India begins their first of the three ODI series campaign against New Zealand today. Venue of the match is at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
India and New Zealand clash in Hyderabad for the first OneDay International. Both teams are currently riding high on their recent wins respectively. While India whitewashed Sri Lanka 3-0 in ODI’s, New Zealand reigned supreme over Pakistan 2-1. India has a great record on the home ground and the team shall look forward to repeating the same this time. India vs New Zealand shall be a heavily contested game, for the Kiwis are fresh from beating Pakistan on their home ground. On the other hand, the home team under Rohit Sharma shall aim for a clean sweep. Consequently, it shall lead the team to the top of the table of ICC rankings. However, KL Rahul and Axar Patel are missing from the team citing personal reasons. From the Kiwis side, skipper Kane Williamson and Tim Southee are rested for the series.
Let us catch up with the live scores of India vs New Zealand Match
Currently at the end of the 32nd over, India has scored 196 runs for the loss of four wickets. Hardik Pandya and Shubhman Gill are at the crease. The latter scored a century and batting at 105 runs while Hardik is at 5 runs. The 33rd over has started and Kiwi Blair Tickner is bowling. So far Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar have lost their respective wickets. India had earlier won the Toss and elected to bat.
Live: India are currently at 232 for the loss of 4 wickets at the end of 37th over.
Squads
India
Rohit Sharma(C), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan(Wk), Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umran Malik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Srikar Bharat, Shahbaz Ahmed, Rajat Patidar.
New Zealand
Finn Allen, Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham(w/c), Michael Bracewell, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson, Blair Tickner, Jacob Duffy, Doug Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Henry Shipley
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