The Indian team was badly defeated in the fourth ODI match against New Zealand. Team India collapsed for just 89 runs and lost the match by a huge margin of 244 runs. This fate of the Indian team was met by New Zealand's experienced fast bowler Matt Henry, who single-handedly sent 6 batsmen back to the pavilion. Virat Kohli was also included among the batsmen he dismissed. But despite this, Virat went to New Zealand's dressing room after the match and gave a special gift to Henry.
In this match played at the Bay Oval ground in Mount Maunganui, Matt Henry had decided the fate of India with the first ball and the first over itself. He returned Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer to the pavilion. All three batsmen could not even open their account. But despite this, appreciating Henry's excellent performance, Kohli gifted him one of his jerseys.
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New Zealand Cricket posted the video of this special meeting between Kohli and Henry. In this, Kohli was seen giving the blue jersey of Team India to Henry. There was also a short discussion between the two about the match, in which Kohli described Henry's bowling as excellent. Kohli was also seen saying that perhaps Henry's first over was fatal due to sunlight. Kohli later added that he did not think there would be any major change in the wicket.
Despite this spectacular success, Henry maintained his humility and refused to consider this success as his best performance. When Henry was asked whether this was his best ever opening over in ODIs, he said, “I don't think so. Surely it would be someone else. A lot of ODI cricket has been played. There must have been better performances than this for sure.”