Blair Tickner, the pacer, picked 1/69 in 10 overs in the 1st NZ vs IND ODI. The right-arm medium pacer has featured in only 7 ODIs (and 14 T20Is) and has picked 10 scalps averaging 40.3 with a best of 4/50. He replaced injured Ish Sodhi, the NZ spinner, who has played 39 ODIs and has picked 51 scalps averaging 34.39. Against Pakistan, the spinner picked 3 scalps in 2 ODIs averaging 29.33.