Match Details
Date: October 28, Saturday
Time: 10:30 am IST
Venue: Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala
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Match Preview
The 27th of 45 ODI World Cup 2023 matches is slated to take place at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala, where maximum-time champions, Australia will take on 2015 and 2019 finalists New Zealand. The match will be played on October 28, Saturday. Australia recorded their biggest-ever ODI World Cup win when they defeated Netherlands by a margin of 309 runs in their last match.
New Zealand, on the flip side, ended their four-match streak by getting defeated by the Indian team in their last match. While fans await his return to the playing XI of his side, there are no updates about the Kiwi skipper Kane Williamson who suffered a thumb fracture during the clash against Bangladesh.
Toss Prediction
Australia skipper Pat Cummins won one of the three tosses in his side’s last three matches in the ongoing tournament. New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson and stand-in captain Tom Latham also managed to win one of the three tosses in their previous three matches. For the upcoming match, we think luck will favour Aussie skipper Pat Cummins and he will come on top of the toss war.
Win Possibility
Australia and New Zealand share an ODI rivalry of 141 matches, where the Kangaroos won 95 games, while the Blackcaps enjoyed triumph in 39 games. While the data is enough to explain the dominance of the Baggy Greens, their ODI World Cup win records all together make them a tougher side. Australia have won the coveted title for a record five times while New Zealand made it to the final for two consecutive times.
Speaking of the current season, the way Cummins and side tackled the Dutch in their previous match says that they have announced their arrival in the tournament. They are pretty much likely to continue their momentum in upcoming games as well. Not only this, but if Williamson misses the game, it will surely cost his side quite a lot in the forthcoming fixtures. Considering all of this, we think that Australia are clear favourites to win the game.
Predicted Powerplay Score and Average First Inning Score
The Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala has been slated to host a total of five matches in the 13th edition of the ODI World Cup. Looking back at the past games of the venue, the HPCA Stadium has hosted eight 50-over matches with an average first inning score of 237.
Considering this and big hitters that both teams have, we think the first inning score in the upcoming game will easily be somewhere around 280-300 while the powerplay score would lie between 45-50.
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