Ketan Joshi, Napier: In the first ODI played in Napier, India defeated New Zealand by 8 wickets. Simultaneously, Team India moved forward 1-0 in the five-match ODI series. In Napier, India has won the ODI 10 years later. Indian team got the previous breakthrough on this ground on March 3, 2009. Team India has won the first match of the bilateral ODI series in New Zealand for the first time.
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In this match, New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat. However, their decision proved wrong and he was able to make 157 runs in 38 overs. Due to the sun’s bright light, the match also had to be stopped for a while. Subsequently, the Duckworth-Lewis rule gave India the target of 156 runs in 49 overs. This was achieved by Team India in two wickets in 34.5 overs. Shami was adjudged Man of the Match for his fantastic bowling.
For India, Opener Shikhar Dhawan scored the highest number of unbeaten 75 runs. He made fifty half centuries after 10 ODIs. He had earlier scored 114 against Pakistan in September 2018. Dhawan shared a 91-run partnership with Virat Kohli for the second wicket. Rohit Sharma scored 11 runs off Doug Bracewell’s delivery. Kohli scored 45 runs and returned to the pavilion at the ball of Lucky Ferguson. Ambati Rayudu was not out with 13 runs.
Earlier, India, with the best bowling performance of Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammad Shami and Yujwendra Chahal, put New Zealand on a score of 157 in 38 overs. New Zealand’s captain Kane Williamson only managed to score 64 runs. Ross Taylor scored 24 runs. Kuldeep Yadav 4, Mohammed Shami 3, Yujwendra Chahal 2 and Kedar Jadhav 1 wicket shock.
Dhawan’s total of five thousand ODI runs
Dhawan scored 10 runs in this innings and completed his 5000 runs in ODIs. He played 118 innings for this. He is the second batsman to score 5,000 runs in the lowest innings for India. In this case, he is followed by captain Virat Kohli (114 innings).
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