India vs New Zealand LIVE score, 1st ODI: Rain stops play as Kohli, Shubman take India past 50 in chase of 186

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PLAYING XIs

India: Shubman Gill (c), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wk), Naman Dhir, Anshul Kamboj, Auqib Nabi, Gurnoor Brar, Arshdeep Singh.

New Zealand: Tim Seifert, Will Young, Henry Nicholls, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (wk), Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner (c), Nathan Smith, Kyle Jamieson, Jacob Duffy, Blair Tickner.

TOSS NEWS

India won the toss and chose to bowl against New Zealand.

PREVIEW

Veterans Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will be back in focus as India begins its five-match ODI series away from home against New Zealand starting Wednesday.

The Men in Blue will be entering the 50-over tussle against the Kiwis on the back of a 3-2 T20I series win.

Kohli and Rohit are set to return to action after they were involved in the home series against West Indies. In that series, both experienced batters scored a century each.

SQUADS

New Zealand: Henry Nicholls, Will Young, Tom Latham (wk), Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Matt Henry, Jacob Duffy, Nathan Smith, Matthew Fisher, Blair Tickner, Tim Seifert, Kyle Jamieson

India: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill (c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Anshul Kamboj, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Gurnoor Brar, Naman Dhir, Auqib Nabi, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan