The two sides will meet for the second time in as many months, after a heavily rain affected ODI series in New Zealand in December ended in a 1-0 New Zealand victory. Both teams have played plenty of cricket in between the series’ with India having won bilateral series against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, New Zealand having played an ODI series against Pakistan.

New Zealand news

With Kane Williamson and Tim Southee both rested for the three matches in India, Tom Latham will step in as captain for New Zealand in the ODI format. There have also been significant injury problems for New Zealand, Adam Milne was withdrawn from their squad with a hamstring problem, and Matt Henry has also returned home with an abdominal strain. Blair Tickner has been added to the squad in place of Milne, while Doug Bracewell comes in for Henry.

India news

The squad for the ODIs was announced alongside the one for T20Is, as well as for the first two Tests of the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy. KL Rahul and Axar Patel are unavailable due to family commitments. KS Bharat has earned his maiden ODI call-up, and will be the second wicketkeeper alongside Ishan Kishan. Arshdeep Singh doesn’t find a place. Shreyas Iyer has been ruled out due to a back injury, with Rajat Patidar replacing him.

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India squad

Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan (wk), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Suryakumar Yadav, KS Bharat (wk), Hardik Pandya (vc), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umran Malik.

New Zealand squad

Tom Latham (c), Finn Allen, Doug Bracewell [for Matt Henry], Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Jacob Duffy, Lockie Ferguson, Daryl Mitchell, Henry Nicholls, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Henry Shipley, Ish Sodhi, Blair Tickner