India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to field first against New Zealand in the second ODI of the three-match series at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium
Legendary cricket commentator, Vijay Merchant once said about retiring at the peak of his career: Go when people ask why is he going instead of why isn't he going.
"I had hoped that I would find what I needed to carry on over that period but, unfortunately, I haven't, and I would be doing a disservice to New Zealand to continue," the BBC quoted the Prime Minister as saying to reporters.
As India held their nerves to win a high-scoring thriller by 12 runs against New Zealand in the first ODI against at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad on Wednesday.
"In terms of Ishan, yeah, he will be batting middle order. I'm glad he could get a run here after that fine knock in Bangladesh," Rohit said in the pre-game press conference before the first ODI against New Zealand.
India men's 2022/23 international home season comprising nine ODIs, six T20Is and four Tests will commence with a three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka in January.
Arshdeep and Umran made their ODI debuts in the series opener against New Zealand in Auckland and both young pacers enjoyed bowling in tandem and touring sites together on the New Zealand tour.
Before rain eventually prevailed, 12.5 overs of play was possible as India were pushed into batting first by New Zealand, who won the toss for the second time in as many matches of this series.
India clinched the three-match series 1-0 against New Zealand after the third T20I between the two teams ended in a tie via Duckworth-Lewis method following rain interruption