By Admin 
Virat Kohli can break a big record of Sachin Tendulkar in the first ODI against New Zealand on January 11. India vs New Zealand 1st ODI will be played on 11 January in Vadodara. This day is also special for Kohli because it is also his daughter’s birthday.
Virat Kohli’s bat played well in the last series, his excellent form continued in the Vijay Hazare Trophy also. It is expected that the same form will continue in the 3 ODI series against New Zealand. Kohli had scored 2 centuries in the 3-match series against South Africa, in the other he had played half-centuries. Now if he scores 94 runs in the first ODI against New Zealand, he will break a big record of Sachin Tendulkar.
Most runs against New Zealand
The Indian who has scored the most runs against New Zealand in ODI cricket is currently Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin played 42 ODIs against this team between 1990 and 2009, in which he scored 1750 runs. This includes 5 centuries and 8 half-centuries.
Kohli has so far scored 1657 runs in 33 matches against New Zealand, which includes 6 centuries and 9 half-centuries. To become the Indian who has scored the most ODI runs against New Zealand, Kohli has to score 94 more runs. Looking at the form Kohli is in and his performance against this team, there is a possibility that this record of Sachin will be broken in the very first match.
When and where is the first ODI?
India vs New Zealand 1st ODI will be played on Sunday, January 11 at BCA Stadium (Kotambi, Vadodara). The match will start at 1:30 pm. The toss will take place at 1 pm.
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Indian ODI squad
Rohit Sharma, Shreyas Iyer, Shubhman Gill (captain), Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.
new zealand squad
Henry Nicholls, Nick Kelly, Will Young, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Josh Clarkson, Chris Clark, Michael Bracewell (c), Zachary Foulkes, Devon Conway, Mitchell Hay (wk), Aditya Ashok, Jayden Lennox, Kyle Jamieson, Michael Ray.