Early last week, Blackcaps coach Mike Hesson declared that opener Tom Latham will have to surrender his opening role to bat lower down the order. With Martin Guptill and Colin Munro opening and looking well settled in both the warm-up matches ahead of the three ODIs against India, it looks a certainty that the same combination will continue in the first ODI on October 22 at the Wankhede Stadium.

Tom Latham