India vs New Zealand 1st ODI: The 5-match ODI series between India and New Zealand has started. The first match of the series was played in Auckland on 4 November. In this match, Team India defeated New Zealand by 5 wickets through DLS method. With this victory, Team India has taken a 1-0 lead in the series.
In this match played in Auckland, Virat Kohli’s bat was once again seen roaring. Although Kohli could not score a century, he broke a record of the great batsman Sachin Tendulkar by scoring a brilliant half-century. Not only this, Kohli has made many records in his name in this match.
Which record of Sachin broke?
In the first ODI against New Zealand, he broke Sachin Tendulkar’s big record. Kohli has now become the batsman scoring the most runs in the second innings of ODI i.e. run chase. In this matter he has left Sachin Tendulkar behind. In the match being played at Eden Park in Auckland, Kohli needed only 54 runs to break Sachin’s record of 8,720 runs.
He crossed this figure on the 39th ball of his innings. With this, he has scored more than 8,722 runs in the ODI run chase. Rohit Sharma is at third place in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs in run chase. He has scored 6,801 runs in 163 innings of 167 matches.
Which record was made at number-3?
Virat Kohli has created history even while batting at number three in ODIs. He has become the first batsman in the world to complete 13 thousand runs in this position. While batting at number-3, Kohli’s average is 61.61. Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting is at second place in this list. Ponting, playing at number three, had scored 12,662 runs at an average of around 43.
How was the condition of the first ODI?
Batting first in the match, New Zealand was all out for 185 runs in 40.2 overs. For New Zealand, Tim Seifert scored the highest score of 38 runs, apart from this, number-11 batsman Blair Tickner played a brilliant inning of 34 runs. While bowling for Team India, Arshdeep Singh took maximum 4 wickets, apart from this Gurnoor Brar took 3 wickets and Anshul Kamboj took 2 wickets.
Due to rain during the match, Team India had a target of 143 runs in 32 overs to win, which India achieved by losing 5 wickets in 22.4 overs. For Team India, Virat Kohli played the highest innings of 74 runs in 51 balls, which included 13 fours and 1 six.