Indian bowlers performed brilliantly in the first ODI between India and New Zealand. The entire New Zealand team was out for 185 runs. Arshdeep Singh took four wickets and Gurnoor Brar took three wickets. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli also did excellent fielding.
Sports News: In the first match of the five-match ODI series against New Zealand, Indian bowlers prevented the host team from scoring big. In the match being played at Eden Park on Wednesday, 4 November 2026, New Zealand’s innings was reduced to 185 runs in 40.2 overs. Kiwi batsmen could not last long in front of the fast bowling of Arshdeep Singh and Gurnoor Brar. At the same time, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli also helped the team with their fielding.
Shubman Gill won the toss and chose bowling
The match started late by about 20 minutes due to rain in Auckland. Indian captain Shubman Gill won the toss and decided to bowl first. Team India came on the field with four fast bowlers. Will Young and Tim Seifert came to bat for New Zealand. Both added 22 runs for the first wicket. Arshdeep Singh gave India its first success by dismissing Will Young in the fifth over. Young was caught by Shreyas Iyer after scoring 9 runs in 11 balls.
After this Arshdeep also sent Henry Nicholls to the pavilion. Nicholls scored 9 runs and was caught by Naman Dheer. New Zealand scored 45 runs and lost two wickets in the first 10 overs.
Gurnoor Brar changed the course of the match in two overs
After the initial setbacks, Tim Seifert tried to take over the innings with Daryl Mitchell. Seifert made some good shots and took the team’s score forward. However, he could not make his innings much longer. Gurnoor Brar dismissed Seifert in the 15th over. He scored 38 runs in 43 balls, which included three fours and two sixes. His catch was caught by substitute player Rituraj Gaikwad.
After this, in the 17th over, Brar also sent Tom Latham to the pavilion. Latham could score only three runs. He tried to play the ball forward, but Brar took a brilliant catch with one hand on his own ball. At this time New Zealand’s score was four wickets for 84 runs.
Daryl Mitchell was run out on Rohit Sharma’s throw.
Rohit Sharma’s fielding in the 22nd over of the match was worth watching. Akshar Patel was bowling and Daryl Mitchell and Glenn Phillips were present at the crease. Phillips tried to score fast runs by playing the ball on the leg side. Rohit Sharma ran towards the ball and made a precise throw while diving. Wicketkeeper KL Rahul scattered the wickets without making any mistake.
Daryl Mitchell could not reach the crease and was run out after scoring 28 runs. With this wicket, half of the New Zealand team had returned to the pavilion at 99 runs. This effort of Rohit gave important success to India at a time when Mitchell and Phillips were trying to build a partnership.
Virat Kohli dived and took the catch with one hand.
After Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli also showed his magic in fielding. In the 29th over, Nathan Smith tried to play a shot on the ball of Anshul Kamboj. The ball took the edge of the bat and went towards second slip. Virat Kohli, who was present there, dived forward and took a brilliant catch with one hand.
Smith could score only one run. Earlier, Kamboj had also bowled New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner. Santner was out after scoring four runs. Kohli later also took the catch of Kyle Jamieson, who was out after scoring one run off the ball of Arshdeep Singh.
Kiwi batsmen added 39 runs for the last wicket
Glenn Phillips tried to handle the innings for New Zealand. He scored 30 runs in 51 balls, which included two fours and a six. Arshdeep Singh got him caught by Shreyas Iyer. After the fall of nine wickets for 146 runs, it seemed that New Zealand’s innings would end quickly. But Blair Tickner troubled the Indian bowlers by batting aggressively.
Tickner scored 34 runs in just 23 balls. His innings included four sixes and one four. He also hit three sixes in one over of Arshdeep. There was a partnership of 39 runs for the last wicket between Tickner and Jacob Duffy. Gurnoor Brar ended New Zealand’s innings by getting Tickner caught by KL Rahul.
Arshdeep took 4 wickets and Gurnoor took 3 wickets.
Arshdeep Singh was the most successful bowler for India. He took four wickets for 70 runs in his 10 overs. Gurnoor Brar took three wickets for 44 runs in 9.2 overs. At the same time, Anshul Kamboj bowled very tightly and gave only 22 runs in 10 overs and took two wickets. Akshar Patel spent 12 runs in five overs, while Aaqib Nabi did not get any wicket.
The entire New Zealand team was out for 185 runs in 40.2 overs. Now India has to score 186 runs to start the five-match series with a win.