Kohli batted with winning toss and decided to bat, Karthik in the team

The first match of the 3-match ODI series between Team India and New Zealand is being played at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium. Team India captain Virat Kohli won the toss and decided to bat first and bowled the New Zealand team. In the Indian team, Shikhar Dhawan is replaced by Ajinkya Rahane, while Manish Pandey has been replaced by Dinesh Karthik. Today Virat Kohli is playing his 200th ODI.

Virat Brigade's next goal, which won 4-1 ODI series against Australia, is now the New Zealand team. While the New Zealand team on paper, even though team India is nineteen, this young Kiwi team has the power to defeat any team on the field.

Will Virat Brigade Rebuild Number 1?

Team India, with the captaincy of Virat Kohli, will take two goals with this series. First, aiming to win the series by winning the series against New Zealand and second, to become the No.1 team again in the ICC ODI Rankings.

Let us know that in the recently released ICC's latest ODI ranking, South Africa have secured first place, leaving Team India behind. The ratings of both the teams are equal in this ranking, but on the basis of decimal point South Africa is ahead of the Indian team.

Pitch and circumstance

Mumbai's Wankhede pitch is a heaven for batsmen. There is hope for plenty of runs on this pitch. Red dirt gets good paces and bounce on Bani Wankhede pitch. This pitch has help for both the batsmen and the bowlers. Anyone who wins the team toss will want to bowl first because the dew will also be a big factor. Due to the dew here, the team pursuing the goal will benefit.

Team India

Team India's batting and bowling are quite balanced and all players are contributing to the win. This team, captained by Virat, is performing best as a unit. To face New Zealand's bowlers, the Indian team has a strong batsman like Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

It would be interesting to see who comes on the batting for number 4. Recently, Team India gave Manish Pandey and Lokesh Rahul a lot of opportunities in this position, but both of them could not make any big difference. In such a situation, team management Dinesh Karthik could take the batting position.

Shardul Thakur, who performed well for the India-A team against New Zealand, also made its way into the Indian team for this series. He will take charge of fast bowling with Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jaspreet Bumrah.

Chinnamand Kuldeep Yadav and leg-spinner Yusufendra Chahal will take charge of the attack. They are also left-arm spinner Akshar Patel to support both of them. Chahal and Kuldeep made it difficult for Australia's batsmen to stay on the field. Chawl and Kuldeep, who are in good form, can also make trouble for New Zealand batsmen.

New zealand team

Talking about the New Zealand team, he has bats like Ross Taylor and captain Ken Williamson. Apart from this, Martin Guptill, Tom Latham and Colin Munro are also in good form. In the last practice match, Latham and Taylor played a spectacular century against the Board XI. Taylor, Latham and captain Ken Williamson will be responsible for giving big scores to the Kiwi team.

The visitors are bowling fast bowling Trent Bolt. It includes Tim Southey, Adam Milne and Matt Henry. Recently Rohit Sharma said that New Zealand's bowling can prove to be challenging for Indian batsmen.

New Zealand's spin bowlers include players like Mitchell Stenner and Colin D'Grandhom, who can create trouble for Indian batsmen. Colin Munro can also prove to be helpful for the team.

Both teams:

India: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaspreet Bumrah, Yajuwendra Chahal

New Zealand: Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, Ken Williamson, Ross Taylor, Tom Latham, Henri Nichols, Colin de Grom, Mitchell Centur, Adam Milne, Tim Southee, Trent Bolt