Jaden Lennox has made his international debut at the age of 31. New Zealand has included him in the playing 11 of the second ODI being played against India in Rajkot. This match is do or die for the visiting team, because after winning the last match, Team India has taken a 1-0 lead in the series. New Zealand is playing Lennox in this important match, know what kind of records he has and everything about him.

Jaden Lennox is 31 years old

Jaden’s full name is Jaden Richard Lennox, he was born on December 14, 1994 in Napier city located in the North Island of New Zealand. He turned 31 last month. He is a left arm spin bowler. Although it is not that he made his debut in First Class or List A at a young age, he made his debut in List A cricket at the age of 25.

jayden lennox cricket career

Jaden Lennox plays for the Central District team in domestic. He made his List A debut for this team on November 17, 2019. So far he has taken 69 wickets in 52 List A matches. 4/52 is his best. His economy in the list is 4.86, he has been able to take 4 wickets in a match only once.

Talking about first class, Jaden has taken 48 wickets in 34 innings of 21 matches, in which his best spell is 5/66. In this format, he has been able to take 5 wickets in an innings once and 4 wickets once.

Jaden has played 45 T20 matches, in which he has 60 wickets to his name. His economy in T20 is 7.42. In this format, he has been able to take 4 wickets in a match twice.

India is batting first

India vs New Zealand 2nd ODI is being played at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot. New Zealand captain Michael Bracewell has won the toss and decided to bowl first. If India wins this match, then it will take an unassailable lead in the series, whereas to maintain the hope of winning the series, the visiting team needs to win today at any cost.

India’s experienced off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin may be staying away from international cricket, but due to his deep understanding and analysis of cricket, he remains in the news continuously. On his popular YouTube channel, Ashwin often expresses such views, which are generally not heard outside the field. Something similar was seen after the first ODI played between India and New Zealand.

New Zealand’s strategy impressed

In the first ODI, India achieved the target of 301 runs with one over remaining, but this victory was not easy. At one time India’s score was 234/2, but after that the team lost wickets quickly and the match became exciting. In the end, KL Rahul’s restrained batting led India to victory. After this match, Ashwin praised New Zealand more than the Indian team.

Ashwin said that the New Zealand team plays with a very “analytical” i.e. thinking based on strategy and data. He even said that he is ready to pay money to sit in New Zealand’s team meeting and understand their planning. According to Ashwin, the way the Kiwi team implements its plans on the field is praiseworthy.

Weak team, but strong intentions

Ashwin clearly said that New Zealand does not have a lot of famous players and in man-to-man comparison they look weaker than many teams. Despite this, on the basis of discipline, excellent fielding and correct strategy, they give tough competition to big teams. He also said that New Zealand does not give up till the last ball, and that is why it is able to make a comeback in the match.

Opinion expressed on India’s performance also

Giving an impartial assessment of the Indian team’s game, Ashwin said that India did not play good cricket consistently throughout the match. However, he praised the performance of Harshit Rana, who made important contributions with both ball and bat.

Now the teams of India and New Zealand will face each other in the second ODI in Rajkot on Wednesday. In such a situation, these comments of Ashwin have become a big topic of discussion before the match.

There is less than a month left for the T20 World Cup 2026 to start. The tournament will start from 7th February, which will be organized in India and Sri Lanka. A total of 20 teams will participate in the tournament, which have been divided into 4 groups of 5 each. 2 teams from each group will qualify for Super-8, the matches between which will decide the semi-finalist teams. Earlier, Wasim Akram had predicted his favorite teams for the top-4, however, he surprised everyone by not including Pakistan in it.

Wasim Akram’s top-4 teams

India and Pakistan are in the same group in the T20 World Cup 2026, the match between the two is scheduled on 15 February. At the international level, the Indian team has been continuously improving in the last several years, while Pakistan’s graph has gone downwards. Although Pakistan always talks only about big things, but Wasim Akram showed them the mirror.

