IND vs NZ 1st ODI Match Date, Time: India face New Zealand in the first of a three-match ODI series in Vadodara. Veterans like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli return to action and could be seen in India colours for the last time till July this year, with this being the team’s last ODI series before the T20 World Cup and the Indian Premier League (IPL). It will also be Shubman Gill’s first series since he was dropped from the Indian squad for the T20 World Cup, with the 25-year-old returning as captian of the ODI side. Both Kohli and Rohit spent nearly one-and-a-half hours against Indian pacers in the nets on the eve of the match, spinners and throw down specialists after playing two matches each in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Having struck 77 and 131 in the two matches of the premier domestic competition, Kohli went hard against the Indian spinners and pacers alike. Some variable bounce against the throw down specialists in one of the nets did challenge the batting superstar further. However, India’s middle-order mainstay Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant, as well as pacer Mohammed Siraj weren’t a part of the three-hour training session, having played for their respective state teams in the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Thursday.
IND vs NZ 1st ODI Predicted XIs
India predicted XI: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill (c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (VC), KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh
Key player to watch out for: Yashasvi Jaiswal may have to make way for Shubman Gill, with India probably choosing to play both KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant for some solidity in the middle order. It would be some extraordinary bad luck for Jaiswal, as he had scored his maiden ODI century in just his previous innings.
IND vs NZ: Head-to-Head record in ODIs
- Matches played: 120
- India won: 62
- South Africa won: 50
Squads
India squad: Shubman Gill (c), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (wk), Shreyas Iyer (vc), Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal.
New Zealand squad: Michael Bracewell (c), Adi Ashok, Kristian Clarke, Josh Clarkson, Devon Conway (wk), Zak Foulkes, Mitch Hay (wk), Kyle Jamieson, Nick Kelly, Jayden Lennox, Daryl Mitchell, Henry Nicholls, Glenn Phillips, Michael Rae, Will Young.
India vs New Zealand 1st ODI livestreaming details
The India vs New Zealand 1st ODI will be streamed live on the JioHotstar app and website and telecast on the Star Sports network from 1.30 PM IST on Sunday.
