IND VS NZ 1ST ODI: The first ODI between India and New Zealand is on. Kane Williamson, the captain of New Zealand, decided to bowl in the opening ODI in Auckland. Batting first India has scored 306 for 7. The hosts need 307 runs for the win.
IND VS NZ 1ST ODI 1ST INNINGS UPDATE
India surpasses 300 thanks to Washington Sundar’s late blitz. He gave a flourish toward the finish while being on fire outside. Shikhar Dhawan and Shubman Gill’s opening stand of 124 runs gave India a good start. But as they dropped to 160/4, a run of wickets threatened to scuttle the innings.
Shreyas Iyer managed to keep it together though, starting out shaky before picking up speed and finding strong company in Sanju Samson and then Washington to finish the inning well. According to Washington himself, it’s still merely a par score. Although there was some movement with the new ball, once the danger has passed, the pitch appears to be fairly excellent for batting.
From New Zealand, Tim Southee and Lockie Ferguson took 3 wickets each that sums most of the bowling effort. Because of his bowling in death overs and Sundar’s hard hitting, Southee was tge most expensive bowler. Adam Milne took 1 wicket. All the spinners were wicketless.
IND VS NZ 1ST ODI: What Washington Sundar said:
Talking about his blitzing innings of 37 off 16 at the right time. Washington Sundar said, “It really worked today, it was great to get some runs. I have to let my instincts go through, I also plans my shots, there’s a program. It’s important to get the timing right, along with the power. It’s a par score, if we bowl well we’ll be able to win this.”
IND VS NZ 1ST ODI Match facts
In ODI games in Auckland, a 300+ target has only been been successfully chased down—337 by New Zealand against Australia in 2007.
Umran Malik and Arshdeep Singh make their One Day International Debut.
IND VS NZ PLAYING 11
New Zealand: 1 Finn Allen, 2 Devon Conway, 3 Kane Williamson (capt), 4 Tom Latham (wk), 5 Daryl Mitchell, 6 Glenn Phillips, 7 Mitchell Santner, 8 Tim Southee, 9 Matt Henry, 10 Adam Milne, 11 Lockie Ferguson
India: 1 Shikhar Dhawan (capt), 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Shreyas Iyer, 4 Suryakumar Yadav, 5 Rishabh Pant (wk), 6 Sanju Samson, 7 Washington Sundar, 8 Shardul Thakur, 9 Arshdeep Singh, 10 Umran Malik, 11 Yuzvendra Chahal
