The new year has begun, and Team India is ready to face New Zealand. Team India will begin the ODI series against New Zealand on January 11th. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will be seen showcasing their talent in the three-match ODI series. Both batsmen recently performed brilliantly with the bat in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Therefore, fans are eagerly awaiting the New Zealand series.
Rohit Sharma can surpass two legendary cricketers
38-year-old Rohit Sharma will have a chance to achieve a big milestone in the 3-match ODI series against New Zealand. However, for this he will have to perform strongly. If Rohit’s bat works, then South Africa’s great all-rounder Jacques Kallis and former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq will be left behind. In fact, Rohit Sharma has 11516 runs in 271 innings of 279 matches in ODI cricket. If Rohit is successful in scoring 64 runs, then he will surpass Jacques Kallis in terms of scoring the most runs in the history of ODI cricket. Kallis has scored 11579 runs in 328 ODI matches.
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If Rohit performs brilliantly with the bat in all three matches, he could surpass Inzamam-ul-Haq. However, to achieve this, he will need to score 224 runs, which will not be easy but certainly not impossible. Now it will be interesting to see how the Hitman performs with the bat.
India vs New Zealand ODI series schedule:
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January 11: 1st ODI, Vadodara, BCA Stadium, Kotambi (1:30 PM IST)
January 14: 2nd ODI, Rajkot, Niranjan Shah Stadium, Khanderi (1:30 PM IST)
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January 18: 3rd ODI, Indore, Holkar Cricket Stadium (1:30 PM IST)
Team India squad for the ODI series against New Zealand:
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Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer (vice-captain), Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal

