IND vs NZ 1st ODI: Due to Kohli’s brilliant innings, India defeated New Zealand by 4 wickets, Gill also scored a fifty.

Vadodara. Thanks to the brilliant innings of Virat Kohli (93), captain Shubman Gill (56) and Shreyas Iyer (49), India defeated New Zealand by four wickets in the first ODI on Sunday. With this, India has taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. The opening pair of Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill added 39 runs for India while chasing the target of 301 runs. In the ninth over, Kyle Jamieson gave the first success to New Zealand by dismissing Rohit Sharma.

Rohit Sharma scored 26 runs in 29 balls, hitting three fours and two sixes. After this, Virat Kohli, who came to bat, displayed brilliant batting and added 118 runs. During this, both the batsmen completed their respective half-centuries. In the 27th over, Aditya Ashok got Shubman Gill caught out by Phillips and sent him to the pavilion. Shubhman Gill played an innings of 56 runs in 71 balls, hitting three fours and two sixes.

After this, Shreyas Iyer, who came to bat, took charge and added 77 runs for the third wicket with Virat Kohli. During this time, Virat Kohli became the victim of Jameson near his century. Virat Kohli played an inning of 93 runs in 91 balls, hitting eight fours and one six. In the same over, Jameson also gave the fourth blow to India by making Ravindra Jadeja (four) his victim.

In the 42nd over, Jamieson put India in trouble by bowling Shreyas Iyer who was heading towards his half-century. Shreyas Iyer scored 49 runs in 24 balls, hitting four fours and a six. In the 47th over, Clarke gave an exciting turn to the match by getting Harshit Rana caught behind the wicket. Harshit Rana scored 29 runs in 23 balls, hitting two fours and a six.

In the 49th over, KL Rahul hit the winning six on the last ball of the over after two fours, making India’s score 306 for six wickets and winning by four wickets. KL Rahul scored unbeaten 29 runs in 21 balls, hitting two fours and a six. Washington Sundar remained unbeaten after scoring seven runs. Kyle Jamieson took four wickets for New Zealand. Aditya Ashok and Christian Clarke dismissed one batsman each.

Earlier, after an opening partnership of 117 runs between the half-centuries of openers Devon Conway (56) and Henry Nicholls (62), thanks to Darryl Mitchell’s stormy 84 runs, New Zealand made a strong score of 300 runs for eight wickets in 50 overs against India. Mitchell hit five fours and three sixes in his stormy innings of 71 balls.

Conway hit six fours and a six in 67 balls while Nicholls hit eight fours in 69 balls. For India, Mohammad Siraj, Harshit Rana and Prasidh Krishna took two wickets each. Kuldeep Yadav dismissed one batsman for 52 runs. Here today Indian captain Shubman Gill won the toss and decided to bowl first. After 20 overs, the Indian bowlers (Harshit Rana) brought their team back into the match by taking the wickets of both New Zealand openers Henry Nicholls and Devon Conway, who were settled on the pitch.

After this, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav and Prasidh Krishna took three more wickets and put New Zealand’s batsmen under pressure and controlled the pace of their runs. Will Young (12), Glenn Phillips (12), Mitchell Hay were out after scoring 18 runs. Christian Clarke scored unbeaten 24 runs with the help of three fours in 17 balls and took New Zealand to 300.

After this, captain Michael Bracewell tried to handle the innings with Darryl Mitchell. There was a partnership of 39 runs between the two batsmen for the sixth wicket. In the 43rd over, Shreyas Iyer broke this partnership by running out Michael Bracewell (16). In the very next over, Mohammad Siraj sent Zackary Fox to the pavilion without opening the account. In the 48th over, Prasidh Krishna gave the eighth blow to New Zealand by LBWing Darryl Mitchell who was on his way to a century.