New Zealand won the toss and opted to field in the opening match against defending champion England of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Thursday
Stokes, who has been dealing with knee problems, rejoined the team to defend the 2019 World Cup title but he may miss the match due to a niggle in his hip.
As the Cricket World Cup 2023 first match to be played on October 5 at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, police have said that all arrangements are in place and police force of more than 3,500 officials will be used.
A resilient New Zealand will once again step out on the field of cricket seeking revenge for wounds that were inflicted on them by hard-hitting England four years ago. They will re-ignite their rivalry once again in the ODI World Cup campaign opener on Thursday.
Ali has featured in 278 matches so far and has taken 353 scalps with an average of 39.27 and an economy of 4.33. He has the best bowling figure of 6/53 in an innings and 10/112 best bowling spell in a test match.
Southee injured his thumb when he dove across with both hands to take England batter Joe Root's catch but saw the ball hit his thumb and deflect to third man.
Moeen Ali's four-wicket haul followed by Dawid Malan's century helped England beat New Zealand by 100 runs at the Lord's on Friday and seal the four-match ODI series 3-1.
Ali took 4 for 50 to bundle out Kiwis while Malan scored 127 from 114 balls. New Zealand all-rounder Rachin Ravindra's brilliant performance of taking four wickets and scoring a half-century went in vain.
Phillips played a brilliant knock of 72 off 76 balls in the match at the Oval, however, New Zealand failed to win the third match and lost by 181 runs.