Black Caps v India ODI series – All you need to know as Virat Kohli returns for visitors
India begin their one-day cricket series against the Black Caps at Eden Park after beating the hosts 3-2 in their Twenty20 series.
The Black Caps have confirmed Rachin Ravindra and Mark Chapman will not play a part in any match, while Tim Seifert, who was initially scheduled to come back for matches four and five, will be part of the squad for the whole series.
Virat Kohli is part of the India squad and could finish the series by becoming his country’s highest-scoring batter in One-Day Internationals (ODIs) played in New Zealand.
The 37-year-old has scored 514 runs in 11 matches. Kohli sits behind Virender Sehwag on 598 in 12 while Sachin Tendulkar tops the list with 652 in 18.
Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya are still out of action, but it could be an opportunity for Nitish Kumar Reddy to show off his bowling prowess.
New Zealand’s last ODI series was played in the West Indies in July, where they came away with a 3-2 series victory and beat India 2-1 in January in their last series in this format against each other.
ODIs head to head:
Played: 123
India won: 63
New Zealand won: 52
Tied: 1
No result: 7
Last five ODIs head to head
January 18, Indore – New Zealand won by 41 runs
January 14, Rajkot – New Zealand won by seven wickets
January 11, Vadodara – India won by four wickets
March 9, 2025, Dubai (Champions Trophy final) – India won by four wickets
March 2, 2025, Dubai – India won by 44 runs
How to watch:
Black Caps coverage returns to Sky Sport and the Herald will have live blogs of every match of the tour.
The Alternative Commentary Collective are calling every Black Caps game this summer.
TAB odds:
Series winner:
New Zealand $2.40
India $1.52
Game one:
New Zealand $2.05
India $1.75
Black Caps ODI squad
Mitchell Santner (c), Michael Bracewell, Devon Conway, Jacob Duffy, Matthew Fisher, Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Henry Nicholls, Glenn Phillips, Tim Seifert, Nathan Smith, Blair Tickner, Will Young
Indian ODI squad
Shubman Gill (c), Shreyas Iyer (vc), Arshdeep Singh, Auqib Nabi, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Gurnoor Brar, Ishan Kishan, Anshul Kamboj, Virat Kohli, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Naman Dhir, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, K.L. Rahul, Rohit Sharma
India’s remaining tour schedule in New Zealand
1st ODI, Auckland, Wednesday, November 4, 3pm
2nd ODI, Wellington, Saturday, November 7, 3pm
3rd ODI, Hamilton, Tuesday, November 10, 3pm
4th ODI, Mount Maunganui, Friday, November 13, 3pm
5th ODI, Mount Maunganui, Sunday, November 15, 3pm
First test, Wellington, Thursday, November 19-23, 11am
Second test, Christchurch, Friday, November 27-December 1, 11am