IND vs NZ 1st ODI BCA Stadium Kotambi (Vadodara) Pitch Report. (Express photo)
IND vs NZ 1st ODI BCA Stadium Kotambi Pitch Report: Shubman Gill’s India will take on Michael Bracewell’s New Zealand in the first of the three-match ODI series in the BCA Stadium, Kotambi in Vadodara on Sunday. No prizes for guessing the marquee players for the series are going to be it is Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.
Both on back of Vijay Hazare Trophy practice will be match fit. Although in the series against Australia and South Africa earlier, they have displayed their sharpness already, the point at which they are in their careers will require them to keep up the good performances, with youngsters constantly knocking on the door.
The pitch at the BCA stadium is expected to assist the batters. Although there will be some help for the new ball bowlers once the ball loses a bit of shine, batters might be able to score a lot more freely. However, the new rule of only one ball to be used after 34 overs might bring in spinners into the game as well.
According to the Accuweather app, the temperature for Sunday is 29 degrees centigrade in the morning, and it drops down to 15 degrees later in the evening. The temperature difference will create dew, which might make it a tough gig for the bowlers to bowl, hence the team winning the toss might opt to bat first.
India Squad: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill(c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Rishabh Pant, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ravindra Jadeja
New Zealand Squad: Devon Conway(w), Will Young, Henry Nicholls, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell(c), Zakary Foulkes, Nick Kelly, Josh Clarkson, Michael Rae, Kyle Jamieson, Mitchell Hay, Adithya Ashok, Kristian Clarke, Jayden Lennox
Curated by Aisha Patel
