India vs New Zealand 1st ODI Live Updates: New year but same enthusiasm for Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma

Key Highlights

• The contest kicks off in Vadodara, and the attention and focus will once again be on Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, fondly known as RoKo.
• The two have settled the debate around their future for now by scoring runs against Australia and South Africa.
• The duo also have enough match practice behind them as they represented their respective teams in the Vijay Hazare Trophy as well.
• Shreyas Iyer is also back for the hosts after recovering from a freak injury he sustained in Sydney last year. However, ahead of the first ODI, the hosts were dealt a major blow as wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant was ruled out of the series due to the injury he sustained during the nets session on Saturday.
• The BCCI on Sunday named Dhruv Jurel as the replacement for the injured wicketkeeper.