With Kohli delivering as skipper in the Test series, the pressure will be high on Dhoni as India need to beat New Zealand by a 4-1 margin to claim the third spot in the ICC ODI rankings.
The Kiwis are currently ranked third with 113 points, while India are at fourth with 110.
Going into the series, India will start overwhelming favourites with the statistics clearly stacked against the visitors.
New Zealand have never won a bilateral ODI series in India, having lost all four previous such rubber.
While in multi-team events, New Zealand’s record on Indian soil is 18-11, the bigger picture is that the Kiwis have never won a bilateral ODI series in India.
