Fantasy: Latham, Gill and batters could be your best bet

The third and final ODI of the series will be played at Hagley Oval in Christchurch. New Zealand lead the match 1-0. The team chased down a record score of 309 at Eden Park in Auckland.

Hagley Oval is a good ground for spinners and seamers. The average batting score at Hagley is 275. There has been only one ODI played at the venue since 2020. Middle-order batters have an average of 56.6 since the 2020 and a strike-rate of 96.3.

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Latham, Gill and batters are Captaincy Suggestions for fantasy leagues. Shreyas Iyer is Captain for grand leagues, Michael Bracewell is Vice Captain.

Shubman Gill has scored 625 runs in ODIs this year. Tom Latham is New Zealand's top run-scorer of the year and is the top scorer in ODI cricket since 2020. The middle-order batters are more comfortable at Hagley Oval. In OIs since 2000, the pacers have picked up five wickets and the spinners have taken four.

Shreyas Iyer is India's second highest run-scorer with 903 runs in last two years.

Michael Bracewell is a game-changer for India. Since his debut, he has scored 264 runs, averaging 44, with ten wickets.

Fantasy players should consider Latham, Gill and batters.

New Zealand's probable XI is: Finn Allen, Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Michael Bracewell, Matt Henry, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson. India's XI: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Shubh Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Washington Sundar, Umran Malik, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.