Akram did not include his own country Pakistan in his favorite top-4. While predicting the semi-finalists, he named Australia, New Zealand and South Africa along with India.

India will enter the T20 World Cup as the defending champion. Let us tell you that till now the host of the tournament has never been able to win this trophy, so India has a good chance to break this record. Wasim Akram also included Australia and New Zealand in the semi-finalists, which could not reach the semi-finals in the previous edition. India won its second title by defeating South Africa in the final.

Big reason for not keeping Pakistan

Pakistan’s recent performance in ICC tournaments has been worrying, considering this perhaps Wasim Akram did not give a place to his own country’s team in the Favorite 4. Pakistan was eliminated from the group stage in the T20 World Cup 2024, while America had qualified for the next round along with India. Pakistan team has been seen struggling for quite some time now.

After Mustafizur Rahman was dropped from IPL 2026 by KKR, Bangladesh Cricket Board refused to send its team to India for T20 World Cup 2026. However, now there is one month left for the tournament to start, in such a situation it is difficult to reschedule the tournament. However, ICC has not taken a final decision on this.

Bangladesh has cited security reasons behind this. According to him, his players are in danger in India. This is not the first time that a team has refused to go to any country for an ICC tournament citing security reasons.

West Indies and Australia refused to go to Sri Lanka (1996)

Towards T20 World Cup 2026, India and Sri Lanka had jointly hosted the 1996 World Cup. At that time civil war was going on in Sri Lanka. A few days before the start of the World Cup, a car blast took place in Colombo, which created an atmosphere of fear. The result was that the Australia and West Indies teams refused to go to Sri Lanka, whereas a joint team of India and Pakistan played a friendly match in Colombo. An attempt was made to show that everything was fine, however he still remained adamant on his words. Due to this, points were deducted from West Indies and Australia, Sri Lanka had won the title in this edition.

New Zealand refused to go to Kenya and England to Zimbabwe (2003)

In 2003, the Cricket World Cup was held for the first time in the African continent. Zimbabwe, Kenya and South Africa were the hosts. At that time, the then British Prime Minister Tony Blair refused to accept the power of Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe, due to which the England team did not go to Zimbabwe and their points were deducted. New Zealand refused to go to Kenya citing security reasons. Both had demanded ICC to shift their matches, which was not accepted. This season Australia won the title by defeating India in the final.

Zimbabwe withdraws from T20 World Cup (2009)

The 2009 World Cup was held in England, till then relations with the host country Zimbabwe were not good. In 2008 itself, an agreement was reached between Zimbabwe and the ICC that Zimbabwe would get the money without playing. Scotland took part in that tournament in their place.

Australia decided to withdraw from the World Cup (2016)

Bangladesh hosted the Under-19 World Cup in 2016, in which Australia decided to withdraw citing security reasons. Ireland’s team again played in the tournament instead of Australia.

India refuses to go to Pakistan (2025)

After 29 years, in 2025, Pakistan hosted any ICC tournament, Champions Trophy 2025 was organized in Pakistan. Although India refused to go to Pakistan due to security reasons, then it was played in hybrid model. India played its matches in Dubai, the final was also played in Dubai. Where India became champion under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma.

Aditya Ashok has come to India for the first time with the New Zealand national team, he can play in the first ODI to be held in Vadodara. Aditya was born in Tamil Nadu, who made his international debut for New Zealand in 2023. Let us tell you that before this series, Aditya had practiced in the training camp with Chennai Super Kings.

Aditya Ashok is a spin bowler, who is being considered as the successor of Ish Sodhi. He is also excited to bowl in front of greats like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Spinners get help on Indian pitches, so Aditya can be played in all three matches.

When did India-born Aditya Ashok go to New Zealand?

Aditya Ashok was born on September 5, 2002 in Vellore, Tamil Nadu. His family shifted to New Zealand in 2006, when he was 4 years old. He studied at Mount Albert Grammar School in Auckland.

