
Both teams will be keen to do well.
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Get the best PAK vs NZ Fantasy 11 Prediction, Cricket Tips, Injury Updates & Pitch Report for the 1st ODI of Pakistan ODI Tri-Series 2025. Pakistan will take on New Zealand. This match will be played at Gadaffi Stadium in Lahore. Pakistan is set to host South Africa and New Zealand in a Tri-Nation series, beginning on February 8. This series will be a good preparation for all these sides ahead of the much-awaited Champions Trophy 2025. All the matches will be played in Karachi and Lahore.
Mohammad Rizwan will lead the side and the hosts have named a strong squad and will be looking to find out some combinations ahead of the tournament. Babar Azam is likely to open the batting with Fakhar Zaman in the absence of Saim Ayub. Khusdil Shah and Faheem Ashraf have also been selected and the pace trio along with the lone frontline spinner in Abrar will make the combination for this game.
New Zealand under the captaincy of Mitch Santner have done well in the last series and they have a strong group of players in this tour. Kane Williamson returns to the side and with both Pakistan and New Zeland in the same group for the CT 2025 this match can provide a good contest can be a very good preparation. This promises to be a closely fought game.
Match Information- PAK vs NZ Fantasy 11 Prediction
Probable PlayingXI
Pakistan
Babar Azam, FK Zaman, Kamran Ghulam, Agha Salman, Saud Shakeel, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Rizwan(C), Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, S Afridi
Bench: Usman Khan, Tayyab Tahir, Faheem Ashraf, M Hasnain
New Zealand
Kane Williamson, Michael Bracewell, WA Young, Nathan Smith, Rachin Ravindra, MS Chapman, DJ Mitchell, Mitchell Santner(C), Tom Latham, Glenn Phillips, MJ Henry
Bench:Devon Conway, LH Ferguson, William O’Rourke, Ben Sears, JA Duffy
Injury News- will be added when there is an update
Weather Report- Clear Sky
Win Prediction- Pakistan
Pitch Condition- Balanced
Avg 1st Inning Score- 261
Pitch Report
Captains- 9
Babar Azam PAK | bat
Babar Azam has scored 5957 runs in 123 ODI matches at a stunning average of 56. He will be a good captaincy pick.
Rachin Ravindra has been a revelation and had an excellent World Cup 2023. The left hander will be the one to watch out for in this game.
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Tom Latham- NZ | WK- 8.5
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