The winning streak continued as India registered a comprehensive 8 wicket win against the Kiwis in the opening One Day of the India tour of New Zealand. Indian bowlers restricted the Kiwis well and require 158 runs to win the first ODI against New Zealand. Shikhar Dhawan’s unbeated 75 guided India to a comfortable win with 85 balls to spare.
Kuldeep Yadav (4/39), Mohammed Shami (3/19) helped India bowl out the hosts for 157 runs. Sharma and Dhawan gave India an opening partnership of 42 runs before the later was dimissed by Bracewell. Kohli scored 45 runs and was dismissed by Lockie Ferguson.
Earlier, New Zealand won the toss and skipper Kane Williamson opted to bat first. Shami picked up both openers Guptill and Munro, to give India the early break through. Stay tuned as we bring live updates from India vs New Zealand Napier ODI.
Here’s all you need to know about the India vs New Zealand, first One Day International:
India Win by 8 Wickets, Lead Series 1-0
India vs New Zealand 1st ODI LIVE Updates: India : 156/2 (34.5 Overs)
TOP BATSMEN
TOP BOWLERS
2nd Innings Highlights:
India vs New Zealand 1st ODI LIVE Updates: New Zealand: 157/10 (38 Overs)
1st Innings Highlights
Toss: New Zealand on the toss and chose to bat first New Zealand.
Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, Kane Williamson(c), Ross Taylor, Tom Latham(w), Henry Nicholls, Mitchell Santner, Doug Bracewell, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult
Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli(c), MS Dhoni(w), Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Vijay Shankar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami
India vs New Zealand 1st ODI match will be played on Wednesday, 23 January 2018.
The India vs New Zealand 1st ODI match will start at 7:30 AM IST.
The India vs New Zealand 1st ODI Match will telecast live on all the channels of Star Sports Network. Star Sports will broadcast all ODI and T20I matches on Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD, Star Sports 1 Hindi, Star Sports 1 Hindi HD, Star Sports 1 Tamil, Star Sports 1 Telugu and Star Sports 1 Kannada.
The India vs New Zealand ODI match will be broadcast live online on OTT platform Hotstar.
Virat Kohli(c), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Dinesh Karthik, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Siraj, K Khaleel Ahmed, Mohammed Shami, Vijay Shankar, Shubman Gill
Kane Williamson(c), Trent Boult, Doug Bracewell, Colin de Grandhomme, Lockie Ferguson, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Colin Munro, Henry Nicholls, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor
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