India vs New Zealand Betting Tips & Predictions 2nd Test 2021

India’s Recent Form

India will probably feel they did everything but win the First Test.

Twice they posted decent totals with the bat, their declaration wasn’t as late as many observed and they took nine of the 10 wickets they needed to win the match.

One more ball that kept low or one batsman mistake and they would have been home and dry.

But that’s Test cricket for you and even though India were the only side who looked like winning during Day Five, they just didn’t do quite enough.

Just about everyone played their part but special mentions go to centurion Shreyas Iyer who was man of the match on debut and the three spinners Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja and Ravi Ashwin.

They all took wickets and for good measure, Ashwin and Jadeja contributed with runs, too.

New Zealand’s Recent Form

If you can’t win a Test match, make sure you don’t lose it.

That must have been the message midway through Day Five when after losing a flurry of wickets, the total was never going to be reached.

So it’s credit to the team as a whole that almost every last player played their part in ensuring they at least secured a draw.

In Test cricket it’s sometimes just as much about how much you want it as natural ability.

Special credit must go to debutant Rachin Ravindra, who survived 91 balls on his way to saving the draw, William Somerville for seeing off 110 balls as night watchman and even Ajaz Patel for playing out 23 balls without getting out.

With the ball Tim Southee took eight wickets in the match and Kyle Jamieson six.

But New Zealand will need more from their spinners this time round.

Venue & conditions

History suggests the Mumbai wicket should spin but then again, this is the first Test played there in five years.

So, we’ll have to wait and see because T20 matches don’t paint a good picture of what wickets will do in long games.

There’s been plenty of rain leading up to the Test in Mumbai but the forecast isn’t that bad for the game itself. That said, we’ll probably lose some overs at some stage.

Whoever wins the toss will want to bat first, get 350+ runs on the board and hope spin comes into it later.

India vs New Zealand  Winner Prediction

Recommended Bet: New Zealand Draw no Bet @ 3.81 with 10CRIC

Last week we had New Zealand Draw/No Bet. A reminder that means we would have won at big odds had the Black Caps won but got our money back when it ended in a draw.

And yes, New Zealand didn’t look like they’d win the match at many stages during it and were probably a bit fortunate to get a draw at all.

But none of that is to say it was a bad bet. Or that we shouldn’t stick with the same bet.

One of the key things to note is that India won the toss last time and that gave them a huge advantage straight away.

That’s because it’s always tough to bat in India on Day 4 and 5 pitches because they crumble and turn.

So if New Zealand win the toss and bat first this time, the shoe could be on the other foot.

If that were to happen they’re quite unlikely to lose and by having this sort of bet rather than the straight win (albeit at bigger odds) we also have the draw covered.

This could happen for two reasons:

1. there’s some rain
2. the wicket is better than expected.

So we simply have to be with New Zealand as the match-winner, with that insurance on the draw. Especially because India are after all missing three or four first-choice players.

Here’s our 10CRIC review, by the way, where you can see why they’re one of our recommended sites.

Today’s India vs New Zealand Hot Bet

Recommended Bet: Back Kyle Jamieson to be New Zealand first innings Top Bowler @ 5.18 with 10CRIC

Kyle Jamieson has certainly impressed during his young Test career. He’s played 9 Tests and already taken 52 wickets. That’s an average of almost six wickets a game and three an innings.

It means he’s the fastest New Zealand bowler to 50 Test wickets, overtaking the great Shane Bond, who needed 12 Tests to get to 50.

And he’s something of a first-innings specialist because he makes use of any bounce and swing early on. He bowled with excellent rhythm in that First Test.

As it happens, his three wickets in the first innings were beaten by Southee’s five but it shows how consistent he is.

Let’s hope he’s even better this time around.

India vs New Zealand fun statistics

Time to round things off with some fun facts ahead of the game. 

• Kyle Jamieson was man of the match in that World Test Championship final after taking five wickets in the first innings and two in the second, to go with 21 runs in the one innings he batted.
• Jamieson has four wins from nine when it comes to being New Zealand first innings top bowler.
• Shreyas Iyer scored the only century of the First Test but both Will Young (89) and Tom Latham (95) came pretty close.
• All of New Zealand’s 19 wickets in the First Test fell to spinners.