ICC World Cup 2019 Match 18, India vs New Zealand, statistical preview: India seek maiden win against New Zealand in England

India have won both their matches in ongoing World Cup and New Zealand all three. Now, only one team will emerge out of Thursday’s contest at Trent Bridge with their unbeaten streak intact. Ahead of the match, here is a statistical preview.

Statistical preview

0.75 win-loss ratio of India against New Zealand (3 wins, 4 defeats) in World Cups.

1 stumping needed by MS Dhoni (6) to top the list for India in World Cups. Kiran More also has 6 stumpings. However, Dhoni has held 34 catches compared to More’s 18.

1.222 win-loss ratio of India against New Zealand (55 wins, 45 defeats).

2 top bowlers in the ICC ODI Batting Rankings will feature in the match – Jasprit Bumrah (1st) and Trent Boult (2nd).

2 four-wicket hauls for Boult in World Cup cricket – the joint most, along with Geoff Allott, Jacob Oram, and Daniel Vettori. While Boult has a chance to lead the chart alone, Jimmy Neesham, Lockie Ferguson, and Matt Henry – all of whom are in the side – have 1 each.

3 matches between India and New Zealand in England and New Zealand have won all 3 – in the 1975, 1979, and 1999 World Cups.

3 consecutive series wins for India against New Zealand before the World Cup including a 4-1 victory on New Zealand soil earlier this year.

3 runs needed by Martin Guptill (907) to go past Scott Styris (909) and become the 2nd-highest run-scorer for New Zealand in World Cup cricket. Guptill also needs 93 to become the 2nd to reach 1,000 runs in the tournament, after Stephen Fleming (1,075).

3 top batsmen in the ICC ODI Batting Rankings will feature in the match – Virat Kohli (1st), Rohit Sharma (2nd), and Ross Taylor (3rd).

5 teams have batted against these two teams in the tournament (3 against New Zealand, 2 against India) and all of them have been bowled out.

6 matches for India at Trent Bridge, of which they have won 3 and lost 3. New Zealand have won 2 and lost 5. New Zealand had also won their only clash here, in 1999.

8 wickets for Ferguson in the tournament, the most. Henry (7) is joint 2nd, while Neesham (6) is joint 4th.

18 catches for Taylor against India, the most by a non-wicketkeeper in India-New Zealand matches. Taylor is tied with Fleming. For India, Mohammad Azharuddin (15) has taken most catches in these matches.

57 runs needed by Kohli (10,943) to become the 9th batsman to reach 11,000 ODI runs. He will also become the 2nd Indian – after Sachin Tendulkar (18,426) and Sourav Ganguly (11,363) – to the milestone.

105 runs needed by Kane Williamson (895) to become the 4th New Zealand batsman to score 1,000 runs against India.

110 runs needed by Dhoni (890) to become the 7th Indian batsman to score 1,000 runs against New Zealand.