India vs New Zealand: How the teams stack up

Ahead of the India-New Zealand series, Rajneesh Gupta looks at how the two teams stack up.

IMAGE: Virat Kohli, centre, with Shikhar Dhawan, right, and Rohit Sharma . Photograph: BCCI/Twitter.

India retained opener Shikhar Dhawan and middle order batsman Rohit Sharma on Monday for their three-Test home series against New Zealand beginning in Kanpur later this month.

The 29-year-old Rohit is an automatic choice in India's limited-overs sides but has failed to replicate that form in the five-day format, averaging 32.62 with the bat in 18 Tests.

The emergence of Lokesh Rahul, who was named in the 15-member squad, as an opener has put further pressure on Dhawan to perform after the 24-year-old right-hander scored two hundreds and a fifty in four innings against West Indies in tests and a Twenty20 international.

Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who also scored two centuries against West Indies after being promoted in the batting order, will lead India's slow-bowling attack, aided by leggie Amit Mishra and left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja.

Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav were the three pacemen in India's squad.

Here are the career statistics of 15-member squad - overall, in India and against New Zealand.

Indian Test Squad

Career figures –Batting & Fielding

	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	Avg	100s	50s	0s	Ct/St
Virat Kohli (Cap)	45	76	4	3245	200	45.06	12	12	4	42
Ravichandran Ashwin	36	52	10	1439	124	34.26	4	6	2	13
Shikhar Dhawan	22	37	1	1446	187	40.16	4	3	4	18
Ravindra Jadeja	17	26	2	495	68	20.62	0	1	2	17
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	14	19	3	393	63*	24.56	0	3	3	5
Amit Mishra	20	31	2	648	84	22.34	0	4	3	7
Mohammed Shami	16	22	8	183	51*	13.07	0	1	4	2
Cheteshwar Pujara	35	58	5	2482	206*	46.83	7	7	2	27
Ajinkya Rahane	26	44	6	1862	147	49.00	7	8	3	30
Lokesh Rahul	8	13	0	492	158	37.84	3	1	0	16
Wriddhiman Saha	15	23	2	572	104	27.23	1	2	3	23/7
Ishant Sharma	72	101	38	550	31*	8.73	0	0	23	14
Rohit Sharma	18	31	2	946	177	32.62	2	4	4	20
Murali Vijay	39	66	1	2637	167	40.56	6	12	4	31
Umesh Yadav	19	23	8	128	30	8.53	0	0	3	4

Career figures -Bowling

	Mts	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Best	Avg	SR	RPO	5I	10M
Virat Kohli (Cap)	45	150	2	70	0	0-0	-	-	2.80	0	0
Ravichandran Ashwin	36	10010	349	4864	193	7-66	25.20	51.87	2.91	18	4
Shikhar Dhawan	22	54	2	18	0	0-0	-	-	2.00	0	0
Ravindra Jadeja	17	4446	210	1663	71	6-138	23.42	62.62	2.24	4	0
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	14	2163	85	1074	35	6-82	30.68	61.80	2.97	3	0
Amit Mishra	20	4648	111	2440	71	5-71	34.36	65.46	3.14	1	0
Mohammed Shami	16	3237	82	1983	58	5-47	34.18	55.81	3.67	2	0
Cheteshwar Pujara	35	6	0	2	0	0-2	-	-	2.00	0	0
Ajinkya Rahane	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lokesh Rahul	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wriddhiman Saha	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ishant Sharma	72	13923	447	7674	209	7-74	36.71	66.62	3.30	7	1
Rohit Sharma	18	328	3	197	2	1-26	98.50	164.00	3.60	0	0
Murali Vijay	39	228	5	107	1	1-12	107.00	228.00	2.81	0	0
Umesh Yadav	19	3120	89	2060	58	5-93	35.51	53.79	3.96	1	0

