Mohammed Siraj is tasked with spearheading an inexperienced seam unit where four specialist pacers share only 29 ODI caps combined. Captain Shubman Gill confirmed that multi-format players will depart the series early to prepare for the Wellington Test starting November 19. Additionally, venue dimensions at Eden Park and the absence of Hardik Pandya are complicating the inclusion of frontline wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav. New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner noted his squad averages nearly 35 years of age as they build toward the 2027 World Cup.
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The irrepressible Rohit Sharma and the indomitable Virat Kohli are predictably the focus of all attention on their last tour of the Southern Hemisphere but India's thin-on-experience bowling attack gives New Zealand the upper-hand in the five-match ODI series starting here on Wednesday.
With Jasprit Bumrah being preserved for Test matches and the duo of Prasidh Krishna and Harshit Rana still some weeks away from an international return, workhorse Mohammed Siraj will have to shoulder additional burden during the series.
The four other specialist fast bowlers -- Arshdeep Singh (18), Gurnoor Brar (9), Anshul Kamboj and Auqib Nabi (one each) have a cumulative experience of 29 ODIs.
India won't be at full strength due to the World Test Championship games scheduled shortly after the fifth and last ODI at Tauranga. The series winds up on November 15 and the first Test starts in Wellington on November 19.
Even skipper Shubman Gill will skip the last two ODIs to focus on the Tests.
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