Overview
- The three-match ODI series begins January 11 at BCA Stadium, Kotambi in Vadodara, with Rajkot on January 14 and Indore on January 18.
- Virat Kohli needs 25 runs to reach 28,000 international runs, 42 to surpass Kumar Sangakkara for second all-time across formats, and 94 to top the India–New Zealand ODI run charts ahead of Sachin Tendulkar.
- Rohit Sharma is 63–64 runs short of overtaking Jacques Kallis on the ODI all-time list, 87 away from 14,000 List-A runs, and he is tied with Yuvraj Singh on 27 ODI Player-of-the-Match awards.
- Shreyas Iyer is in line for an ODI return after an October 2025 splenic laceration and sits 83 runs from 3,000 ODI runs, a mark that would make him the fastest Indian to the milestone if achieved within 70 innings.
- Rohit enters on strong recent form highlighted by a century and key fifties in the Australia and South Africa ODIs and a Vijay Hazare Trophy hundred.