A funny incident kicked off the second India vs New Zealand ODI in Raipur as skipper rohit sharma had a brain fade moment when he breifly forgot what to do after he won the toss. When asked by commentator Ravi Shastri what India will be doing after winning the toss, a puzzled Rohit could not decide whether he was going to bat or bowl. Eventually, after a thinking for good 15 seconds Rohit told match referee Javagal Srinath and Shastri that India will be bowling first.

There is no imminent threat to rohit sharma's ODI and Test captaincy as the BCCI brass hasn't found anything unsatisfactory about his leadership in the traditional formats, according to sources in the board.

India skipper rohit sharma's goodwill gesture of withdrawing Mohd Shami's Mankading appeal against rival captain Dasun Shanaka on Tuesday has won him a lot of hearts and praise.

It was a cakewalk for Team India against Sri Lanka in the recent ODI series which they won 3-0 but the New Zealand team could pose a few more problems than the Lankans. India skipper rohit sharma is aware of it and doesn’t want complacency to set in.

In an indication that he could be available for the upcoming T20I series against Sri Lanka in early January at home after having recovered from a finger injury, Indian captain rohit sharma batted in the nets at the Mumbai Cricket Association's Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy ground in BKC on Sunday.

The Indian cricket team captain, rohit sharma, was injured recently and is not available for the upcoming t20i series against Sri Lanka. However, Rohit has been doing some batting practice at the Mumbai Cricket Association's Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy ground and today morning he came to the Mumbai dressing room.

Umran Malik might be warming the bench in the ODIs against New Zealand as the team management has preferred all-rounder Shardul Thakur over him but the express pacer has been mighty impressive with his sheer pace in his short international career. Bowling at around 150 clicks consistently, the Jammu and Kashmir speedster has taken the Indian cricket by storm with his raw pace but has struggled with accuracy.

New Zealand skipper Tom Latham said the relentlessness of Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj in their lines and lengths was the main cause of their second straight batting failure in the ODI series against India.

Indian captain rohit sharma is quite content with his batting approach and not too worried about big scores at all as he knows that a special one is around the corner.

Having registered a narrow 12-run win in the high-scoring first ODI, Team India produced an all-round effort to outplay New Zealand and clinched a lop-sided eight-wicket win in the second match of the series.

All-round India produced a clinical performance with both bat and ball to register a crushing eight-wicket win over New Zealand in the second one-day international (ODI) on Saturday in Raipur. With the victory, India took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. After bowlers knocked out the Kiwis for a meagre 108, India batters chased down the small target in just 20.1 overs.

India captain rohit sharma opted to bowl against New Zealand in the second ODI of the three-match series at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur on Saturday.

It's time for the second India vs New Zealand ODI. Barely three days after wrapping up the bilateral series vs Sri Lanka at home, Team India were back in action again in a home series. We witnessed a high scoring thriller in the first game in Hyderabad, which India won by just 12 runs, despite putting up a mammoth 349/8 on the board.

The slow over-rate continues to haunt Team India as they were handed hefty fine for the offence during the first ODI against New Zealand in Hyderabad.

After a 3-0 whitewash of the Lankans, Team India are aiming for an ODI series win against the Kiwis at home. The first ODI was a high scoring thriller, with the home team managing to eke out a narrow 12 run win, despite scoring a mammoth 349/8. with Shubman Gill smashing a brilliant double century to become the youngest player to get to an ODI 200.

Former Australian cricketer David Hussey believes Adam Zampa's omission from the Border-Gavaskar series in India could have dealt a body blow to the off-spinner's Test aspirations. Hussey, 45, a white-ball specialist, felt strongly about Zampa's exclusion after being assured of a Test berth in the India tour.

Former Australia wicket-keeper Ian Healy doesn't agree with prolific run-getter Usman Khawaja's opinion that practice matches are not required ahead of the four-Test Border-Gavaskar series in India beginning February 9. Australia will not be playing a single practice game in India before the opening Test in Nagpur, and Khawaja, a member of the touring side, recently said it won't harm the team's chances on spinning sub-continent wickets.

Young India opener Shubman Gill, who on Wednesday became the youngest player to slam a double century in ODIs, said his intent was to put the New Zealand bowlers under pressure and it paid off.

After scripting a fairy-tale-like series win in Pakistan recently, New Zealand seem to have carried the luck and pluck with them across the Wagah Border and almost pulled off an improbable victory in the first ODI of the three-match series against India.