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India vs New Zealand: Virat Kohli to play his 200th ODI at Wankhede on Sunday

The first ODI at Wankhede will be captain Virat Kohli's 200th match as the 'Men in Blue' host the 'Kiwis'

India vs New Zealand: Virat Kohli to play his 200th ODI at Wankhede on Sunday
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India will take on New Zealand in a three-match ODI series starting on Sunday at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. This will be captain Virat Kohli’s 200th ODI and the men in blue are expected to beat the visitors.

New Zealand will depend on Ross Taylor, opener Martin Guptill and captain Kane Williamson to compete with Indian batsmen as the Kiwis will look to cause an upset against the team which just beat world champions Australia 4-1 in a five-match ODI series in India.

Kiwis pace duo of Trent Boult and Tim Southee will look to strike early against the likes of openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan.

Indian pacers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah, along with spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav will make it tough for the Kiwis tomorrow.

This will be India’s first series after ICC revamped the rules.


Here are the two squads

India: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Shardul Thakur.

New Zealand: Kane Williamson (captain), Trent Boult, Colin de Grandhomme, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Henry Nicholls, Adam Milne, Colin Munro, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, George Worker and Ish Sodhi.

The match will commence at 1:30 pm on Sunday, October 22, 2017. 

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