After Indian team’s domination over the Blackcaps in the Test Match series, the Kiwis will be looking for a revenge in the ODI series that is starting from October 16th. The Kiwis lost the Test series by a clean sweep (3-0) to the Indian squad and will be looking ahead to perform well in the ODI series.
India will play the first ODI match against the Kiwis in Dharamshala on Sunday, October 2016 and Indian cricket fans have been waiting for the series from quite long.
India is currently on the fourth spot in ICC ODI team rankings with 110 points and the New Zealand is on the 3rd spot with 113 points. So in order to take over the Kiwis, Indians are supposed to win the five-match series by 4-1.
Check out the Fixture of the 5-matches ODI Series:
- Ind vs NZ 1st ODI– Sunday, 16th October. Venue- Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala.
- Ind vs NZ 2nd ODI- Thursday, 20th October. Venue- Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi.
- Ind vs NZ 3rd ODI- Sunday, 23rd October. Venue- Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali.
- Ind vs NZ 4th ODI- Wednesday, 26th October. Venue- JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi.
- Ind vs NZ 5th ODI- Saturday, 29th October. Venue- Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam.
Indian and BLACKCAPS squad for the ODI Series:
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain/wk), Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Manish Pandey, Suresh Raina, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Jayant Yadav, Amit Mishra, Jasprit Bumrah, Dhawal Kulkarni, Umesh Yadav, Mandeep Singh, Kedar Jadhav.
New Zealand: Kane Williamson (captain), Corey Anderson, Trent Boult, Doug Bracewell, Anton Devcich, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, James Neesham, Luke Ronchi (wk), Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, BJ Watling (wk).
However, the New Zealand team has never won a bilateral ODI series in India. The two teams have faced off in the country four times before in 1988, 1995, 1999 and 2010 and all four series were won by the hosts. In the last series in 2010, the Kiwis suffered a heavy 0-5 defeat.
Tickets for the matches
The tickets for the ODI matches are available on the counters of the respective stadiums and you can also get the tickets online through Bookmyshow.com.
Broadcast of the India vs NZ ODI Series:
The entire series of five ODI matches will be covered by the Star Sports Network and will be telecasted on Star Sports 1 and Star Sports HD1. The matches will start at 1:30 pm (IST) and they can also be watched via online streaming on Hotstar.com.
