India's Predicted Playing XI for the ODI series against New Zealand
The Men in Blue’s fortunes in the 50-over format has been much better against New Zealand, given that they had won 4-1 the last time they toured the country.
7. Ravindra Jadeja
Ravindra Jadeja is slowly becoming the go-to man for Virat Kohli whenever he wants to create pressure from one end and stem the flow of runs. In 162 ODIs, he has 185 scalps with best bowling of 5/36 and economy of 4.90, his strongest suit. He has seen a resurgence as a batsman as well, given his most memorable innings came against New Zealand in the 2019 World Cup.
Jadeja has continued to contribute with the bat more and his off-spin has always been reliable more than anything. He has now become a sure shot member of the team going forward and unlike his Test team partner Ravichandran Ashwin, managed to rise like a phoenix after the 2017 debacle.
In New Zealand, his job would be as usual, to keep the runs down in the middle overs and use the bounce produced by the wickets to chip in with few dismissals. His fielding is just a huge plus point for the team and though there are occasional blips, he still remains one of the greatest fielders the game has ever seen.
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