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- India (110 points, Rank:4) need to clinch the series by atleast a 4-1 margin in order to usurp New Zealand (113 points, Rank:3) in the ODI ranking charts.
- The last time New Zealand beat India in an ODI in India was way back in 2003 in Cuttack.
- If selected, Tim Southee will be play his 100th ODI for New Zealand. After 99 ODIs, only Kyle Mills (146) and Richard Hadlee (136) have taken more wickets than Southee's 135, while Shane Bond had 147 in just 82 matches.
- Rohit Sharma averages 33.71 against New Zealand with a solitary score of above fifty in 10 ODIs.