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NZ vs IND: 1st ODI (1st ODI): India Suffers First Loss On New Zealand Tour
By CricShots - Feb 5, 2020 4:11 pm
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After whitewashing New Zealand in the T20I series, India locked horns with the Blackcaps in the first of the three-match ODI series at the Seddon Park in Hamilton and suffered their first loss in their ongoing tour. The hosts decided to bowl first after winning the toss and the men in blue continued to show their batting prowess and scored 347/4 in their quota of 50 overs. However, the hosts chased down the huge total with 11 balls to spare owing to a brilliant knock of 109* by Ross Taylor.

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Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul added 136 runs

Earlier for India, the debutants, Prithvi Shaw and Mayank Agarwal added 50 runs for the opening wicket in just eight overs. Suddenly, India was reeling at 54/2 in the ninth over after the quick dismissal of Shaw and Agarwal and needed Kohli and Iyer to rebuild the innings. Iyer though took his time early on, but he stayed in the middle and milked the runs smartly with the Indian skipper, Virat Kohli, who soon got to his 58th ODI half-century and looked set for another ton.

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But Ish Sodhi came into the attack and yet again, Kohli got out to leg-spinner failing to read the googly which sneaked past his defense and disturb the sticks. Then, Iyer decided to take control along with Rahul as the latter played another brilliant knock of 89* at no.5. Iyer and Rahul started scoring boundaries at will and the former reached his maiden three-figure mark in international cricket as the fourth-wicket stand flourished. Rahul and Iyer added 136 runs together in just 101 deliveries for the 4th wicket. 

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Ross Taylor scored a century

India finished on 347 runs for the loss of four wickets. For New Zealand, Tim Southee picked two wickets but conceded 85 runs while Hamish Bennett was taken apart for 77 runs in his 10 overs. 

Chasing 348 runs, New Zealand got a good opening partnership as Martin Guptill and Henry Nicholls added 85 runs. Though Guptill was dismissed, Nicholls continued his class in the middle. He added a 152-run partnership before Kohli affecting brilliant run-out to dismiss Nicholls. 

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Ross Taylor kept on smashing the Indian fast bowlers while Tom Latham showed his class against the spinners to make the chase look pretty easy in the middle. It was Kuldeep Yadav and Shardul Thakur, who had a forgettable day on the field with the ball.

And also, Latham stood tall with Taylor, who found the boundary fence more often than not and the duo added as many as 138 runs for the 4th wicket to help New Zealand draw the first blood of the 3-match series. Ross Taylor finished with 109* runs while Tom Latham scored 69. The Kiwis chased down the total with 4 wickets in hand 11 balls to spare

Brief Scores:

New Zealand – 348/6 in 48.1 overs (R Taylor: 109*, H Nicholls: 78; K Yadav: 2/84) defeated India – 347/4 in 50 overs (S Iyer: 103; T Southee: 2/85, CDG: 1/41) by 4 wickets and 11 balls to spare

Here is how Twitter reacted to India’s loss: