IND vs NZL 1st Test Day 5 match prediction 22 Jun 2021

IND vs NZ Day 5 Match Predictions

The World Test Championship Final is being played between India and New Zealand. The game commenced at the Rose Bowl in Southampton, England on June 18. I have picked the top IND vs NZ match predictions and betting tips for you to win from.

The Final match has had poor luck in terms of weather throughout. Day 1 was a wash-out and Day 2 had to be shortened due to poor light conditions.We got a whole day of play on Day 3 but then the rains returned with a vengeance on Day 4. This is a zero-sum game now and the two teams are going to end up sharing the title for the World Champions in Test Cricket. Day 3 began with India on the pitch, but they did not manage to hold for long and got only 217 runs from the 1st innings. New Zealand amassed 107 runs for the loss of two wickets by the end of the day. This is quite an appropriate end for a whirlwind of a tournament between 8 teams taking place over two years. I have the top IND vs NZ Day 5 match predictions for you.

IND vs NZ Player Bets

The team betting markets are nowhere near as lucrative as the player betting markets are right now. With Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor on the crease, we have a lot of data to comb over and understand their expected outcomes. Take a look at the top IND vs NZ player betting tips

Kane Williamson to score under 47.5 runs

The skipper of the Kiwi side has been known to be a hard hitter. Kane Williamson has scored 7141 runs from 147 innings at an average of 53.69. He hasn’t scored over the target in 89 of his 147 innings though. He truly leads from the front though and has scored over the target in 24 innings of the 58 innings that he has been a captain of the team with an average of 60.83. This hasn’t translated into his play against India though. He has played 20 innings against India where he managed to score over the target in just 6 innings. Williamson was the captain of his team for 7 of these games, and he could score over the target in just two innings

Williamson has played 11 innings in England and managed to get over the target just twice. All these games were against England, but he has a better play against England than he has against India. He has played 21 innings from 12 games against England and 20 innings from 12 games against India. He has an average of 39.84 against England, while he averages 36.4 against India. We know that this is a minor difference, but it shows that if he couldn’t perform against England, he probably won’t be able to against India either. This is one of the top IND vs NZ match predictions and betting tips for Day 5. Sportsbet.io has offered odds of 1.85 for Kane Williamson to score under 47.5 runs.

Ross Taylor to score under 23.5 runs

The second and third bet focus on the middle-order Kiwi veteran. Ross Taylor got to play only 2 balls on Day 3 and hasn’t managed to score yet. He has played 108 games with 7506 runs from 188 innings. This averages 45.76 and he has hit 19 centuries and 35 half-centuries. You might think this qualifies him for an over bet, but this is not a complete picture of his play. He has played 14 innings since 2020 and managed to score over the target in only four of those innings. His average was still 34.02, which is telling about how his performance has fallen. Ross Taylor has played 25 innings against India and averages just 33.83 from them too. He did score over the target in 12 innings, but that was a while ago. The last time he faced India, he could only score over the target in 1 of the 4 innings he came out to bat.

Ross Taylor has played 54 innings from 35 games under Kane Williamson at an average of 48.86. If we look at his last 10 innings under his leadership, he managed to score over the target in only 3 games. He has played 11 innings at a neutral location before this, and scored under the target in 8 of those innings. This is another one of the top IND vs NZ betting tips. Sportsbet.io has offered odds of 1.85 for Ross Taylor to score under 23.5 runs.

Ross Taylor to hit under 2.5 fours

We are not done with the 37-year-old Kiwi just yet. We know that Ross Taylor isn’t going to be able to score 24 runs in the upcoming match, but he isn’t a boundary hitter either. He might have 911 fours from his 188 innings at an average of 4.85 fours per game, but as i mentioned, that isn’t the complete picture. He could not hit over 14 fours in 9 of his last 14 innings. Even though he has tremendous play at home, with 479 fours from 84 innings at an average of 5.70 fours per game, he managed only 33 fours from 12 innings in neutral locations. This was an average of 2.75 fours and he scored under the target in 9 of the 12 innings.

With the rains messing with the pitch conditions it will be a dangerous pitch to come out on anyways. Ross Taylor has played 18 innings in the World Test Championship and he hit under 2 fours in 10 innings. His two matches against India in the tournament took place in New Zealand. Even then, he managed to hit over the required fours in only one of the 4 innings. This is the final IND vs NZ match predictions. Sportsbet.io has offered odds of 1.93 for Ross Taylor to hit under 2.5 fours.