NZ vs IND 1st ODI, Approaching Milestones and Records: The first ODI between Indian Cricket Team and New Zealand Cricket Team will be played on Wednesday at Eden Park in Auckland at 7:30 AM IST. Team India won the T20I series 3-2, but their performance in the last two matches was below-average. New Zealand embarrassed them and beat them convincingly in the last two matches.
The hosts will be high on confidence after the twin wins in the last week. They also know the home conditions well and will look to use them to their best affect. Team India will welcome their ODI specialists, and fans are eager to watch Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.
The tickets have been sold out, and it will be a jam-packed stadium. It is a high-scoring venue, and we might see another thriller on Wednesday. Both teams will look to take a winning start to the ODI series and take a lead.
Here, we will talk about big records and milestones which are lined up and can be achieved in the NZ vs IND 1st ODI at Eden Park, Auckland.
NZ vs IND: Approaching ODI Records and Cricket Milestones Ahead of the NZ vs IND 1st ODI at Eden Park, Auckland
1 - One more century and Virat will surpass Sachin Tendulkar with the record of most centuries outside Asia and most List A hundreds. It will also help him to have most ODI hundreds after age 35 for India. If he scores a fifty, he will surpass Sachin (133) and will have the most 50+ scores against SENA countries. He also needs 101 runs to become the second-highest international scorer against New Zealand.
85 - Henry Nicholls needs 85 runs to complete 2500 runs in ODI cricket.
4 - Michael Bracewell needs four wickets to reach 50 ODI wickets.
65 - Axar Patel needs 65 more runs to complete 2500 international runs for India.
5 - Tom Latham is five sixes away from reaching 100 international sixes.
2 - Glenn Phillips won the Player of the Series award in T20Is. He needs two more boundaries to complete 400 fours in international cricket.
33 - Tim Seifert is 33 runs away from completing 2500 international runs for New Zealand.
75 - Virat Kohli has 1897 runs against New Zealand across formats. He needs 75 runs to surpass Ricky Ponting (1971) and become the leading scorer against New Zealand in ODI cricket.
54 - Virat needs 54 runs to surpass Sachin (8720) and become the leading scorer in ODI chases.