Aditya started learning cricket in New Zealand, he joined the academy at a young age. He improved himself as a spin bowler. Right now googly is his strength. It is reported that Aditya’s relatives will be present in the stadium in the first ODI to be held in Vadodara.

U19 World Cup was played in 2020

Aditya Ashok was part of the New Zealand team in the Under-19 World Cup 2020. He took 4 wickets in 4 innings in that World Cup. This was the same season when Ravi Bishnoi became the highest wicket taker by taking 17 wickets in 6 innings. After 3 years, he got a place in the New Zealand national team.

Made international debut in 2023

Aditya made his international debut on August 20, 2023, it was a T20 format match played against UAE in Dubai. After that he did not play another T20 International. He made his ODI debut in December 2023. He has 1 wicket in his name in 2 ODI matches. Even in the only T20 International match, he took only 1 wicket.

Talking about statistics, Aditya Ashok has taken 78 wickets in 23 first class matches. He has 52 wickets in his name in 39 List A matches. Aditya has taken 31 wickets in 32 T20s. His economy in T20 is 7.62.

Trained in Chennai Super Kings

Aditya Ashok has come to India many times, but has come to India for the first time with the national team. But last year was also special for him, he got a chance to train in the academy of Chennai Super Kings. During this time, he got to learn about different pitches, which will definitely be useful to him in this series.

Indian 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 (captain), Zachary Foulkes, Devon Conway, Mitchell Hay (wk), Aditya Ashok, Jayden Lennox, Kyle Jamieson, Michael Rae.

Shubman Gill told in the press conference on Saturday how having Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in the team helps him. The India vs New Zealand 3-match ODI series is starting from January 11, which will be Gill’s first ODI series at home as captain. During this, he also reacted on not being selected in the T20 World Cup 2026 squad.

Shubman Gill was out of the ODI series against South Africa due to injury, regarding which he admitted that it was a difficult period to stay away from the field after getting the captaincy. He said, “Obviously, it is never easy, especially when you are injured, watching your team play and you feel that you are not able to take part in all those matches, especially when you have just been made the captain.” Describing the importance of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in the team, Gill said that one is one of the greatest openers in ODI and one is one of the greatest batsman in ODI.

What did Gill say about Rohit-Kohli?

Shubman Gill said, “Rohit Sharma is one of the greatest openers ever in ODIs and Virat bhai is one of the greatest ODI batsmen ever, so definitely when you have these two guys in your team, your life becomes a lot easier. If you are in a difficult situation, they (Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli) have gone through such situations and situations many times in their careers, so you can always go to them to know what they are thinking or what they will do and that information is available to anyone. is also very valuable to the captain.”

On not being selected in T20 World Cup 2026

Shubman Gill said, “As a player, you have the belief that if you play the World Cup, you will win for your team, you will win for your country. But despite this, I respected the selector’s decision, whatever decision they took, I wished the T20 team all the best and I am really hopeful that they will win the T20 World Cup.”

When and where to watch India vs New Zealand 1st ODI live

India vs New Zealand 1st ODI will be played on Sunday, January 11 at BCA Stadium, Vadodara. The match will start at 1:30 pm, toss will take place at 1 pm. The match will be broadcast live on the channels of Star Sports Network. Live streaming will be on JioHotstar app and website.

Tilak Verma was suddenly registered during the Vijay Hazare Trophy. He complained of a stab wound in the groin, after which he was taken to the hospital. He had to undergo surgery, due to which he will stay away from cricket for at least 2 weeks. BCCI has confirmed that Tilak Verma has been ruled out of the first 3 T20 matches against New Zealand, although the board has not announced his replacement. Giving his opinion on this, former cricketer Aakash Chopra said that Shubman Gill or Yashasvi Jaiswal should not be his replacement.

Why shouldn’t Gill or Jaiswal be the replacement?

