IND vs NZ: India’s thrilling win against New Zealand, Rahul becomes ‘troubleshooter’; Kohli missed a century

India vs New Zealand, 1st ODI: The Indian team won the first match of the three-match ODI series being played between India and New Zealand. The Indian team has taken a 1-0 lead in the ODI series by defeating New Zealand by 4 wickets. Batting first, New Zealand team scored 300 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 50 overs. In reply, the Indian team won in 49 overs. KL Rahul became the trouble-shooter and led the Indian team to victory by hitting a six.

After losing the toss and coming to bat first, the New Zealand team made a great start. Devon Conway and Henry Nicholls made a partnership of 117 runs for the first wicket. Both of them troubled the Indian bowlers a lot in the beginning. Both the batsmen completed their half-centuries. However, Henry Nicholls was out on a personal score of 62. After that Devon Conway also got out after scoring 56 runs.

Brilliant innings by Daryl Mitchell

Daryl Mitchell completed his half-century amidst continuous falling of wickets. After this, Michael Bracewell scored 16 runs and debutant Christian Clarke scored 24 not out. After this, while trying to score runs quickly, Mitchell was out on a personal score of 84. New Zealand team scored 300 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 50 overs. For India, Mohammad Siraj took 2 wickets, Harshit Rana took 2 wickets and Prasidh Krishna took 2 wickets. Whereas Kuldeep Yadav got 1 wicket.

Century partnership between Virat and Gill

The Indian team that set out to chase this target did not have a very good start. Rohit Sharma was out after scoring 26 runs. The first wicket fell on the score of 39. After that there was a partnership of 118 runs between Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli. Shubman Gill was out after scoring 56 runs. Shreyas Iyer made a partnership of 77 runs with Kohli for the third wicket. During this period, Virat Kohli also completed his 28 thousand runs in international cricket.

Virat Kohli missed a century

Virat Kohli looked in good form. It seemed that he would easily win the match by scoring a century. But Virat Kohli was out on a personal score of 93. After that immediately Ravindra Jadeja also returned to the pavilion. Shreyas Iyer was also out on a personal score of 49. From here the problems for the Indian team increased.

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However, KL Rahul remained stuck at one end. As the new batsman, Harshit Rana again turned the match in India’s favor by playing an inning of 29 runs in 23 balls. But KL Rahul, who was present till the end, won the match by playing an unbeaten inning of 29 runs. Kyle Jameson took 4 wickets for New Zealand.