India open a five-match ODI series against New Zealand at Eden Park, Auckland on November 4, moving on to the white-ball tour's second leg after closing out the T20I series 3-2 despite New Zealand's late fightback in Hamilton. The squads for this leg were confirmed back in October, with Shubman Gill captaining the first three ODIs before Shreyas Iyer takes over for the last two.
The standout team-news item on New Zealand's side is Rachin Ravindra's return after the dislocated shoulder that ruled him out of the entire T20I leg. New Zealand Cricket had always framed the ODI series as his realistic recovery target rather than rushing him back for the T20Is, and his inclusion alongside the returns of Finn Allen, Lockie Ferguson and Tim Seifert gives Mitchell Santner's side a notably stronger look than the T20I squad that had to do without several of these names. Mark Chapman, still working back from a hamstring tear, is not expected until the fourth and fifth matches at the earliest.
Prasidh Krishna was named in India's ODI squad for the first three matches subject to fitness, continuing the same conditional selection pattern that has followed him through this tour. Reports in the days before the opener have linked Auqib Nabi, already in New Zealand with the India A squad and primarily pencilled in for the Test leg, as a possible replacement if Krishna's fitness clearance does not come through in time — though that has not been confirmed by an official BCCI announcement as of this writing.
India arrive with the psychological edge of having won the white-ball tour's first leg, even if New Zealand finished it strongly with back-to-back wins in Wellington and Hamilton. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli both return to the ODI squad, adding senior batting experience that was absent from the T20I group entirely, while New Zealand will be looking for the same competitiveness they showed in the back end of the T20Is to carry into a much longer five-match series.
Rachin Ravindra's return from injury makes him the standout value pick on New Zealand's side for the series opener, with Finn Allen and Tim Seifert also back in the top order; for India, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli's return to the squad after missing the T20Is adds proven ODI class, while Prasidh Krishna's fitness status is worth checking right up to the toss.
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Squad and team-news details in this article are verified against same-day and freshly re-checked reporting as of November 2, 2026; Prasidh Krishna's fitness clearance and any replacement call had not been officially confirmed at the time of writing.
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