India vs New Zealand, 1st ODI: New Zealand complete 6 wicket win over hosts
Mumbai: New Zealand completed a six-wicket win over Virat Kohli-led Team India, thanks to a brilliant partnership between Ross Taylor and Tojm Latham. After having elected to bat first, India finished their innings at 280-8, thanks to a well-played 31st century by Virat Kohli, who was dismissed for 121 runs.
Earlier, the Kiwis got the breakthrough, after Trent Boult saw off the openers Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma. However, India managed to put up a respectable total and look to defend that.
In reply, the Kiwis suffered an early blow, after having lost Colin Munro, Kane Williamson and Martin Guptill. But the duo of Ross Taylor and Tom Latham put up a convincing performance for the visitors, as they romped home with a win.
New Zealand innings
New Zealand 204-3 from 39 overs
New Zealand are inching towards a win in the first ODI, as they have crossed 200 and are less than 100 runs towards achieving the target. The partnership between Ross Taylor and Tom Latham has been a long one so far, lasting for 124 runs.
New Zealand 152-3 from 31 overs
Ross Taylor and Tom Latham continued to take the visitors forward, as they crossed 150.
New Zealand 117-3 from 25 overs
Halfway into the run chase, New Zealand have gone well past the 100-run mark, and have done well to recover from the early blow.
New Zealand 80-3 from 17.2 overs
WICKET! Martin Guptill has been seen off by Hardik Pandya, thanks to a spectacular catch by Dinesh Karthik, who completes a spectacular catch at deep square leg.
New Zealand 62-2 from 12.3 overs
WICKET! Kuldeep Yadav's magic does the trick again, as he successfully removes captain Kane Williamson.
New Zealand 48-1 from 9.3 overs
WICKET! Jasprit Bumrah removes Colin Munro as he departs just before taking the team to the 50-run mark.
New Zealand 24-0 from 4 overs
Going at six runs per over, openers Martin Guptill and Colin Munro have got the kiwqis off to a strong start.
India innings:
India 201-5 from 41 overs
WICKET! MS Dhoni has departed for 25 runs, as India have lost their fifth batsman.
India 145-4 after 29 over:
WICKET! Karthik pounces on a short ball from Southee, but gets a top edge and finds Munro at fine leg. Dhoni comes it at no.5!
India 126-3 from 25 overs
Halfway through the innings, India have done well to recover from an early blow, with Kohli and Karthik making sure that the score keeps on ticking.
India 101-3 from 21.1 overs
After losing Kedar Jadhav, Virat Kohli and comeback man Dinesh Karthik took India past 100, hoping to put up a huge total.
India 67-2 after 15 overs:
WICKET! Santner bowls it full and straight, Kedar Jadhav gives a easy practice catch to the bowler in return. Soft dismissal for the Kiwis.
India 37-2 from 10 overs
New Zealand have started strongly to put India under 50 after the first 10 overs, thanks to both the wickets from Trent Boult, removing the openers early.
India 29-2 from 5.4 overs
WICKET! Trent Boult has struck again, as he has bowled out Rohit Sharma, who departs for 20.
India 16-1 from 3.2 overs
WICKET! Trent Boult has removed Shikhar Dhawan, and has given the visitors an early breakthrough. This early blow for India has brought in Virat Kohli in at no 3, who is playing his 200th ODI.
Toss:
Virat Kohli has won the toss and elected to bat.
Mumbai: An inconsistent New Zealand side will fancy their chances when they take on Virat Kohli’s men in the first ODI of the three-match series on Sunday. The Men in Blue, on the other hand, will aim to stamp their class as they eye another bilateral series win.
The hosts are in high spirits after comprehensively battering the Australians with a 4-1 win in the ODI series. It will take a special effort from Kane Williamson and co to get the better of the India, who begin the series as favourites.
There's nothing to worry about for India as they have been effective in all the three departments - batting, bowling and fielding. Despite some new faces in the squad, New Zealand will bank on the experienced Williamson along with Martin Guptill and Ross Taylor.
Squads:
India (ODI squad): Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shardul Thakur
New Zealand (ODI squad): Kane Williamson (Captain), Trent Boult, Colin de Grandhomme, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Henry Nicholls, Adam Milne, Colin Munro, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, George Worker.
