India restrict New Zealand to 190 in first ODI

Cary Marshall
04:57, Oct 17, 2016
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India's one-day captain MS Dhoni admits he has started taking advice from Test skipper Virat Kohli during matches.

And so, amidst a season that merited an unwavering focus on Test cricket, India's ODI team has thrown open the doors to new talent in the the hope of revitalising its fortunes ahead of bigger Tests just around the corner. We had no clue that the wicket will help them so much early on. The left-hander, whose selection for this first ODI was questioned, considering Anton Devcich gives the Kiwis a bowling option as well, was calm, cool and collected as the batsmen at the other end kept losing their composure.

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Dhoni, 35, who retired from Tests midway through India's tour of Australia in 2014-15, has been under fire following poor one-day results and his indifferent form with the bat.

If India manage to register a 4-1 series victory, they will finish with 113 points and swap places with New Zealand while a 5-0 win will give them a total of 115 points. "It's never nice to be injured and having to watch so it's exciting to get back out there", he told New Zealand Cricket's website. The duo looked like finishing the game off for India, when a miscue between them led to a Dhoni run-out in the 29th over.

The ODI is being hosted by Dharamsala. They will be once again required to do the job in trying circumstances as we look to gauge if New Zealand have enough depth for this series.

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With the likes of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane in the batting line-up, it won't be too hard for the Men in Blue to take a 1-0 lead in the series.

Ross Taylor's miserable tour continued when he touched a fine Yadav delivery to wicketkeeper MS Dhoni, for his fourth duck in his last eight worldwide innings.

But with the team management and the selectors naming 40 different players in the last one and half year even as the core of 11-12 remains static, he admitted it wasn't easy for new players to break through. Trent Boult and Tim Southee should lead the pack with the ball with Mitchell Santner and Ish Sodhi set to be included as well.

As many as seven New Zealanders failed in the opening ODI.

"I may bat slightly up the order now".

"It's a completely different ball game now, completely different cricket, a cricket which we have been playing really well for a while now", he said. With five bowlers it is very important for part time spinners to bowl. "In fact it is because we play in India where a win only matters, we can't rest players like Virat or Jinks (Ajinkya Rahane)", the skipper added. With Dhoni nearly certain to lead the team into the Champions Trophy, these ODIs present a timely opportunity to sort out the kinks. "But still it will be quite low, not like a No.4 position", he said.

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