Harshit Rana ruined Kyle Jamieson’s 4 wicket haul, India won the first ODI by defeating New Zealand in Vadodara.

IND vs NZ 1st ODI Highlights: In early 2026, the New Zealand team is touring India, where a three-match ODI series is being played between India and New Zealand. The first match of this series was played on 11 January at the BCA Stadium in Vadodara, and it was a very exciting match. Which Team India won by 4 wickets.

It is worth noting that in this match, both the Indian and New Zealand teams performed brilliantly with both bat and ball. While Daryl Mitchell and Virat Kohli missed out on centuries, Shreyas Iyer fell just one run short of his half-century.

New Zealand’s innings

India chose bowling after winning the toss. New Zealand made a slow start and scored 49 runs without losing any wicket in the first powerplay. In the second powerplay, the team increased the run pace and took the score forward at the loss of five wickets. Fast runs came in the final powerplay and the Kiwi team scored 300 runs for 8 wickets in 50 overs and set a target of 301 for India.

For New Zealand, Henry Nicholls scored 62 and Devon Conway scored 56, while Daryl Mitchell was out on 84. For India, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna took two wickets each, Kuldeep Yadav got one wicket and Shreyas Iyer was run out.

Team India’s innings

Like New Zealand, the Indian team also had a slow start. In the first powerplay, Team India scored 48 runs losing one wicket. In the second powerplay, they lost three more wickets and added 191 runs. In the last powerplay, India scored 67 runs losing two wickets. With this, Team India was able to score a total of 306 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 49 overs and won the match by 4 wickets. Harshit Rana played a brilliant innings at the last moment, while Washington Sundar supported KL Rahul despite limping.

Shubman Gill played the captain’s innings and scored 56 runs. Virat Kohli was out after scoring 93 runs, while Shreyas Iyer was out after scoring 49 runs. Washington Sundar scored 29 runs and KL Rahul remained not out after scoring 29 runs. For New Zealand, Kyle Jamieson took 4 wickets, while Aditya Ashok and Christian Clarke took one wicket each.

IND vs NZ Playing 11

• India:Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill (captain), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.
• New Zealand:Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Will Young, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Hay (wk), Michael Bracewell (c), Zachary Foulkes, Christian Clarke, Kyle Jamieson, Aditya Ashok.