New Zealand and India meet in Wellington on Saturday 7 November 2026 for the second one-day international of a five-match series. The game is a day-night fixture at Wellington Regional Stadium, with the first ball scheduled for 3:00 pm local time. The series opens at Eden Park, Auckland, on 4 November, so the result of that match will shape the mood in both camps before Wellington.
What is at stake
The ODIs follow a five-match T20I series between the same sides and come ahead of two Tests, the first of which begins in Wellington on 19 November. With five one-day games spread over 12 days, the second match is the first chance for either side to answer what happened in Auckland. Wellington is followed by Hamilton on 10 November, then two matches at Mount Maunganui on 13 and 15 November.
New Zealand squad
Mitchell Santner captains New Zealand in all five games. A different group of players is named for the fourth and fifth matches, and late changes to the squads mean the final XI will only be known at the toss.
India squad
Shubman Gill captains India in the first three ODIs, with Shreyas Iyer taking over for the last two. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are in the squad, along with KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj and Arshdeep Singh.
Recent form
In the fourth T20I at the end of October, New Zealand made 259-7 and won by 87 runs after Glenn Phillips scored 107; India were bowled out for 172-9 in reply. Phillips is in the ODI squad, and Rohit and Kohli are among the most experienced batters on the India side.
The venue and what to watch
Wellington Regional Stadium is Wellington's white-ball ground, separate from the Basin Reserve, which hosts the first Test later in the month. No pitch or weather report had been published for the match at the time of writing, so conditions are not known. Key questions are how New Zealand's bowlers, led by Henry, Duffy and Jamieson, handle India's top order, and how India's spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel are used in the middle overs. Starting teams will be announced at the toss. No prediction or expected scores are given, as the form and conditions needed for one are not yet available.
No prediction or expected scores are given here, as the form and conditions needed for one are not yet available.
