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India vs New Zealand on September 22

A formidable Indian cricket team is expected to dominate the visiting New Zealand by reveling in home conditions in its historic 500th Test match, which will herald the beginning of a long 13-match home season. The Indian team has always been an intimidating side on spin-friendly tracks under sultry conditions and the script is unlikely to change unless the Kiwis master the conditions. Even history is heavily stacked against the visitors, who have not won a Test on the Indian soil in their last 14 attempts. The last Test New Zealand won here was way back in 1998. Moreover, New Zealand have not had enough practice to get ready for the series. The only warm-up game they played against Mumbai was on a flat Feroz Shah Kotla track in Delhi, where their bowlers bled runs.

·         Best economical pick – The Green Park track promises to be a true Indian Test wicket where spinners will have a major role to play and skipper Virat Kohli will have no hesitation in going in with Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja.

·         Top captains & vice captains – India is doing well in this format since Virat Kohli named as the captain of the team and he led India team very good manner and as captain, He won all the test series till now because of that India is in 2nd position in the test rankings. For New Zealand, much would depend on how skipper Kane Williamson fire. On his own, he is class apart but the challenging conditions and spinning track will certainly make his life tough.

·       Smart pick – In Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, KL Rahul and skipper Virat Kohli, India have a number of match-winning players especially considering that they are playing at home while the spinners led by R Ashwin proved they are almost unplayable when there is turn and drift on offer.

·         Cautions Pick – Martin Guptill, one of the Kiwis' best batsmen in recent times, lasted a mere 21 balls in his two innings even as Luke Ronchi staked claim for the opener's slot with a century in the second innings of that game.

·         My XI – Virat Kohli (Captain), K Williamson (Vice-Captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ish Sodhi, Neil Wagner, BJ Watling, Tom Latham, Matt Henry, Mitchell Santner, Lokesh Rahul