New Zealand lost all the four previous series played between the two teams — in 1988, 1995, 1999 and 2010.
In fact, in the last series in 2010, India, which missed a few regular players and were led by Gautam Gambhir, whitewashed New Zealand 5-0.
Both the teams have played 93 matches against each other so far with India recording 46 wins while New Zealand notching 41 victories. Five matches saw no results and one was a tie.
However, all is not lost for the Kiwis as in the last five ODIs played between the two teams, New Zealand have won four and one was tied.
