‘Conditions to be similar’: Gill on why NZ ODIs are crucial for 2027 WC plans

Edited by Pranav Shukla / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Nov 06, 2026, 14:19 IST Subhadeep Ghosh press conference: Virat Kohli's fielding, India's plans for 2nd ODI & more India have already taken a 1-0 advantage in the five-match ODI series following their victory in the rain-hit opening match in Auckland on Wednesday.

The visitors successfully chased a revised DLS target of 143 to get their campaign off to a winning start.However, the weather could again have a say in the second encounter, with rain forecast in Wellington on Saturday.Gill explains early arrival in New Zealand Gill also reflected on India's 3-2 victory in the preceding T20I series, praising Shreyas Iyer's captaincy and the team's ability to recover from difficult situations in the first two matches.He felt those comebacks helped India build momentum, which the team carried into the ODI series.

Gill also acknowledged that New Zealand would be keen to respond after losing the T20I series."I think he (Shreyas) led the T20 series beautifully. You know, playing in a country like New Zealand and winning the first three matches is never easy, and more so the kind of situation we were in, in the first and in the second T20, from there making a comeback.

You know, those are the kind of matches that completely change the momentum, and now the momentum is with us, having won that series, and a lot of our boxes are ticked, and New Zealand would look to come hard at us, which I think we are well prepared for," he said.India will now look to extend their advantage in the five-match ODI series when they take on New Zealand in Wellington on Saturday.

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