The first match of the 3-match ODI series between India and New Zealand is going on at the Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara. In the match, New Zealand team came to bat first after losing the toss. The opening pair of Devon Conway and Henry Nicholls gave a great start to the Kiwi team by making a partnership of 117 runs. Conway-Nicholls kept the Indian bowlers away from success for 21 overs and achieved a big feat.
The Conway-Nicholls pair set the record for the second highest opening partnership for New Zealand on Indian soil in One Day Internationals. Andrew Jones and John Wright had made a partnership of 140 runs in 1988. Conway and Nicholls may have missed breaking this record but ended a 27-year drought. In fact, for the first time since 1999, New Zealand’s opening batsmen made a century partnership in an ODI match against Team India in India.
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Harshit Rana made both of them walk
The pair of Conway and Nicholls was broken by Harshit Rana. Harshit caught Nicholls behind the wicket on the second ball of the 22nd over. Nicholls played an inning of 62 runs in 69 balls with the help of 8 fours. After his dismissal, Conway also lost his concentration and was played on in Harshit’s next over. Conway scored 56 runs in 67 balls. During this, 6 fours and 1 six came from his bat.
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New Zealand’s innings faltered
New Zealand’s innings faltered as soon as Conway-Nicholls was out. Till the time of writing the news, half of New Zealand’s innings has been reduced to the score of 198. Indian bowlers are taking wickets at regular intervals. The Kiwi team has expectations from Darryl Mitchell to take the score to around 300. Captain Michael Bracewell is with him at the crease.
Playing XI of both the teams:
New Zealand – Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Will Young, Darryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Hay (wk), Michael Bracewell (c), Jack Foulkes, Christian Clarke, Kyle Jamieson, Aditya Ashok
India – Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna
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