Team India’s losing streak continues in ODI cricket against New Zealand. In the first match of the three-match series played in Auckland on Friday, the Kiwi team defeated India by 7 wickets.
Batting first after losing the toss, India scored 306 runs losing 7 wickets in 50 overs. For India, three batsmen captain Shikhar Dhawan (72), Shubman Gill (50), and Shreyas Iyer (80) scored half-centuries.
In response, New Zealand achieved the target by losing 3 wickets in 47.1 overs. The Kiwi team’s 3 wickets had fallen for 88 runs. After this, captain Kane Williamson (94) and Tom Latham shared a 145-run partnership for the fourth wicket to snatch the match from India.
This is India’s fifth consecutive defeat at the hands of New Zealand in ODIs since the 2019 World Cup for India.
India will look to bounce back
After the defeat in the first match, team India would like to bounce back. The batting unit performed well in the first match, almost all the batters of the team contributed to the team.
The 124-run partnership between Dhawan-Gil
There was an opening partnership of 124 runs between captain Shikhar Dhawan and Shubman Gill. Loki Ferguson broke this partnership. He got Gill caught.
Dhawan’s 39th half-century
Captain Shikhar Dhawan scored a half-century. He completed Fifty on the 63rd ball with a four. This is his 39th half-century in ODIs. Dhawan played an inning of 72 runs in 77 balls adorned with 13 fours.
Gill also scored 50 runs
Shubman Gill has scored his fourth half-century. He scored 50 runs in 65 balls. His innings included one four and three sixes.
Iyer-Samson crossed the score of 250
Team India lost four wickets for 160 runs. Rishabh Pant and Suryakumar Yadav were out early. In such a situation, Shreyas Iyer and Sanju Samson took the team’s score to 250. The Iyer-Sundar duo did the rest of the work.
Shreyas Iyer, who came in place of Virat Kohli, put on 94 runs with Sanju Samson, who has been waiting for his turn in the T20 team for a long time. Sanju played a useful inning of 36 runs in 38 balls.
Half-centuries of India’s top-3 batsmen
The top order of the Indian team did amazing batting. His top-3 batsmen played half-century innings. See who scored how many runs in the next graphics.
bowlers disappointed
Team India’s bowling was not effective. The fast bowlers took 3 wickets in the beginning, but the Indian bowlers did not get any success in the middle order. Indian bowlers proved costly on Auckland’s drop-in pitch. Everyone looted runs in abundance. There was no bowler who had spent less than 50 runs. Arshdeep was the most expensive. He gave 68 runs in 8.1 overs.
bad fielding
The fielding of the Indian team was also average in this match. He dropped 3 catches. First Chahal dropped the catch of Finn Allen, although Allen could only score 22 runs. After that Dhawan dropped the catch of Kane Williamson when he was playing on 68 runs. Apart from these two catches, Shardul Thakur did a lot of miss fielding.
tomorrow the second match will be played
India has come here to play 3 T20 and 3 ODI matches. In which a series of 3 T20 matches have been played, India won 1-0. New Zealand has won the first match of the ODI series, while the second ODI will be played tomorrow, November 27.
Captain Kane Williamson and Tom Latham’s form is a big positive for New Zealand
Tom Latham and Kane Williamson shared a 221-run partnership for the fourth wicket. Wicket-keeper batsman Tom Latham scored his 7th ODI century. He has overall 19 centuries to his name. The left-handed batsman has scored 12 Test hundreds.
On the other hand, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has scored 3000 ODI runs on his home grounds. He has completed his half-century. Williamson completed his half-century in 54 balls. Kane picks up the bat with a boundary.
In this match, Indian captains Shikhar Dhawan and Shubman Gill completed their half-centuries with boundaries. 50+ runs partnership with Kiwi captain and wicket-keeper batsman Tom Latham.