India vs New Zealand 2019: Numbers to beat in the ODI series

Modified Jan 23, 2019 08:38 IST

After conquering Australia, the Indian team will look to conquer New Zealand.

#3 Shikhar Dhawan – Third fastest ever to 5000 ODI runs

Ever since the successful opening duo of Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag fell out of favour in 2013, Shikhar Dhawan along with Rohit Sharma have established themselves as the best openers in shorter formats of the game.

However, Dhawan recently had a poor ODI series against Australia as he could score just 56 runs from 3 matches and will look to bounce back with some good performances in the upcoming limited over series against New Zealand.

Just like other Indian players on this list, the ODI tour of New Zealand offers Dhawan a chance break a record and become the 3rd quickest batsmen ever to reach 5000 runs in ODI cricket just behind Hashim Amla (104 matches), Viv Richards and Virat Kohli (114 matches).

Overall ODI batting stats of Shikhar Dhawan:

Matches - 118 | Runs - 4990 | AVG - 44.95 | HS - 137