The hosts New Zealand and the visitors India are ready to face each other in the five-match bilateral ODI series, starting on this Wednesday (23 January). The cricket fans are excited to watch this top contest while India is in the second position and New Zealand is at the third position in the present ICC ODI rankings.

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Prior to the ODI series, let’s check out some important stats preview of this crucial series.

(For New Zealand)

i) The left-arm New Zealand pacer Trent Boult (93 wickets) is two wickets away to become the most wicket-taker as a left-arm pacer in the home ODI history. Former Indian left-arm pacer Zaheer Khan is on the top of this list with 94 ODI wickets at home.

ii) The left-arm New Zealand pacer Trent Boult (93 wickets) is seven wickets away to complete his 100 ODI wickets at the home venues. He will be the second New Zealand cricketer to complete 100 ODI wickets at home as only the former New Zealand left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori (129 ODI wickets at home) had achieved that special feat.

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iii) The right-arm New Zealand pacer Tim Southee (26 wickets) is seven wickets away to become the most wicket-taker for New Zealand against India in ODI history. Former Kiwi right-arm pacer Kyle Mills is on top of this list with 32 ODI wickets against India.

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(For India)

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i) Indian pacer Mohammed Shami (99 wickets) is one wicket away to claim his 100 ODI wickets as he will become the 20th Indian bowler to achieve 100 ODI wickets. While Shami has played 55 ODIs till the date, he has a great opportunity to become the fastest Indian bowler (no. of ODI wickets) to claim 100 ODI wickets. The Indian left-arm pacer Irfan Pathan is on top of this list who had achieved that feat in 59 ODIs.

ii) Indian wicketkeeper-batsman MS Dhoni (456 runs) is 197 runs away to become the leading ODI run-scorer as an Indian cricketer against New Zealand in New Zealand. Dhoni is currently at the no.3 position in this list while the former Indian cricketers Sachin Tendulkar (652 runs) and Virender Sehwag (598 runs) are on the top two positions in this list.

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iii) Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan (4,990 runs) needs to score 10 more runs to complete his 5,000 ODI runs. He will be 13th Indian batsman, fifth Indian left-handed batsman and fifth Indian opening batsman to achieve this feat.

iv) Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja (1,990 runs) needs to score 10 more runs to complete 2,000 ODI runs in a career. He will be only third Indian cricketer and 26th overall cricketer to score 2,000+ runs and also to take 150+ wickets simultaneously in ODI career.