India vs New Zealand 2nd Test Match Prediction: Who will win today’s match between IND and NZ?

The second match of the Ind vs NZ test series will be played at MCA Stadium in Pune, where India will make a strong comeback. If India loses the Pune Test, this might be the first home series defeat for India in 12 years. The last time India lost a home test series was in 2012 against England. However, skipper Rohit Sharma and his team are confident to get up on a confident Kiwi side on the turning track of Pune. New Zealand’s confidence will be in the 9th Cloud . Thanks to the historic win in Bengaluru.

In the Bengaluru test win, the Kiwi pace battery played a leading role, but Pune is expected to be a rank-turner, so it will be a tough challenge for them to repeat what they did at Chinnaswamy. It will be an uphill battle for Kiwi batters to score runs against the deadly duo of Ashwin-Jadeja on the black soil pitch of Pune. In a nutshell, the Pune Test is going to be a tough test for New Zealand, whose passing reward is a historic test series win in India, and New Zealand has never achieved this feat. 

Match Information: IND vs NZ 2nd Test, Pune 

India vs New Zealand Head to Head in Test

Pitch Report, Pune: IND vs NZ 2nd Test

The pitch in Pune is expected to be a rank-turner because of the climate and the soil used to create the track at MCA Stadium. The black soil surface in Pune offers low bounce and aid spinners because the black soil pitches started to crack down after two or three days of play.
In short, the pitch in Pune is going to help batters in the first two days, and after that, it will be a spinners’ game.

India Probable Playing XI: IND vs NZ 2nd Test, Pune

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Deep

New Zealand Probable Playing XI: IND vs NZ 2nd Test, Pune

Tom Latham (c), Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (wk), Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ajaz Patel, William O’Rourke

Today’s Match Prediction: IND vs NZ 2nd Test, Pune

After the first test match in Bengaluru, New Zealand has shown that they are capable of beating invincibles( India in India). But doing this feat again is not a fluke like cricketing giants like Australia and England. So, this match is going to end in India’s favor; however, New Zealand gave some hiccups to India during this match. The Google Win Predictor also supports India in winning this match by giving a 74% chance. On the other hand, New Zealand has just a 15% chance to win this match, and 11 chances are that this match could end in a draw. 

India and New Zealand Squads for Test Series 2024