Eden Park Auckland Pitch Report for NZ vs IND ODI, Ground Records, Weather Forecast

After clinching the T20I series by 1-0, India are now set to challenge New Zealand in the ODI format. The 3-match ODI series is commencing on November 25 at Eden Park Auckland. The Cricket Stadium in Auckland has a capacity of 42,000 and is a great place to witness the game. Meanwhile, fantasy users are craving Eden Park Auckland’s valuable stats, including ground pitch report and ODI records. So, in this space, you will find the information which may help fantasy users.

Hardik Pandya who led India to the T20I series win is missing out of the ODI squad while Shikhar Dhawan has been named skipper. Apart from Dhawan, other players who have joined the squad are Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Kuldip Sen, and Shahbaz Ahmed. While Ishan Kishan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, and Mohammed Siraj are not part of the ODI squad.

Eden Park Auckland Pitch Report for NZ vs IND ODI

It is the venue where visiting teams have dominated Kiwis. However, the surface favors both batters and bowlers. Auckland Cricket Stadium’s pitch is well-balanced where the ball comes to bat nicely. On the other hand, pacers tend to get good swing and bounce. Spinners don’t get assistance from the Auckland surface. A score of 270+ will be challenging to chase here. A team would like to bat first here as chasing has not been easy here recently as far as the ODI format is concerned.

Auckland Cricket Stadium ODI Records

• Total Matches Played: 79
• Matches won by the team batting first: 31
• Matches won by the team batting second: 41
• Matches with no result: 7
• Highest 1st Innings Total: New Zealand – 340/7 (50) vs Australia, 2007
• Lowest 1st Innings Total: India: 108/10 (32.5) vs New Zealand, 2002
• Highest Total chased: Australia defended 153 vs New Zealand, 1997
• Highest Score chased: New Zealand chased 336 vs Australia, 2007
• Average 1st innings total at Eden Park Auckland in ODIs: 220
• Highest score by a batsman: Marcus Stoinis – 146*(117) vs New Zealand, 2017
• Best bowling figures by a bowler: Mitchell Starc – 6/28 vs New Zealand, 2015

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Auckland Weather Forecast during NZ vs IND 1st ODI

The match will start at 2:30 PM in Auckland while a shower is predicted in the Morning. If reports of Accuweather are to be believed, the cloud cover will be 75% while the probability of precipitation will be 25%. So, we can expect that we will get to see the result of the IND vs NZ 1st ODI at Auckland Cricket Ground.