India v New Zealand, ODI series – Statistical Preview

After a dismal performance in the India v New Zealand Test series, the visitors would be looking to put on a better show in the ODI series to regain their No.3 spot in ICC rankings. A whitewash will put them ahead of South Africa and decimal points below the no.1 side Australia. Team India on the other side, has rested few of their regular players.

With just 8 ODIs in hand for India before the Champions Trophy next year, they have a lot to take away from this series. India would look to make most of these 5 games in order to build a team for the ICC event. Ahead of the series, we look at the approaching milestones of the players and the head to head records between the two sides.

0.454 – New Zealand’s win/loss ratio in ODIs in India. Their lowest in a country in which they played more than 25 ODIs.

1 – Amit Mishra needs one more wicket to complete 50 ODI wickets.

4 – Number of bilateral ODI series in which India and New Zealand featured in India. All the 4 have been won by India.

4 – India have won in their last 4 ODIs. 1 vs Australia and 3 against Zimbabwe.

4 – Luke Ronchi needs to affect 4 more dismissals as wicketkeeper to complete 100 dismissals behind the stumps in ODIs.

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4.2 – India’s win/loss ratio against New Zealand in ODIs at home. Their highest against any country at home against whom they played more than 5 ODIs.

5 – Number of ODIs New Zealand has won against India in India. The last one was in November 2003 at Cuttack.

82 – MS Dhoni needs 82 runs to complete 9000 runs in ODI cricket.

83 – Tom Latham needs 83 runs to complete 1000 runs in ODI cricket.

120 – Nathan Astle’s 120 at Rajkot in 1999 is the highest score by a New Zealand batsman in ODIs against India. This is the 12th highest individual score in India-New Zealand ODIs. The top 11 have been on Indian players’ name including 4 scores of 150+.

156 – Martin Guptill needs 156 runs to complete 5000 runs in ODI cricket.

192 – Number of sixes MS Dhoni has hit in ODI cricket. He needs to hit 4 more to break Sachin Tendulkar’s (195) record for most sixes in ODIs by an Indian.

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900 – First ODI at Dharamsala will be India’s 900th ODI match. They are now the first team to play in 900 ODIs.

Milestone ODIs of India:

Head to head record between India and New Zealand:

Bilateral ODI series results:

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Lowest team totals:

Leading run getters:

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Best bowling figures:

Highest partnerships:

(Stats Updated till 15th October 2016)