India win the toss and choose to bat against New Zealand

Hyderabad: India have won the toss, and they have opted to bat first against New Zealand in the first ODI at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. India have made three changes for us from the previous game. Hardik Pandya is back in, so is Shardul Thakur. Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav are playing.

India's annihilation of Sri Lanka only extended a home record that has seen then win 22 of the 25 ODI series that they have played at home since the start of 2010. It has been a quick turnaround between the two series but that would also mean that Rohit Sharma's men are still very much in the groove of the 50-over game. 

New Zealand pose a



different challenge compared to Sri Lanka though. They are the top-ranked ODI team in the world and come into the series after a pretty impressive 2-1 win in Pakistan.