Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan picked his India playing XI for the first ODI against New Zealand. His team included openers Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant and all-rounders Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar. He included Harshit Rana/Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh/Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammed Siraj in the bowling unit.