India-New Zealand third ODI today: Team India will become number-1 in ODIs if they win, Kiwis have a chance to clean sweep for the third time

Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, Team India can get the number-1 title in ODIs today. The Indian team has to play the third ODI series against New Zealand at the Holkar ground in Indore on Tuesday.

If Team India wins this match, then it will become number-1 in ODIs after T20 as well. Not only this, the Indian team will clean sweep the Kiwis for the third time in ODI history. 13 years ago in 2010, the team had done this under the captaincy of Gautam Gambhir. Then India defeated New Zealand 5–0 in the 5-match series. Prior to that, Team India did a clean sweep in the 4-match series in 1988.

In this story, you will read further the mathematics of ODI ranking, India-New Zealand head to head, weather report, pitch condition and possible playing-11 of both the countries… In the last we will talk about those records, on which we will keep an eye.

First of all, let’s know how Team India can become number-1
In the current ODI rankings, the English team is at number-1 position. While New Zealand is second and India is at number three. The important thing is that all the three teams in the top-3 of the ranking list have the same 113 rating points. England is number one on the basis of calculation of digits after decimal. After winning this match, India’s rating points will be 114 and it will become number-1.
Team India is already at number-1 position in T20. At the same time, the Indian team is at number two in the Test.
See the current ODI rankings in the next graphic

Won 28 out of 37 matches at home
So far 115 ODIs have been played between the two teams. Of these, India has won 57 and New Zealand has won 50 matches. One tie and 7 matches remained inconclusive. India has played 37 matches against the Kiwis at home. He has won 28. While 8 have to be lost. There has been a no result. India has played 45 ODIs against New Zealand in New Zealand. Of these, 14 have won and 26 have lost. There was one tie, while 4 were no results.

The Indian team has won 15 of the 33 matches played on neutral venues. He has faced defeat in 16. There were 2 no results.

See the overall head to head of India-New Zealand ODIs in the next graphic

Weather report and pitch condition
A high-scoring match is expected on the pitch of Holkar Stadium in Indore. Because the ground here is small. In such a situation, the team winning the toss can choose to bat first. Seeing the record shows that in the last 5 matches played at this ground, the team batting first has won 3 matches. 2 matches are won by the team chasing the score.
Holkar has an average of 307 runs in the first innings.

Possible playing-11 of both the teams
India: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Ishaan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Mohammad Siraj, Umran Malik, Kuldeep Yadav.

New Zealand: Dwayne Conway, Finn Allen, Henry Nicholls, Mark Chapman, Tom Latham, Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Lockie Ferguson, Henry Shipley, Mitchell Santner, Isha Sodhi.

Now see the records that can be made in this match

Kohli can complete 25 thousand runs
Kohli can complete 25 thousand runs of his international career. They are just 100 runs away from this point. By doing this, Kohli will make 47th ODI century. Not only this, the number of his international centuries will reach 75.

Team India can win 7th consecutive ODI
The Indian team can win its 7th consecutive ODI match. Earlier in 2017, the Indian team had won 9 consecutive ODIs.

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