off Spin):
H2H: 7 I, 144 R, 24.0 A, 60.5 SR+ 11 I, 264.5 O, 48 W,
VENUE: 2 I, 26 R, 13.0 A, 60.5 SR+ 2 I, 51.5 O, 3 W,
PIE: 6 M, 9 I, 14 W + 12 I, 232 R, 25.77 A
TEST INT: 78 M, 109 I, 2656 R, 27.95 A, 53.67 SR+ 146 I, 3586 O, 409 W,
J Bumrah(RAF):
H2H: 4 I, 61.4 O, 6 W,
VENUE: 2 I, 39 O, 4 W,
PIE: 3 M, 134 O, 14 W
TEST: 19 M, 37 I, 679 O, 83 W,
Ishant Sharma(RAM):
H2H: 13 I, 248 O, 35 W,
VENUE: 2 I, 31 O, 4 W,
PIE: 12 M, 43 W
TEST INT: 101 M, 181 I, 3084 O, 303 W,
M Shami(RAM):
H2H: 13 I, 224.1 O, 23 W,
VENUE: 4 I, 71 O, 7 W,
PIE: 11 M, 20 I, 31 W
TEST INT: 50 M, 95 I, 1499 O, 180 W,
Umesh Yadav(RAM):
H2H: 10 I, 127 O, 9 W,
VENUE:
TEST INT: 48 M, 94 I, 1270 O, 148 W,
M Siraj(RAM):
H2H:
VENUE: N/A
TEST INT: 10 I, 160.2 O, 16 W,
Shardul Thakur(RHB+RAM):
H2H:
VENUE:
TEST INT: 3 I, 73 R, 36.5 A, 56.2 SR+ 3 I, 44.4 O, 7 W,
INT:
KL Rahul(RHB):
H2H: 2 I, 70 R, 35.0 A, 78.7 SR
VENUE: 2 I, 19 R, 9.5 A, 61.3 SR
TEST INT: 60 I, 2006 R, 34.5 A, 56.4 SR
Axar Patel(LHB+LAO):
H2H:
VENUE: N/A
TEST INT: 4 I, 55 R, 13.8 A, 42.0 SR+ 6 I, 127.4 O, 27 W,
M Agarwal(RHB):
H2H: 4 I, 102 R, 25.5 A, 51.0 SR
VENUE: N/A
TEST INT:14 M, 23 I, 1052 R, 45.73 A, 54.47 SR
Washington Sundar(LHB+RAO):
H2H:
VENUE:
TEST INT: 6 I, 265 R, 66.2 A, 52.8 SR+ 7 I, 87.4 O, 6 W,
NZ Team Preview:
They are looking well balanced on the paper and will be high on confidence as they have just defeated England in England. They will be slightly favourites in this game as their home conditions are almost similar to England.
Probable11 of the team:
- Tom Latham: LHB
- Devon Conway: LHB
- Kane Williamson: RHB
- Ross Taylor: RHB
- Henry Nicholls: LHB
- BJ Watling: RHB
- Colin De Grandhomme: RHB+RAM
- Kyle Jamieson: RHB+RAM
- Tim Southee: RHB+RAM
- Neil Wagner: LHB+LAM
- T Boult: LAM
Full Stats of the Players:
LS stands for last series performance.
B Watling:
H2H: 14 I, 269 R, 22.4 A, 33.0 SR
VENUE:
PIE: 4 M, 119 R, 19.83 A
TEST INT: 74 M, 116 I, 3789 R, 37.89 A, 42.61 SR
LS: 1 M, 2 I, 16 R, 16 A
K Williamson(RHB):
H2H: 20 I, 728 R, 36.4 A, 46.8 SR
VENUE:
PIE: 5 M, 10 I, 261 R, 26 A
TEST INT: 84 M, 146 I, 7129 R, 53.60 A, 52.02 SR
LS: 1 M, 2 I, 14 R, 7 A
R Taylor(RHB):
H2H: 25 I, 812 R, 33.8 A, 58.6 SR
VENUE:
PIE: 9 M, 650 R, 40.62 A
TEST INT: 107 M, 187 I, 7506 R, 45.76 A, 59.80 SR
LS: 2 M, 127 R, 42.33 A
T Latham(LHB):
H2H: 12 I, 345 R, 31.4 A, 47.1 SR
VENUE: 4 M, 234 R, 33.42 A
TEST INT: 58 M, 101 I, 4017 R, 41.84 A, 46.64 SR
LS: 2 M, 88 R, 29.33 A
H Nicholls(LHB):
H2H: 5 I, 61 R, 15.2 A, 34.1 SR
VENUE: 6 M, 8 I, 320 R, 45.71 A
TEST INT: 39 M, 58 I, 2257 R, 43.40 A, 49.60 SR
LS: 2 M, 105 R, 35 A
D Conway(LHB):
H2H:
VENUE:
TEST INT: 4 I, 306 R, 76.5 A, 54.8 SR
PIE: 4 I, 306 R, 76.5 A, 54.8 SR (Last series)
W Young(RHB):
H2H:
VENUE:
TEST INT: 4 I, 138 R, 34.5 A, 41.4 SR
C De Grandhomme(RHB+RAM):
H2H: 2 I, 69 R, 34.5 A, 58.5 SR+ 4 I, 41 O, 2 W,
VENUE:
PIE: 1 M, 2 I, 9 R + 22 O, 0 W (Last series)
TEST INT: 38 I, 1190 R, 36.1 A, 81.2 SR+ 47 I, 634.5 O, 47 W,
T Southee(RAM):
H2H: 15 I, 281 O, 39 W,
VENUE: 6 M, 11 I, 27 W
TEST INT: 146 I, 2940 O, 309 W,
LS: 1 M, 7 W
T Boult(LAF):
H2H: 17 I, 327 O, 36 W,
VENUE:
PIE: 5 M, 10 I, 15 W
TEST INT: 137 I, 2675 O, 288 W,
LS: 1 M, 6 W
N Wagner(LAM):
H2H: 10 I, 153.4 O, 18 W,
VENUE:
PIE: 4 M, 14 W
TEST INT: 100 I, 1966.2 O, 226 W,
LS: 2 M, 7 W
K Jamieson(RHB+RAM):
H2H: 2 I, 93 R, 46.5 O, 86.1 SR+ 4 I, 57 O, 9 W,
PIE: 1 M, 2 I, 3 W + 1 I, 9 R (Last series)
TEST INT: 7 I, 235 R, 47.0 A, 68.9 SR+ 14 I, 241.2 O, 39 W,
Ajaz Patel(LAO):
H2H: 2 I, 6 O, 0 W,
PIE: 1 M, 4 W (Last series)
TEST INT: 16 I, 293.5 O, 26 W,
D Mitchell(RHB+RAM):
H2H:
VENUE:
TEST INT: 5 I, 232 R, 58.0 A, 58.3 SR+ 6 I, 47 O, 1 W,
T Blundell(RHB):
H2H: 4 I, 117 R, 39.0 A, 42.4 SR
VENUE:
TEST INT: 11 M, 17 I, 572 R, 38.1 A, 47.4 SR
M Santner(LHB+LAO):
H2H: 6 I, 159 R, 26.5 A, 39.6 SR+ 6 I, 159 O, 6 W,
VENUE:
TEST INT: 32 I, 766 R, 24.7 A, 42.5 SR+ 40 I, 672.4 O, 40 W,
R Ravindra(LHB+LAO):
H2H:
VENUE:
TEST INT:
FC: 26 M, 42 I, 1470 R, 38.68 A, 53.57 SR+ 31 I, 365 O, 22 W,
D Bracewell(RHB+RAM):
H2H: 4 I, 83 R, 20.8 A, 50.9 SR+ 3 I, 53.1 O, 3 W,
VENUE:
TEST INT: 45 I, 568 R, 13.9 A, 46.4 SR+ 49 I, 830 O, 72 W,
M Henry(RAM):
H2H: 4 I, 82 O, 6 W,
VENUE:
TEST INT: 27 I, 530.1 O, 37 W,
J Duffy(RAF):
H2H:
VENUE:
TEST INT:
FC: 69 M, 117 I, 2025 O, 197 W,
Matchups:
Indian team batsmen vs NZ bowlers:
Virat Kohli vs:
T Boult: 132 R, 226 B, 3 O,
T Southee: 109 R, 214 B, 3 O,
N Wagner: 60 R, 3 O
K Jamieson: 21 R, 45 B, 1 O
Rohit Sharma vs:
T Boult: 57 R, 114 B, 1 O
T Southee: 20 R, 69 B, 1 O ODI: 104 R, 5 O
N Wagner: 99 R, 151 B, 1 O
C Pujara vs:
T Boult: 133 R, 299 B, 4 O
T Southee: 43 R, 130 B, 3 O
N Wagner: 63 R, 198 B, 1 O
K Jamieson: 21 R, 89 B, 2 O
A Rahane vs:
T Southee: 24 R, 110 B, 4 O
T Boult: 104 R, 99 B, 3 O
N Wagner: 52 R, 76 B, 1 O
K Jamieson: 35 R, 62 B, 0 O
R Pant vs:
K Jamieson: 8 R, 17 B, 1 O
T Boult: 18 R, 49 B, 1 O
T Southee: 25 R, 32 B, 1 O
Newzealand Batsmen vs Indian Bowlers:
T Latham vs:
J Bumrah: 44 R, 85 B, 0 O
M Shami: 82 R, 172 B, 3 O
Ishant Sharma: 9 R, 36 B, 2 O
R Jadeja: 64 R, 128 B, 0 O
R Ashwin: 77 R, 149 B, 4 O
K Williamson vs:
J Bumrah: 33 R, 57 B, 2 O
M Shami: 94 R, 130 B, 2 O
Ishant Sharma: 55 R, 129 B, 1 O
R Jadeja: 55 R, 147 B, 0 O
R Ashwin: 146 R, 242 B, 5 O
Ross Taylor vs:
J Bumrah: 14 R, 32 B, 0 O
Ishant Sharma: 116 R, 178 B, 4 O
M Shami: 47 R, 67 B, 0 O
R Jadeja: 28 R, 80 B, 2 O
R Ashwin: 99 R, 174 B, 5 O
