Can New Zealand surprise India in the ODIs?

Ahead of the ODI series, Rajneesh Gupta looks at India and New Zealand in 50-over cricket.

After hammering the Kiwis 3-0 in the Test series, the focus now shifts to white-ball cricket with the first of the five-game ODI series starting in Dharamsala on Sunday, October 16.

Limited overs skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni returns for India along with limited-overs specialists Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Manish Pandey and Axar Patel.

New Zealand will be bolstered by star allrounder Corey Anderson's presence as Captain Kane Williamson looks to avenge the Test defeat.

Dhoni's men will need to win the ODI series by a 4-1 margin to claim the third place on the ICC ODI Championship.

Ahead of the ODI series, Rajneesh Gupta looks at how the two teams stack up.

India-New Zealand in ODIs

	Matches	India	New Zealand	Tied	NR
in India	27	21	5	0	1
in New Zealand	34	10	21	1	2
at neutral venues	32	15	15	0	2
Total	93	46	41	1	5

 

India-New Zealand ODIs in India

	Matches	India	New Zealand	Tied	NR
in bilateral contests	19	15	4	0	0
in multinational tournaments	8	6	1	0	1
Total	27	21	5	0	1

 

India-New Zealand bilateral ODI series in India

Season	Captains	Matches	Result
1988-1989	Dilip Vengsarkar-John Wright	4	India 4-0
1995-1996	M Azharuddin-Lee Germon	5	India 3-2
1999-2000	Sachin Tendulkar-Stephen Fleming	5	India 3-2
2010-2011	Gautam Gambhir-Daniel Vettori	5	India 5-0

 

India-New Zealand ODIs: Vital Stats

Highest total

India: 392/4 at Christchurch in 2009

New Zealand: 376/2 at Hyderabad in 1999

Lowest total

India: 88 at Dambulla in 2010

New Zealand: 103 at Chennai in 2010

Highest individual score

India: 186*, Sachin Tendulkar at Hyderabad in 1999

New Zealand: 120, Nathan Astle at Rajkot in 1999

Individual Hundreds

India: 25 (Most: Virender Sehwag 6, Sachin Tendulkar 5)

New Zealand: 16 (Most: Nathan Astle 5)

Best bowling

India: 5/27 by Krishnamachari Srikkanth at Visakhapatnam in 1988

New Zealand: 6/19 by Shane Bond at Bulawayo in 2005

Leading run-scorers

India: 1,750 (Average: 46.05): Sachin Tendulkar

New Zealand: 1,207 (Average: 43.11): Nathan Astle

Leading wicket takers

India: 51 (Average 20.41): Javagal Srinath

New Zealand: 32 (Average: 34.53): Danny Morrison

 

India in ODIs

	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	No Result	Win%
Home	307	178	118	2	9	57.98
Away	592	276	281	5	30	46.62
Total	899	454	399	7	39	50.50

 

New Zealand in ODIs

	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	No Result	Win%
Home	280	155	106	4	15	55.36
Away	423	156	242	2	23	36.88
Total	703	311	348	6	38	44.24

 

Performance in 2016

	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	No Result	Win%
India	8	4	4	0	0	50.00
New Zealand	7	5	1	0	1	71.43

 

Captaincy record in ODIs

	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Win%
M S Dhoni	194	107	72	4	11	55.15
Kane Williamson	19	9	9	0	1	47.37

	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	No Result	Win%
M S Dhoni v New Zealand	13	5	6	1	1	38.46
Kane Williamson v India	0