Virat Kohli’s strong innings and Rahul’s finish, India started the series by defeating New Zealand by 4 wickets.

In the first ODI played in Vadodara, India defeated New Zealand by 4 wickets and took a 1-0 lead in the series. Batting first, New Zealand made a strong score of 300 runs. Virat Kohli in reply

India vs New Zeland 1st ODI Highlights: In the first ODI played in Vadodara, India defeated New Zealand by 4 wickets and took a 1-0 lead in the series. Batting first, New Zealand made a strong score of 300 runs. In reply, Virat Kohli’s brilliant innings and finally KL Rahul’s intelligent batting led India to victory. In this match, Kohli also made a big record in international cricket.

The first match of the three-match ODI series between India and New Zealand was played on Sunday, January 11 in Vadodara. After winning the toss, the Indian team decided to bowl first. Batting first, New Zealand had a great start. Devon Conway and Henry Nicholls made a century partnership of 117 runs in 130 balls for the first wicket. Nicholls scored 62 runs in 69 balls, while Conway scored 56 runs in 67 balls.

In the middle order, Daryl Mitchell led the innings and scored 84 runs in 71 balls, which included 5 fours and 3 sixes. Thanks to these innings, New Zealand made a strong score of 300 runs in the stipulated 50 overs.

For India, Mohammed Siraj, Harshit Rana and Prasidh Krishna took 2 wickets each, while Kuldeep Yadav got 1 wicket.

The Indian team, which set out to chase the target, had a balanced start. Rohit Sharma was out after scoring 26 runs, after which Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli made an important partnership of 118 runs for the second wicket. Gill scored 56 runs in 71 balls.

Virat Kohli played a brilliant inning of 93 runs in 91 balls. During this period, he completed 28000 runs in international cricket and became the second highest run scorer leaving behind Kumar Sangakkara.

After this, Shreyas Iyer added 49 runs and made a partnership of 77 runs with Kohli for the third wicket. Harshit Rana played a useful inning of 29 runs in the last overs, while KL Rahul scored unbeaten 29 runs in 21 balls to give the team victory with 6 balls to spare.

For New Zealand, Kyle Jamieson took 4 wickets, while Christian Clarke and Aditya Ashok got 1 wicket each.

The overall result was that India won the match by 4 wickets and took a 1-0 lead in the series. The second ODI of the series will now be played on Wednesday, January 14 in Rajkot.