Merely a couple of days after hosting Sri Lanka in the third ODI in Thiruvananthapuram, India will be hosting New Zealand for the first of three ODIs in Hyderabad tomorrow. Set to host New Zealand in an ODI after more than half-a-decade, India will be playing an ODI against this opposition after exactly seven weeks which perfectly describes the extent of cricket they play against each other.
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Two top modern-day teams haven’t really let each other dominate as far as their ODI head-to-head record over the years is concerned. Having said that, India have a one-sided domination when it comes to play this format against the Black Caps at home.
India, whose last ODI victory against the Kiwis had come almost four years ago, had ended on the losing side of their last five completed ODIs against them. The last two matches between these two teams, however, had been abandoned due to incessant rain in New Zealand in November.
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Although New Zealand will be playing a total of six matches across the two white-ball formats on this tour of India, teams won’t be contesting for World Cup Series points. Hence, fans can consider both the series to be regular white-ball bilateral affairs with no larger objective to be achieved other than the fact they it will surely prepare them for ICC Cricket World Cup 2023.
IND vs NZ ODI head to head records
Total number of matches played: 113
Matches won by IND: 55
Matches won by NZ: 50
Matches played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium: 0 (IND 0, NZ 0)
Matches played in India: 35 (IND 26, NZ 8)
IND average score against NZ: 245
NZ average score against IND: 240
Most runs for IND: 1,378 (Virat Kohli)
Most runs for NZ: 846 (Tom Latham)
Most wickets for IND: 21 (Mohammed Shami)
Most wickets for NZ: 11 (Mitchell Santner)
Most catches for IND: 9 (Mohammed Shami, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli)
Most catches for NZ: 17 (Tom Latham)
NOTE: Only players part of current squads have been considered above (most runs, wickets and catches).
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