Aakash Chopra shared a video regarding this on his social media platform. In this he said, “Tilak Verma is injured. There will be doubts about his playing in the T20 World Cup. A new player will have to be found. Can it be Shubman Gill? I would say no, Gill should not be there and Yashasvi Jaiswal should also not be there. Why? Because you do not need an opener. Tilak Verma bats at number three or four, so you need a player who bats in the middle order. If he can bowl a little then it is even better but you Don’t need an opener.”

Aakash Chopra said that he is the perfect replacement for Tilak Verma!

Aakash Chopra further said, “I would say Shreyas Iyer, you should select Sarpanch Sahab quickly. He is already playing well. He did well in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Now he is getting the opportunity, there is a need for a middle order batsman here, he is also an experienced senior player. He also did well in the IPL.

“But if you don’t want to go with Shreyas Iyer for any reason, then I would choose Riyan Parag as the second option. He can also contribute in bowling. As the third option, I would take the name of Jitesh Sharma. But my first choice is Shreyas Iyer.”

NEWS

Tilak Varma ruled out of the first three T20Is against New Zealand.

His availability for the remaining two matches will be assessed based on his progress during the return-to-training and skill phases.

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— BCCI (@BCCI) January 8, 2026

What did BCCI tell?

BCCI said in an official statement regarding Tilak Verma, “Indian batsman Tilak Verma underwent surgery for a stomach problem in Rajkot on Wednesday, January 7. He was discharged from the hospital on Thursday morning and will return to Hyderabad on Friday. His condition is currently stable and he is improving. Tilak will then start physical training and gradually return to skill-based activities once his symptoms are completely resolved and the wound is healed. He will play in the first three matches against New Zealand. “He has been ruled out of the T20 matches. His availability for the remaining two matches will be assessed based on his progress during the training and skill phase.”

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.

Virat Kohli giving autographs to young fans. pic.twitter.com/H1WHzD9Mb6

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) January 9, 2026

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.

All 20 teams for the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 have to submit their final squads to the ICC by January 8. Changes will be allowed till January 31st. On Tuesday, Nepal became the 11th country to announce its team for the tournament. The squads of India and Australia have been announced. See which teams’ squads have been declared in all the groups and whose squads are yet to be announced.

Group A

India: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dubey, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakraborty, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Rinku Singh.

Namibia: Gerhard Erasmus (captain), Zane Green, Bernard Scholtz, Ruben Trumpelman, JJ Smit, Jan Frylink, Lauren Steenkamp, ​​Malan Kruger, Nicole Lofty-Eaton, Jack Brassell, Ben Shikongo, Jesse Balt, Dylan Leichter, WP Myburgh, Max Hingo. TR: Alexander Voloshenk.

• Netherlands: The team has not been announced yet.
• America: The team has not been announced yet.
• Pakistan: The team has not been announced yet.

group b

Australia: Mitchell Marsh (captain), Xavier Bartlett, Cooper Connolly, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Cameron Green, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kuhnman, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Short, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa.

Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (captain), Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Kamil Mishara, Kusal Perera, Dhananjay de Silva, Niroshan Dickwella, Zenith Liyanage, Charith Asalanka, Kamindu Mendis, Pawan Rathnayake, Sahan Arachige, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dunith Vellaage, Milan Rathnayake, Nuwan Thushara, Ishan Malinga, Dushmantha Chameera, Pramod Madushan, Mathisha Pathirana, Dilshan Madushanka, Mahesh Theekshana, Dushan Hemantha, Vijayakanth Vyaskanth, Travin Mathew.

Zimbabwe: Sikandar Raza (captain), Brian Bennett, Ryan Burl, Graeme Cremer, Bradley Evans, Clive Madande, Tinotenda Maphosa, Tadivanashe Marumani, Wellington Masakadza, Tony Munyonga, Tashinga Musekiwa, Blessing Muzarabani, Dion Myers, Richard Ngarawa, Brendan Taylor.

