The first match of the 3 ODI series between India and New Zealand is being played in Auckland. Batting first after losing the toss, Team India scored 306 runs for 7 wickets in 50 overs. His top-3 batsmen have played half-century innings.
Shreyas Iyer, who came to play at number 3 in place of Virat Kohli, scored the highest 80 runs. Captain Shikhar Dhawan contributed 72 and opener Shubman Gill contributed 50 runs. Sanju Samson (36) and Washington Sundar (37) also played useful innings.
In bowling, Tim Southee and Loki Ferguson got three wickets each. One wicket went to Adam Milne’s account.
In response, New Zealand scored 296 runs for three wickets in 46 overs. Captain Kane Williamson and Tom Latham are at the crease. Both of them have made a century partnership for the fourth wicket. New Zealand’s third wicket fell on a score of 88 runs. Tom Latham scored his seventh career century. This is his second century against India.
Tom Latham scored the 7th century
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.
Umran Malik gave 2 shocks
Umran Malik, playing the debut match, got the first wicket of his ODI career by dismissing Devon Conway (24). After that Daryl Mitchell (11) was dismissed.
3 thousand ODI runs were completed for Williamson in home condition
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.
Kiwi openers added 35 runs
Chasing a target of 307 runs, the New Zealand openers got off to a brisk start. The pair of Finn Allen and Devon Conway added 35 runs in 46 balls for the first wicket. Shardul Thakur broke this partnership.
How New Zealand wickets fell
- Finn Allen: Shardul Thakur got Pant caught behind the wicket.
- Devon Conway: Debuting fast bowler Umran Malik caught wicketkeeper Pant.
- Daryl Mitchell: Wanted to hit Umran’s ball toward deep extra cover. But, the ball went to the substitute player Hooda standing at a deep backward point and Hooda made no mistake.
Team India’s wickets fell like this
- Gill: Lockie wanted to play a shot on a length ball from Ferguson, but mistimed it and was caught by Conway at deep square leg.
- Dhawan: Got out after scoring 72 runs. He was caught by Tim Southee at the hands of Finn Allen.
- Pant: Rishabh was bowled by Loki Ferguson. Pant scored 15 runs in 23 balls.
- Suryakumar: Wanted to push Ferguson’s length ball in the direction of off. The ball went to Finn Allen with an outer edge. Surya got out after scoring four runs.
- Sanju Samson: Wanted to hit the big one, but Milne’s ball went sky-high. Phillip caught out.
- Shreyas Iyer: Wanted to play a big shot, but was caught by Milne at deep mid-wicket off Southee’s ball.
- Shardul Thakur: Tim Southee was caught by Latham behind the wicket.
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.