India's tour of New Zealand starts on January 23. The Indian team will play five ODIs and three T20 matches there. This tour is important for team India because the World Cup is going to start a few months from now. This is the last foreign tour of Team India before the World Cup. In such a situation, they will not obtain a better chance of taking stock of their preparation. Often questions arise about Team India's middle order, but Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Dinesh Karthik, and Kedar Jadhav also delivered an outstanding batting performance in the ODI series. Apart from them, Team India's bowlers also performed brilliantly, especially Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Yuzvendra Chahal.
This New Zealand tour of Team India is going to be important for those players who have not done something special in Australia's tour. Like Ambati Rayudu, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, and Khaleel Ahmed are some of those players who could not perform as expected in ODIs against Australia. If they have to establish a place in the team for the World Cup then they have to perform very well in matches against New Zealand.
Today we will talk about the five batsmen who have scored the most runs in ODIs against New Zealand.
Sourav Ganguly
Sourav Ganguly, one of the legends of the Indian team, is named fifth in this list. He played 32 matches against New Zealand, in which he scored 1079 runs. In those 32 matches, he had scored three centuries and six half-centuries. He was mastered to play the shot in the offside. He used to easily find the gap between the fielders.
Mohammad Azharuddin
The names of former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin are at number four in this list. This player, who played 334 ODIs for the Indian team, represented Team India in 40 matches against New Zealand and scored 1118 runs. He scored a century against New Zealand and seven half-centuries.
Virat Kohli
One of the best batsmen of the current era is Virat Kohli. Against New Zealand, he has played only 19 matches in which he scored 1154 runs. In those 19 matches, Virat Kohli has scored five centuries and six half-centuries.
Virender Sehwag
Virendra Sehwag, who was the explosive opener of Team India secured second place in this list. The statistics of this young batsman, who entertained the people with his brilliant batting, are impressive against New Zealand. In his entire career, he played 23 matches against New Zealand, in which he scored 1157 runs. Virender Sehwag has six centuries against New Zealand and three half-centuries.
Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar, who is called Lord of the Cricket, is top in this list. There will barely be any record in which his name is not included. Sachin had played 42 matches against New Zealand, and in which he scored 1750 runs. He has scored five centuries and eight half-centuries against New Zealand. Sachin Tendulkar was such a batsman, in front of which good bowlers used to panic to bowl. Along with being a leading batsman, he is also a great man.
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