Oman: Jatinder Singh (captain), Vinayak Shukla, Mohammad Nadeem, Shakeel Ahmed, Hammad Mirza, Wasim Ali, Karan Sonawale, Shah Faesal, Nadeem Khan, Sufyan Mahmood, Jai Odedra, Shafiq Jan, Ashish Odedra, Jiten Ramanandi, Hasnain Ali Shah.

Ireland: The team has not been announced yet.

group c

England: Harry Brook (captain), Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Tom Banton, Jacob Bethel, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Liam Dawson, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Josh Tong, Luke Wood.

Bangladesh: Liton Das (captain), Tanjeed Hasan, Parvez Hossain Emon, Saif Hasan, Tauheed Hridayoy, Shamim Hossain, Kazi Nurul Hasan Sohan, Shaq Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanzeem Hasan Saqib, Taskin Ahmed, Shaif Uddin, Shoriful Islam.

Nepal: Rohit Paudel (captain), Deependra Singh Airi, Sandeep Lamichhane, Kushal Bhurtel, Asif Sheikh, Sandeep Jora, Arif Sheikh, Baseer Ahmed, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Nandan Yadav, Gulshan Jha, Lalit Rajbanshi, Sher Malla, Lokesh Bam.

• Italy: The team has not been announced yet.
• West Indies: Team has not been announced yet.

group d

South Africa: Aiden Markram (captain), Quinton de Kock, Tony De Zorzi, Dewald Brewis, David Miller, Donovan Ferreira, Marco Johnson, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Kwena Mfaka, Lungi Ngidi, Jason Smith, George Linde, Corbin Bosch, Anrich Nortje.

Afghanistan: Rashid Khan (captain), Noor Ahmed, Abdullah Ahmedzai, Sediqullah Atal, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Naveen Ul Haq, Mohammad Ishaq, Shahidullah Kamal, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Umarzai, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Darwish Rasooli, Ibrahim Zadran. Reserves: AM Ghazanfar, Ijaz Ahmadzai and Zia ur Rehman Sharifi.

• Canada: Team has not been announced yet.
• United Arab Emirates: The team has not been announced yet.
• New Zealand: The team has not been announced yet.

BCCI on Saturday announced the team for the ODI series against New Zealand starting from January 11. Rituraj Gaikwad, who scored a century in the last match, was not selected in the team. Captain Shubman Gill returned and Shreyas Iyer was selected as the vice-captain. The board said that Iyer will be able to play only after fitness clearance by BCCI’s Center of Excellence. Former Indian cricketer Subramaniam is unhappy with the selection of Nitish Kumar Reddy in the team instead of Badrinath Gaikwad.

Former cricketer Subramaniam Badrinath raised questions on the selection of the ODI team against New Zealand. Especially after Rituraj Gaikwad was out and Nitish Kumar Reddy was elected. Giving his opinion in a YouTube video, he said that he could not understand the reason for Nitish’s election. Especially when there are already many experienced all-rounders in the team. According to him, whenever Gaikwad got a chance, he performed well and it is unfortunate to drop him from the team.

What did Badrinath say?

He said, “There are 2 all-rounders in Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar, along with them Nitish Kumar Reddy is also in the team. I don’t know why he is in the team. Why is he not in the team and why is Nitish Kumar Reddy in the team? There is definitely something wrong. The rest of the team selections were as expected and very good. The only concern is the selection of Nitish Kumar Reddy in place of Rituraj Gaikwad.”

Rituraj Gaikwad had played a brilliant inning of 105 runs in the second match of the last ODI series, which was his last ODI innings. Their batsman did not come in the third match. He also scored a century (124) against Uttarakhand in Vijay Hazare Trophy.

It is believed that Nitish Kumar Reddy has been selected in the absence of Hardik Pandya. BCCI had said in its statement, “Hardik Pandya has not been given permission by the BCCI COE to bowl 10 overs in a match, and his workload is being managed in view of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.”

India’s ODI squad

Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer (vice-captain), Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal.