By: Tarish Bhatt
The Indian team has elected to bowl first at the scenic HPCA Stadium in the 1st ODI against New Zealand. Hardik Pandya is making his debut in the one-dayers. He received his ODI cap from Kapil Dev.
India included Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav and Amit Mishra into the playing XI. Meanwhile, Mandeep Singh, Jayant Yadav and Dhawal Kulkarni missed out from the opening match of the series.
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“We’re looking at resting players at the right time, considering we have 13 Tests,” captain MS Dhoni pointed out.
“It gives us an opportunity to test some of the other guys. It’s good to be back in the blues,” the Indian captain concluded. “We don’t have too many ODIs, so have to make the most of it.”
New Zealand, meanwhile, rested Trent Boult and Matt Henry for the opening game.
India XI: Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Jasprit Bumrah & Umesh Yadav.
New Zealand XI: Kane Williamson (c), Ross Taylor, Corey Anderson, Jimmy Neesham, Luke Ronchi (wk), Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi and Doug Bracewell.
