With the World Cup on the cards, both New Zealand and India will look to fine tune their combinations in the five-match ODI series. The first game of the series will be played at Eden Park, Auckland on Wednesday. The straight boundaries at the venue is on the shorter sides and it could be a high-scoring contest between two batting heavyweights.
Indian selectors have looked to manage their ODI squad with the Test series beginning on November 19. Nitish Kumar Reddy will only play the opening and he would be released to play for India A against New Zealand A.
On the other hand, New Zealand will look to come up with a collective effort and come up with an improved fielding performance.
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Indian captain Shubman Gill needs 16 fours to complete 450 boundaries in ODIs.
Rohit Sharma needs three fours to complete 1150 boundaries in the 50-over version.
Axar Patel needs 82 runs to complete 1000 ODI runs.
Ishan Kishan needs nine sixes to complete 50 maximums in ODIs.
Tom Latham needs 10 fours to complete 400 boundaries in ODIs.
Henry Nicholls needs 85 runs to complete 2500 runs in ODIs.
Glenn Phillips needs eight fours to complete 100 boundaries in ODIs.
Michael Bracewell needs six sixes to complete 50 maximums in ODIs. He needs four wickets to complete 50 wickets in the format.
New Zealand Squad: Henry Nicholls, Will Young, Tom Latham(w), Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner(c), Matt Henry, Jacob Duffy, Nathan Smith, Matthew Fisher, Blair Tickner, Tim Seifert, Kyle Jamieson
India Squad: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill(c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Anshul Kamboj, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Gurnoor Brar, Naman Dhir, Auqib Nabi, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan
