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New Zealand vs Pakistan prediction and betting odds: ICC World Cup 2023

New Zealand vs Pakistan prediction and betting odds: ICC World Cup 2023

In one of the more important games as far as the semifinal qualification goes, New Zealand and Pakistan will clash on Saturday in Bengaluru. This will be the 35th match of the tournament.

Our top New Zealand vs Pakistan predictions

Rather interestingly, despite all that has happened in the recent past, New Zealand are starting off a bookmakers’ favourite at 11/13 (1.84). Pakistan are marginally behind at 21/20 (2.05) despite the change in their fortunes.

First Prediction: Pakistan to win: 21/20 (2.05)

Traditionally, Pakistan become a dangerous team to go up against when they have their backs to the wall and that’s exactly what happened as they routed Bangladesh in their previous game. Couple that up with a shocking New Zealand performance against South Africa and we have Pakistan having a great chance to come through here.

Second Prediction: Top New Zealand batsman – Daryl Mitchell: 11/2 (6.5)

Daryl Mitchell has played Pakistan in seven matches this year and scored 369 runs at an average of 52.71. This is the most for any Kiwi player in the last four years.

Expect him to continue with that form and help himself to another solid innings.

NZ vs PAK – Semifinal spot on the line

It’s a crucial fixture given that both teams have just one match left after this. New Zealand have eight points from seven games but enter this encounter on the back of three successive defeats while Pakistan have six points having defeated Bangladesh following four consecutive losses.

New Zealand

They had kick-started the tournament with four wins in a row but having lost a few players to injuries and with their fielding struggling to make things happen, New Zealand went down in a hurry to India, Australia and South Africa. Can they stall their poor run?

Pakistan

Following solid wins over Netherlands and Sri Lanka, Pakistan were looking good but then fell apart. A crushing loss to India brought intense amount of scrutiny on them but this was followed by defeats at the hands of Australia, Afghanistan and South Africa, leaving them with a must-win scenario for all their remaining games.

They did defeat Bangladesh but now need to win both their remaining matches to make it through.

New Zealand vs Pakistan h2h score

There have been 115 matches played between these two teams in ODI cricket and Pakistan have a 60-51 edge over them.

In the eight matches played between them this year, it’s 5-3 in favour of Pakistan. In World Cups, however, Pakistan have a huge advantage having won seven of the nine times they have faced off.

Pitch report and weather conditions

This will be a day game in Bangalore so the conditions are expected to remain fairly consistent throughout the encounter. Interestingly, the weather’s become cooler and rain’s also expected at some point during the day.

The Bangalore pitch has always been a batting-friendly one but at the same time not a lot of matches have been played as day games here. Could change things around slightly for the team batting first.

Key match details for NZ vs PAK

  • Date & Time: 5 am GMT, Saturday, November 4
  • Venue: M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
  • Where to watch: In the UK, you can watch this match with Sky Sports while Indian fans can tune in to Star Sports or Disney+ Hotstar to watch it live. This game will also be live with Sky Sport and SkyGo.co.nz in New Zealand while in Pakistan the fans can watch it on PTV Sports and ptvflix.


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