New Zealand vs India 4th ODI: : Chasing the target of 334 runs in the fourth ODI against New Zealand, the Indian team lost 3 wickets without scoring any runs. Indian team star batsmen Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer were out without opening the account. Kiwi fast bowler Matt Henry sent these three batsmen to the pavilion in the very first over. Matt Henry got Rohit Sharma caught out by Finn Allen on the very first ball. After this, Virat Kohli came to bat, but he too was out without opening the account. Then captain Shreyas Iyer, who came to bat at number four, also got out on a golden duck. Matt Henry ensured New Zealand's victory in the very first over with his lethal bowling, because all the main batsmen of Team India had returned to the pavilion.
How did 3 wickets fall in the first over?
Rohit Sharma and Rituraj Gaikwad came to start the innings from India. For New Zealand, Matt Henry came to bowl the first over with the new ball. He bowled the first ball to Rohit Sharma at a speed of 127 km per hour, which hit the outer edge of Rohit Sharma's bat. The ball went straight into the hands of Finn Allen standing in the slips. Rohit Sharma returned to the pavilion after getting out on a golden duck. Henry hit the ball 'short of good length', which gave a strange bounce. Rohit Sharma got completely confused and the line was such that he had to play the shot. The ball hit the outer edge of the bat and went straight into the hands of Finn Allen standing at first slip.
After this, Matt Henry dismissed Virat Kohli through setup. He first bowled 3 outgoing balls, but then brought the 5th ball of the over inwards. That ball came inwards rapidly and also remained down, on which Kohli was trying to defend by staying at the crease. He could not understand the movement of the ball and the ball passed between his bat and pad and hit the stumps.
Then Shreyas Iyer came to bat, but Matt Henry also got him out on the last ball of the over. Matt Henry bowled a sharp in-seamer ball on good length to Shreyas Iyer, which took the inside edge of his bat and hit his back foot, just in front of the stumps. The umpire gave not out, but New Zealand took review. After checking, the third umpire declared Shreyas Iyer out LBW.
Ruturaj was also out after scoring 5 runs.
After 3 wickets fell in the first over, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ishan Kishan tried to control the innings. Ishan Kishan stood at one end, but Gaikwad was out after scoring only 5 runs in 13 balls. Kyle Jameson got him caught out by Michael Bracewell. In this way India lost 4 wickets at the score of only 9 runs. Currently, Ishan Kishan and Akshar Patel are trying to build a partnership.
India needs 334 runs
Batting first, New Zealand has given India a target of 334 runs. Host team opener Will Young scored a brilliant century. He played an inning of 125 runs, while Tim Seifert scored 58 runs. Apart from him, Finn Allen also played an inning of 41 runs, on the basis of which New Zealand scored 333 runs in 50 overs.