Career figures inIndia – Batting & Fielding

	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	Avg	100s	50s	0s	Ct/St
Virat Kohli (Cap)	17	26	3	1059	107	46.04	3	7	0	19
Ravichandran Ashwin	19	23	5	708	124	39.33	2	3	1	5
Shikhar Dhawan	7	10	1	393	187	43.67	1	0	2	1
Ravindra Jadeja	9	11	1	206	43	20.60	0	0	0	6
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	6	6	1	96	38	19.20	0	0	0	4
Amit Mishra	10	14	2	126	28	10.50	0	0	3	4
Mohammed Shami	2	2	0	12	11	6.00	0	0	0	1
Cheteshwar Pujara	17	27	4	1481	206*	64.39	5	4	0	7
Ajinkya Rahane	5	8	1	274	127	39.14	2	0	0	11
Lokesh Rahul	0
Wriddhiman Saha	5	8	1	119	36	17.00	0	0	2	5/2
Ishant Sharma	25	29	13	147	31	9.19	0	0	7	7
Rohit Sharma	4	6	1	314	177	62.80	2	0	1	4
Murali Vijay	15	24	1	1089	167	47.35	3	3	0	12
Umesh Yadav	7	6	1	24	10*	4.80	0	0	1	1

Career figures inIndia – Bowling

	Mts	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Best	Avg	SR	RPO	5I	10M
Virat Kohli (Cap)	17	18	1	9	0	0-0	-	-	3.00	0	0
Ravichandran Ashwin	19	5845	237	2637	126	7-66	20.93	46.39	2.71	13	3
Shikhar Dhawan	7	18	1	9	0	0-9	-	-	3.00	0	0
Ravindra Jadeja	9	2425	143	785	50	5-21	15.70	48.50	1.94	3	0
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	6	624	18	341	9	3-31	37.89	69.33	3.28	0	0
Amit Mishra	10	2520	68	1205	32	5-71	37.66	78.75	2.87	1	0
Mohammed Shami	2	295	4	182	11	5-47	16.55	26.82	3.70	1	0
Cheteshwar Pujara	17	6	0	2	0	0-2	-	-	2.00	0	0
Ajinkya Rahane	5	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0
Lokesh Rahul	0
Wriddhiman Saha	5	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0
Ishant Sharma	25	4489	168	2190	63	5-118	34.76	71.25	2.93	1	0
Rohit Sharma	4	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0
Murali Vijay	15	12	0	2	0	0-2	-	-	1.00	0	0
Umesh Yadav	7	1029	33	549	23	4-80	23.87	44.74	3.20	0	0

Career figures vs NewZealand – Batting & fielding

	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	Avg	100s	50s	0s	Ct/St
Virat Kohli (Cap)	4	7	2	426	105*	85.20	2	3	0	6
Ravichandran Ashwin	2	2	1	69	37	69.00	0	0	0	1
Shikhar Dhawan	2	4	0	215	115	53.75	1	1	1	1
Ravindra Jadeja	2	3	1	82	30*	41.00	0	0	0	7
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	0
Amit Mishra	0
Mohammed Shami	2	3	2	2	2	2.00	0	0	0	0
Cheteshwar Pujara	4	7	0	276	159	39.43	1	0	0	3
Ajinkya Rahane	2	3	0	162	118	54.00	1	0	0	2
Lokesh Rahul	0
Wriddhiman Saha	0
Ishant Sharma	6	7	1	61	26	10.17	0	0	2	2
Rohit Sharma	2	4	1	122	72	40.67	0	1	1	4
Murali Vijay	2	4	0	48	26	12.00	0	0	0	2
Umesh Yadav	2	2	0	8	4	4.00	0	0	0	0

Career figures vs NewZealand – Bowling

	Mts	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Best	Avg	SR	RPO	5I	10M
Virat Kohli (Cap)	4	42	1	17	0	0-4	-	-	2.43	0	0
Ravichandran Ashwin	2	536	20	236	18	6-31	13.11	29.78	2.64	3	1
Shikhar Dhawan	2	6	0	3	0	0-3	-	-	3.00	0	0
Ravindra Jadeja	2	534	17	257	3	1-10	85.67	178.00	2.89	0	0
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	0
Amit Mishra	0
Mohammed Shami	2	599	17	351	10	4-70	35.10	59.90	3.52	0	0
Cheteshwar Pujara	4	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0
Ajinkya Rahane	2	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0
Lokesh Rahul	0
Wriddhiman Saha	0
Ishant Sharma	6	1348	41	769	30	6-51	25.63	44.93	3.42	2	0
Rohit Sharma	2	90	0	55	0	0-3	-	-	3.67	0	0
Murali Vijay	2	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0
Umesh Yadav	2	294	2	214	5	2-68	42.80	58.80	4.37	0	0

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