India tour of New Zealand: New Zealand Vs India 1st ODI at Napier Live Scores, Jan 19, 2014
Teams: New Zealand Vs India
Venue: Played at Napier
Time: (14:00 local | 01:00 GMT | 06:30 IST)
Preview
On Sunday begins what is possibly one of India's last full tours to countries other than England and Australia. New Zealand will have woken up to news that the big three of world cricket want to take control of the ICC, and want to do away with the FTP, which in any case is not binding on the member nations.
Match Stats
1.MS Dhoni is one short of becoming the fourth wicketkeeper, and first Indian, with 300 ODI dismissals. Kumar Sangakkara, Mark Boucher and Adam Gilchrist are ahead of him
2.In ODIs since 2004, only India have been a worse venue for fast bowlers than New Zealand. Quicks in New Zealand have averaged 35.48 over the period at an economy rate of 5.33. The corresponding numbers in India have been 35.50 and 5.48
3.From the current India squad, only MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma and Ishant Sharma have played in New Zealand
Teams
New Zealand team: BB McCullum(c), LRPL Taylor, KD Mills, L Ronchi, TG Southee, JD Ryder, MJ Guptill, NL McCullum, KS Williamson, MJ McClenaghan, AF Milne, Corey Anderson, James Neesham
India team: S Dhawan, RG Sharma, V Kohli, AM Rahane, MS Dhoni, SK Raina, RA Jadeja, R Ashwin, B Kumar, Shami Ahmed, I Sharma, I Sharma
