After winning the T20 series against New Zealand 3-2, India will now play the ODI series. The first match will be held in Auckland on 4 November. There are nine different players in the first ODI team compared to the T20 team. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will also play.
Sports News: After winning the T20 series against New Zealand, the Indian cricket team has now started preparing for the ODI matches. The five-match ODI series between the two countries will start from November 4, 2026. Many major changes have been made in the Indian team for this series. Compared to the T20 team, the first ODI squad includes nine different players. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will return, while Shubman Gill will captain the team in the first three matches.
Big changes in ODI team after T20 series
The Indian team has won the five-match T20 series against New Zealand by 3-2. Under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, India captured the series by winning the first three matches. However, New Zealand won the last two matches. Now both the teams will face each other in ODI format. The first match will be played on Wednesday, November 4 at Eden Park, Auckland. In this series, the Indian team will look quite different from before.
BCCI had already released the list of players for the ODI series. After this, some changes have also been made in view of injuries and availability of players. Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dubey, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Varun Chakraborty included in the T20 team are not in the team for the initial ODI matches. Tilak Verma will also not play in the first three ODIs, but will return for the last two matches.
At the same time, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shubhman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KL Rahul, Anshul Kamboj, Gurnoor Brar, Mohammad Siraj and Aaqib Nabi are included in the initial ODI squad. All of them were not part of the original squad for the T20 series against New Zealand.
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will be in focus
The most talked about in the ODI series is about the return of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Both players are now mainly representing India in ODI cricket. The arrival of Rohit and Virat will give experience to the Indian batting order. Rohit can be seen opening the innings, while Virat has long experience of batting at number three.
Shubman Gill will captain the first three matches of the ODI series. Shreyas Iyer has been made the vice-captain. However, Gill will not be a part of the team in the fourth and fifth ODIs. Shreyas Iyer will take over the responsibility of captain in both these matches. BCCI has formed different groups of players keeping in mind the preparations for the Test series. For this reason, there will be a change in captaincy and squad between the ODI series.
Famous Krishna out, Aaqib Nabi got a chance
The Indian team has suffered a setback in the form of fast bowler Prasidh Krishna before the ODI series. He is out of the entire ODI series due to injury. He was initially selected in the team, but could not get fitness clearance. After this, on October 31, BCCI also included Aaqib Nabi in the team for the first three ODI matches. Initially Nabi was selected only for the last two matches, but now he will be available throughout the series.
Nitish Kumar Reddy will be a part of the team in the first ODI. After this he will join the India A team, so that he can practice for the match before the Test series against New Zealand.
Indian team for the first three ODIs
Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (vice-captain), KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Naman Dheer, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Nitish Kumar Reddy (1st ODI only), Axar Patel, Anshul Kamboj, Gurnoor Brar, Mohammed Siraj, Aaqib Nabi, Arshdeep Singh and Kuldeep Yadav.
Indian team for fourth and fifth ODI
Shreyas Iyer (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Tilak Verma, Naman Dheer, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Axar Patel, Ishan Kishan (vice-captain), Kumar Kushagra, Aaqib Nabi, Arshdeep Singh, Yash Thakur, Gurnoor Brar, Mohammed Siraj and Kuldeep Yadav.
Complete schedule of India and New Zealand ODI series
The first ODI between India and New Zealand will be played in Auckland on 4 November. After this, the second match will be held on 7th November in Wellington and the third match will be held on 10th November in Hamilton. The fourth ODI will be played on 13 November and the fifth and last match on 15 November at the Bay Oval ground in Mount Maunganui. All five matches will start at 7:30 am IST.
After the end of the ODI series, two test matches will also be played between the two countries. The first Test will start from November 19 in Wellington and the second from November 27 in Christchurch.