India vs New Zealand ODI series: 5 biggest plays of the series

#2 Kedar Jadhav, the bowler

Kedar Jadhav was a surprise package with the ball

India had several positives from the series, and nothing is bigger than the birth of Kedar Jadhav as a bowler. Jadhav was lucky to play in all the five matches in this series with Suresh Raina being ruled out of the series due to a viral fever.

Raina’s absence meant that MS Dhoni had to look out for either Virat Kohli or Rohit Sharma to roll their arms over whenever he needed few overs. But, to everyone’s surprise, Dhoni threw the ball to Jadhav, who has taken just one wicket each in first-class and List A cricket.

But, Jadhav shocked the world when he took two wickets (Luke Ronchi and Mitchell Santner) in two balls in the first ODI before dismissing Tom Latham in the second ODI. The off-spinner continued his good run with the ball in the third ODI when he got the big fish Kane Williamson before dismissing a well-set Tom Latham and Corey Anderson.

He ended the series with more wickets than Axar Patel and Mitchell Santner- 6 wickets for 73 runs from 18 overs.