India vs New Zealand Highlights 1st ODI: IND overcome Bracewell's fighting 140 to take 1-0 lead over NZ

Finn Allen, Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham(w/c), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Henry Shipley, Mitchell Santner, Lockie Ferguson, Blair Tickner

Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Ishan Kishan(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami

“We will bat first. Looks a good pitch, little dry. We want to make sure we want to bowl under lights and defend score. We did well against Sri Lanka, but this is a different challenge. Important for us to keep the momentum going. The spirit in the team is really good. Three changes. Hardik is back, Shardul is back. SKY and Ishan are playing as well.”

India win toss, choose to bat first. Big cheers as Rohit Sharma says that Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan will play. 

He is on 46 centuries, needs three more to equal Sachin Tendulkar's record and there are three matches in this series. Back when Tendulkar had got there it looked like no other player will ever repeat that feat but here we are. Virat Kohli is on 259 ODI innings while Tendulkar had got to 49 in 452 so that is how quick the 34-year-old has been.

New Zealand's win in Pakistan was quite an impressive one. They looked pretty down and out towards the end of the first ODI, which they lost by six wickets. But then they came roaring back by beating Pakistan by 79 runs in the second ODI and then won the series with a two-wicket in the third ODI. 

Not Suryakumar Yadav, the real sky. It is nice and blue in Hyderabad, absolutely no chance of a rain interruption. 

New Zealand have decided to rest Kane Williamson and Tim Southee, their two seniormost players, for this series. It is quite a packed calendar for the players with the World Cup coming around later this year and the last thing New Zealand would want is these two players breaking down by the end of the year. 

A penny for Ishan Kishan's thoughts. In any other country, scoring a record double century in ODIs would guarantee a spot for you in the team for at least a year. In his case though, he has to contend with the extremely consistent Shubman Gill in the opening spot and if he has to fit into the middle order, he has to get ahead of Shreyas Iyer or KL Rahul. Now that Rahul is not here though, there is the chance that the extraordinary Suryakumar Yadav could be given a run there. If that happens, there are not many arguments that can be made against that, SKY has been the best T20 batter in the world by some distance over more than a year, with maybe Jos Buttler coming close to him. It is only fair that he is given a chance to show what he can do in ODIs and if he can replicate that form, it is not just about him making the position his own, India's chances of winning the 2023 World Cup gets a major boost. 

Finn Allen, Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham(w/c), Michael Bracewell, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson, Blair Tickner, Jacob Duffy, Doug Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Henry Shipley

Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan(w), Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umran Malik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Srikar Bharat, Shahbaz Ahmed, Rajat Patidar

Kishan could have the chance to prove himself though. KL Rahul is missing this series for personal reasons and there has been a last minute injury to Shreyas Iyer. It could be Kishan who takes his place at No.5. It is quite different from an opening slot but not as different in ODIs as it tends to be in T20Is. 

There were a few raised eyebrows when India made it clear that they prefer Shubman Gill over Ishan Kishan, despite the fact that the latter's last ODI innings was the fastest double century in the format. However, Gill's consistent performances in the Sri Lanka series, which includes his second ODI century, showed why the team has put their trust in him. 

India struck a lot of good notes during their recent series win over Sri Lanka. Mohammed Siraj showed that he is as potent a weapon as any in ODI cricket, KL Rahul showed his value at No.5, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill seem to have formed a strong opening partnership and of course, the talismanic Virat Kohli is back amongst the centuries. New Zealand are a different kind of challenge compared to Sri Lanka though, and the Kiwis will be looking at this series as a valuable way to gain some match time in these conditions ahead of the 2023 World Cup which will be hosted in India.