The first match of the three-match ODI series between India and New Zealand (IND vs NZ) will kick off at 7am on Friday (November 25). This will be the 111th ODI match between the two teams. So far, the India team has the upper hand in the ODI matches between India and New Zealand. India have won 55 and New Zealand have won 49 matches. One game was tied and five games were unfinished. Although the story has changed since the last four ODIs.
The last four matches between India and New Zealand have been won by the New Zealand team. After the 2019 ODI World Cup semi-final defeat in England, the Indian team one-sidedly lost the three-match ODI series against New Zealand in the year 2020. The India team last won an ODI against New Zealand in February 2019.
India and New Zealand met in the semi-final match of the ODI World Cup. Here the Kiwi team won the toss and elected to bat first, but the Indian bowlers restricted the New Zealand team to 239 runs. Although the Indian batsmen failed to reach the target of 240 runs. The Indian team was beaten by 18 runs here.
In the first match of the three-match ODI series on the New Zealand tour, the Indian team scored a mammoth score of 347 runs while batting. But thanks to quick batting from Ross Taylor and Tom Latham, New Zealand achieved the target in 48.1 overs.
In the second match of the ODI series, the Kiwi team scored 273 runs while batting first. In response, the Indian team went all out for 251 runs. Kyle Jamison showed a complete game in this match.
In the last match of the series the Indian batting first team had scored 296 runs losing 7 wickets but here too the Kiwi team easily achieved the target. New Zealand won this match by 5 wickets at 47.1 overs.