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India will face New Zealand in a much anticipated ODI World Cup contest after four years in Dharamsala as both teams have remained unbeaten in this contest in their first four encounters of this tournament respectively. Indian team have looked pretty strong despite missing out on key players like Hardik Pandya due to injury while New Zealand on other hand haven't faced any big team other than England in their opening encounter so far. Hence India are still expected to start as favorites against New Zealand in this contest.
Numbers and stats ahead of IND vs NZ game:
7 - New Zealand have remained unbeaten in the last 7 ODI games consecutively.
14 - Shubman Gill needs 14 more runs to become the fastest to complete 2000 runs in ODI cricket.
Shubman Gill has scored 1986 runs in ODIs from just 37 innings. Currently, Hashim Amla holds the record for being the fastest to complete 2000 runs in ODIs.
55.11 - Virat Kohli has scored 1433 runs against New Zealand in ODIs from just 29 innings at an average of 55.11
Most runs vs New Zealand in ODIs:
Ricky Ponting - 1971
Sachin Tendulkar - 1750
Kumar Sangakkara - 1568
Sanath Jayasuriya - 1519
Jacques Kallis - 1449
Virat Kohli - 1433
Mark Waugh - 1362
67 - Ishan Kishan needs 67 more runs to complete 1000 runs in ODI cricket.
Fastest to complete 1000 runs for India in ODIs (by inns batted):
Shubman Gill - 19
Virat Kohli - 24
Shikhar Dhawan - 24
Navjot Singh Sidhu - 25
Shreyas Iyer - 25
Ishan Kishan has scored 933 runs in ODIs from just 24 innings.
93 - Indian skipper Rohit Sharma needs 93 more runs to complete 18,000 runs in international cricket.
Most runs for India in international cricket:
Sachin Tendulkar - 34,357
Virat Kohli - 26,026
Rahul Dravid - 24,064
Sourav Ganguly - 18,433
Rohit Sharma - 17,907
2003 - Last time India defeated New Zealand in an ICC event was way back in the year 2003.
IND vs NZ in ODI World Cup:
Played - 8
Won - 3
Lost - 5
