India kick start their tour of New Zealand with the first of the five-match ODI series at Napier on Wednesday morning (India Time). The ODI series will be followed by three T20 Internationals.
High on the unprecedented success in Australia, from where Kohli & Company have directly landed in New Zealand, India start their tour as firm favourites.
The first ODI gets underway at 7:30 am India at the McLean Park, Napier, on January 23, Wednesday. The fans can catch the action on Star Sports Network channels – Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD, Star Sports 1 Hindi, Star Sports 1 Hindi HD, Star Sports 1 Tamil, Star Sports 1 Telugu and Star Sports 1 Kannada.
The matches will also be streamed live on Hotstar.
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The Airtel and Jio mobile network users also have the option of catching the live action on JioTV and AirtelTV while on the move.
Here is the match schedule for 5 ODIs and three T20Is with the India start time for all the games. The BCCI and the New Zealand Cricket have agreed on a broadcast schedule more that is also convenient for the fans in India.
ODI SERIES: 1st ODI – Jan 23, Wednesday : McLean Park, Napier (7:30 am IST); 2nd ODI, Jan 26, Saturday : Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui (7:30 am IST); 3rd ODI – January 28, Monday : Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui (7:30 am IST); 4thODI – January 31, Thursday : Seddon Park, Hamilton (7:30 am IST); 5th ODI – Feb 3, Sunday : Westpac Stadium, Wellington (7:30 am IST).
T20I SERIES : 1st T20I – Feb 6, Wednesday : Westpac Stadium, Wellington (12:30 pm IST); 2nd T20I – Feb 8, Friday : Eden Park, Auckland (11:30 am IST); and 3rd ODI – Feb 10, Sunday : Seddon Park, Hamilton (12:30 pm IST).
Squads:
India ODI: Virat Kohli(c), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Dinesh Karthik, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Siraj, K Khaleel Ahmed, Mohammed Shami, Vijay Shankar, Shubman Gill
India T20I:
Virat Kohli(c), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni, Krunal Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddarth Kaul, K Khaleel Ahmed, Shubman Gill, Vijay Shankar
New Zealand ODI Squad: Kane Williamson(c), Trent Boult, Doug Bracewell, Colin de Grandhomme, Lockie Ferguson, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Colin Munro, Henry Nicholls, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor.
Star Sports is pitching the series as the battle of two class cricketers and India-New Zealand captains Kohli versus Kane.
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INDvsNZ Full Scorecard
New Zealand
|
BATSMEN |
R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| MJ Guptill | b Mohammed Shami | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 55.55 |
| C Munro | b Mohammed Shami | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 88.88 |
| KS Williamson (c) | c Shankar b Kuldeep Yadav | 64 | 81 | 7 | 0 | 79.01 |
| LRPL Taylor | c & b Chahal | 24 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 58.53 |
| TWM Latham † | c & b Chahal | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 110 |
| HM Nicholls | c Kuldeep Yadav b Jadhav | 12 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 70.58 |
| MJ Santner | lbw b Mohammed Shami | 14 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 66.66 |
| DAJ Bracewell | b Kuldeep Yadav | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 46.66 |
| TG Southee | not out | 9 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 75.00 |
| LH Ferguson | st †Dhoni b Kuldeep Yadav | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| TA Boult | c Sharma b Kuldeep Yadav | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 |
| Extras | 2 (w 2) | |||||
|
TOTAL |
157 all out (38 Overs, RR: 4.13) |
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Fall of wickets: 1-5 (MJ Guptill, 1.5 ov), 2-18 (C Munro, 3.3 ov), 3-52 (LRPL Taylor, 14.3 ov), 4-76 (TWM Latham, 18.5 ov), 5-107 (HM Nicholls, 23.6 ov), 6-133 (MJ Santner, 29.4 ov), 7-146 (KS Williamson, 33.1 ov), 8-146 (DAJ Bracewell, 33.5 ov), 9-148 (LH Ferguson, 35.2 ov), 10-157 (TA Boult, 37.6 ov)
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B Kumar | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 4.00 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mohammed Shami | 6 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 3.16 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| V Shankar | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 4.75 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| YS Chahal | 10 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 4.30 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 10 | 1 | 39 | 4 | 3.90 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| KM Jadhav | 3 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 5.66 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
India
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TA Boult | 6 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 3.16 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| TG Southee | 6.5 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 5.26 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LH Ferguson | 8 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 5.12 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| DAJ Bracewell | 7 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 3.28 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| MJ Santner | 7 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 4.57 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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