IND vs NZ ODI: How India thrashed New Zealand by 4 wickets with high-scoring runs? King Kohli missed a century

In the first match of the three-match ODI series played in Vadodara, Team India made a great start by defeating New Zealand by 4 wickets. While chasing the target, India seemed to be in complete control at one time, but the match became exciting due to the fall of wickets in the last overs. Ultimately India achieved the target of 301 runs by scoring 306 runs in 49 overs.

The hero of this victory was Virat Kohli, who played a brilliant inning of 93 runs in 91 balls. Captain Shubman Gill Also made an important contribution of 56 runs. However, the tension in the match suddenly increased as soon as Kohli was out, but KL Rahul’s sensible innings took India across the threshold of victory.

Virat Kohli’s historic innings, missed a century

Virat Kohli was seen in his full glory in this match. From the very beginning, he batted with confidence against both fast and spin bowlers. After scoring 93 runs, Kohli was just 7 runs away from his century when he was caught at mid-on by Kyle Jamieson. During this innings, Kohli made the record of becoming the fastest batsman to complete 28,000 runs in international cricket. With this, he left Kumar Sangakkara behind and achieved the position of second highest run scorer after Sachin Tendulkar.

Kohli-Gill partnership laid the foundation of victory

While chasing the target, Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill gave an important partnership of 118 runs to India. Gill started cautiously and completed his 16th ODI half-century. However, after scoring 56 runs, he was caught at mid-off by Aditya Ashok’s googly. Gill also looked uncomfortable during his innings and had to take help from the physio on the field, but despite this he put the team in a strong position.

Indian innings suddenly faltered

After Kohli’s dismissal in the 40th over, India needed 67 runs from 66 balls and had seven wickets in hand. Then New Zealand created pressure by taking wickets continuously. Jamieson made a comeback in the match by dismissing Shreyas Iyer (49) and Ravindra Jadeja (4). New Zealand also dropped some important catches, which brought relief to India and saved the match from slipping out of hand.

KL Rahul’s restrained batting, India crossed the

Amidst the pressure, KL Rahul held one end and scored an unbeaten 29 runs. He made an important partnership of 37 runs with Harshit Rana (29). Washington Sundar, who was suffering from injury, also returned unbeaten after scoring 7 runs and led India to victory.

Rohit Sharma gave a fast start

Captain Rohit Sharma started the Indian innings in an aggressive manner. He scored 26 runs and during this he completed his 650 sixes in international cricket. However, he was out in the ninth over on the ball of Kyle Jamieson.

New Zealand’s innings: Contribution of Mitchell and openers

Earlier, after losing the toss and batting first, New Zealand scored 300 runs for 8 wickets. Daryl Mitchell played a brilliant inning of 84 runs in 71 balls. Openers Devon Conway (56) and Henry Nicholls (62) gave a strong start by adding 117 runs for the first wicket.

Harshit Rana’s lethal bowling

Harshit Rana’s second spell proved to be decisive for India. He took 2 wickets for just 13 runs, due to which New Zealand’s innings was reduced to 198/5 without 117 wickets. Debutant Christian Clarke finally took the team beyond 300 by adding unbeaten 24 runs in 17 balls. New Zealand’s bowlers put pressure till the end, but India showed patience and won the match. With this victory, India took a 1-0 lead in the three-match ODI series.