NZ v IND 2020: Ross Taylor’s 109* takes NZ to 4-wicket win chasing 348 in the 1st ODI in Hamilton

Ross Taylor was awarded the Man of the Match for his century.

Shreyas Iyer made 103 and Rahul made 88*  | GettyThe first ODI of the three-match series was played between New Zealand and India at the Seddon Park in Hamilton. Tom Latham, the stand-in Kiwi skipper won the toss and chose to bowl first on a chasing ground.

India opened with debutants Mayank Agarwal (32) and Prithvi Shaw (20) and the duo added 50 runs for the first wicket. Virat Kohli came in and along with Shreyas Iyer continued to build a solid platform for lower order to launch off. Kohli made 51 before falling to Sodhi, but Iyer soldiered on for his maiden ODI century, making 103 with 1 six and 11 fours.

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The best knock came from KL Rahul though, who slammed 88* in 64 balls with 6 sixes and 3 fours, while Jadhav also managed 26* in 15 balls as India put up 347/4 on the board.

Nicholls gave a good start with a knock of 78 | GettyNew Zealand had previously chased down a similar total on this ground against Australia in 2007 and they were favorites to do so again. Openers Guptill (32) and Nicholls (78) gave a steady start of 85 runs. Then Ross Taylor and Tom Latham (69) took the game away from Indians in the middle order with a mix of caution and aggression, adding 138 runs. Indian fielding disappointed a lot, despite a brilliant run out from Kohli.

Though the Kiwis lost some wickets towards the end, Taylor smashed an unbeaten 109 in 84 balls with 10 fours and 4 sixes to take his team to victory in the last over and with 4 wickets in hand. Kuldeep Yadav picked 2 wickets for 84 runs in 10 overs, while Bumrah and Jadeja went wicketless.

The second ODI match will be played on Saturday in Auckland.

BRIEF SCORES:
IND 347/4 (S IYER 103, KL RAHUL 88*; T SOUTHEE 2/85) lost to NZ 348/6 (R TAYLOR 109*, H NICHOLLS 78; K YADAV 2/84) by 4 wickets

 
 

By Jatin Sharma - 05 Feb, 2020

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