India vs New Zealand 2017: India's predicted playing XI for first ODI

Spinners

One of the main reason for India's win over Australia last month was the performance of the Indian spinners. All three frontline spinners Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzi Chahal and Axar Patel did a fantastic job for the team, especially in the middle overs as they choked the run flow and put pressure on the Aussie batsmen.

With all three spinners looking deadly, dropping one to accommodate the other two will be quite unfair. But, to maintain the balance of the team, only two spinners can feature and in all likelihood, both the wrist spinners, Chahal and Kuldeep will get the nod ahead of Axar.