India's Top Order Collapse: In the fourth ODI match played in Mount Maunganui, Team India's top order proved to be a huge flop due to which many shameful records have been registered in the name of the team.
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India’s Top Order Collapse: In the fourth ODI match played between India and New Zealand at Mount Maunganui, the top order of Team India looked badly scattered. The performance of Indian batsmen in the match was very disappointing. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli proved to be a flop in this match. Both the batsmen returned to the pavilion without opening their account. Apart from this, captain Shreyas Iyer was also out on a golden duck. With this disappointing performance, Team India has made some unwanted and shameful records in its name.
Lost 3 wickets in the first over
Team India, which set out to chase the target of 334 runs given by New Zealand, had a very bad start. Kiwi fast bowler Matt Henry gave 3 big blows to India in the very first over of the innings. Opener Rohit Sharma was out on 1 ball without opening the account. Virat Kohli returned to the pavilion without opening the account in 4 balls. After the flop show of Ro-Co, captain Shreyas Iyer was also out on a gold duck.
Rohit Sharma – 0
Virat Kohli – 0
Shreyas Iyer – 0What a start from Matt Henry!
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This happened for the first time in 52 years
This is the first time in the history of Indian ODI cricket that in the very first over of the innings, 3 batsmen of Team India have returned to the pavilion without opening their account. Apart from this, after almost 16 years, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have been out on zero in the same ODI match. Earlier in the year 2010, both these players were out on duck in the ODI match played against Sri Lanka in Dambulla. Rohit and Virat have been out without opening an account in the same match for the second time in their ODI career.
Lost 4 wickets within 10 runs
This is only the fifth time in the history of International One Day cricket that a team has lost its first 3 wickets without scoring any runs. Before this, this has happened with teams like Pakistan, Bangladesh and Australia. Apart from this, this is the second time when India has lost its first four wickets within 10 runs in an ODI match. Earlier, in the famous match played against Zimbabwe in Tunbridge Wells in the 1983 World Cup, India's situation was exactly similar, where their score was 4 wickets for 9 runs.