India v Zimbabwe World Cup Match Prediction & Betting Tips

Team India continued dominating Pool B in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, when they bulldozed the minnows, Ireland, in the previous game. The Blue Shirts kicked off the tournament by defeating Pakistan followed by impressive victories against South Africa, United Arab Emirates and West Indies. They have gathered 10 points from five matches, earned a net run rate of +2.157 and most likely will add another two points after the sixth one. Zimbabwe lost their opener vs. South Africa, triumphed against UAE but surrendered the forthcoming games vs. West Indies, Pakistan and Ireland. They managed two mere points at a net run rate of -0.595, are placed at no.6 in the pool and will try to give a better performance in their last game.

Players to watch

Shikhar Dhawan blasted another hundred of his career, Rohit Sharma was clean bowled for 64 as Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane remained unbeaten at 44 and 33 in the previous match vs. Ireland. Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni can negotiate with any challenge while their strong bowling line-up is guarded by Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja and Umesh Yadav.

Brendan Taylor and Sean Williams almost won the match against Ireland by contributing 149 runs partnership for the fifth wicket. The duo smashed 121 and 96 runs whereas none other batsmen reached the twenty runs mark. Hamilton Masakadza, Chamu Chibhabha, Solomon Mire and Craig Ervine must concentrate on their batting for a positive result. Their bowling revolves around Tinashe Panyangara, Tendai Chatara, Tawanda Mupariwa, Sikandar Raza and Sean Willimas.

Time & Venue

Saturday, March 14, 2015 @ 01:00 GMT, 14:00 local at Eden Park, Auckland.

Weather

Mostly sunny with the temperatures around 18-27ᵒC.

Toss

India will prefer to bat while Zimbabwe might go for chase after winning the toss.

The Pitch

The previous two matches of the event played at the same venue between New Zealand, Australia and Pakistan v South Africa ended up as a low scoring ones and batsmen struggled to find runs whereas the bowlers enjoyed completing their mission.

Teams

India – MS Dhoni (C), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Mohit Sharma.

Zimbabwe – Elton Chigumbura (C), Sikandar Raza, Chamu Chibhabha, Hamilton Masakadza, Brendan Taylor, Sean Williams, Craig Ervine, Solomon Mire, Tawanda Mupariwa, Tendai Chatara, Tinashe Panyangara.

Prediction

India will dominate the encounter and should win it without any problem.