Review of New Zealand vs India ODI Series

For New Zealand

New Zealand lost ODI Series against India by a huge margin of 4-1. New Zealand lost ODI Series against India in New Zealand after 10 Years. Ross Taylor was the leading run scorer for New Zealand as he scored 177 runs which included 1 half century but he lacked support from the other batsman. Kane Williamson the skipper scored 148 runs which included 1 half century and in this ODI Series it was seen that both Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson weren’t able to rotate the strike which created a lot of havoc in New Zealand’s middle order. New Zealand have a lot of issues to ponder over especially as their openers the likes of Martin Guptill and Colin Munro are not giving a decent start to the team and there is an enormous amount of pressure on the middle order.

In the pace department Trent Boult was the leading wicket taker in this ODI Series as he took 12 Wickets which included one fife wicket haul in the 4^th ODI match. New Zealand’s   bowling department looked below par throughout the ODI Series and as a result they lost the ODI Series.  New Zealand’s skipper Kane Williamson and the newly appointed coach Gary Stead should not separate the pair of New Zealand’s fast bowling which are Trent Boult and Tim Southee  because they are immensely experienced and in this ODI Series both the bowlers were played together in alternate matches.

For India

India won the ODI Series against New Zealand by a dominating margin of 4-1. India won the ODI Series in New Zealand after a span of 10 years; earlier in 2009 when MS Dhoni was the skipper India had won the ODI Series.  Ambati Rayudu was the leading run scorer of the ODI Series as he scored 190 runs which included 190 runs and now it looks like finally India has found their no.4 batsman in the form of Ambati Rayudu. Shikhar Dhawan the rampant opener scored 188 runs which included 2 half centuries and Rohit Sharma also had a good series where he scored 169 runs which included 2 half centuries.  With World cup being at the door step away India has an almost perfect batting line up who can score runs in any sort of conditions.

In the bowling department of India Mohammed Shami and Yuzvendra Chahal both these bowlers 9 wickets each. Kuldeep Yadav the left arm chinaman foxed New Zealand’s batsman with his cunning variations as he took 8 wickets and Bhuveneshwar Kumar the king of swing bowling also had a good outing in New Zealand as he took 7 wickets. India’s bowling line up looks flawless as the bowlers bowl immaculate line and lengths which is a distinctive and unique feature of team India.