New Zealand defeated the Indian team by 244 runs in the fourth ODI. In the match played at the Bay Oval ground in Mount Maunganui, New Zealand batted first and scored 333 runs. In reply, the Indian team was all out for 89 runs. Matt Henry was the hero of New Zealand's victory. He took 6 wickets for 27 runs. Whereas Will Young played a brilliant inning of 125 runs. He was initially given two leases of life, of which he took full advantage.
After winning the toss, Indian captain Shreyas Iyer chose to bowl first. New Zealand openers Tim Seifert and Will Young gave the team a fast start. Both added 85 runs for the first wicket. Seifert scored 58 runs on 48 balls. His innings included 6 fours and 3 sixes.
Young took full advantage of two gifts of life
At the other end, Young got life twice in the beginning. Rohit Sharma and wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan could not catch his catches. Young took advantage of this and put pressure on the Indian bowlers. He scored 125 runs on 108 balls. During this, he hit 14 fours and 4 sixes. This was the fifth century of his ODI career.
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Apart from Young, Finn Allen scored 41 and Mitchell Santner scored 24 runs. Nick Kelly contributed 4 runs, Dean Foxcroft 8 runs and Michael Bracewell contributed 15 runs. Christian Clarke scored 22 runs and Kyle Jamieson scored 19 not out. New Zealand team was all out after scoring 333 runs in 50 overs. Akshar Patel took 2 wickets for India. Auqib Nabi and Gurnoor Brar also got 2-2 wickets. Arshdeep Singh and Naman Dheer took one wicket each.
Indian batting completely faltered
The Indian team, which came to chase the target of 334 runs, had a very bad start. Rohit Sharma was out in the very first over without opening the account. After this, Virat Kohli and captain Shreyas Iyer also could not open the account. Matt Henry took all three wickets. This was the first time since 2010 that Rohit and Kohli were out for zero in the same innings.
Ruturaj Gaikwad also returned to the pavilion after scoring 5 runs. India scored only 26 runs in the first 10 overs and lost 4 wickets. After this Ishan Kishan and Akshar Patel tried to take over the innings. There was a partnership of 44 runs between the two. Ishaan scored 27 runs on 53 balls. Akshar contributed 21 runs on 36 balls.
As soon as these two were out, the Indian innings fell apart again. Naman Dhir also scored 21 runs in 24 balls, but he could not save the team from defeat. Matt Henry took 6 wickets for 27 runs. Whereas Matthew Fisher got 3 wickets. The Indian team was all out for 89 runs in 26.4 overs. In this way New Zealand won the match by 244 runs.
summary scorecard
New Zealand: 333/10 (50 overs).
Will Young 125, Tim Seifert 58, Finn Allen 41.
Axar Patel 2 wickets, Auqib Nabi 2 wickets, Gurnoor Brar 2 wickets
India: 89/10 (26.4 overs)
Ishan Kishan 27, Akshar Patel 21, Naman Dheer 21.
Matt Henry 6 wickets, Matthew Fisher 3 wickets.
Result: New Zealand won by 244 runs.