New Delhi: Team India has won only one ODI out of the last 10 matches against New Zealand. Meanwhile, Team India has lost in 6 matches. While three matches were inconclusive. This time Team India Hyderabad will want to break the losing streak by winning the ODI match. However, there is a bad news for the Indian team that star batsman Shreyas Iyer has been ruled out of the series due to injury just a day before the start of the series. Rajat Patidar has been included in the team in his place. While star all-rounder Akshar Patel has rested from the series.
Shubman Gill scored a fifty
Star opener Shubman Gill performed brilliantly in the second match in a row. Gill, who scored a 116-run century in the third ODI against Sri Lanka, has now scored a fifty in the first ODI against the Kiwi team. This is Gill’s sixth fifty in ODIs.
Ishan Kishan also out
Team India got the third blow at the score of 110 runs. Ishan Kishan, who came to bat in the middle order, was caught out after scoring 5 runs in 14 balls. Ferguson hunted them down. Suryakumar Yadav came in to bat at number five.
Kohli was clean bowled
The Indian team lost the second wicket on the score of 88 runs. Spinner Mitchell Santner clean bowled Virat Kohli by trapping him in his own net. Kohli could score only 8 runs in 10 balls. Ishan Kishan has stepped in to bat at number four.
India has received its first major setback. Team India captain Rohit Sharma is out. The first blow to the Indian team was on the score of 60 runs. Captain Rohit Sharma was caught out after scoring 34 runs in 38 balls. Fast bowler Blair Tickner hunted Rohit. Now former captain Virat Kohli has entered the field to bat.
Gill opened with Rohit
In the first ODI against New Zealand, Shubman Gill opened with Rohit Sharma. Ishan Kishan, who is playing as a wicketkeeper, can come down to bat at number-5. The first over from New Zealand was bowled by fast bowler Henry Shipley.
Both teams for the first ODI
Indian Team: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammad Shami, Mohammad Siraj.
New Zealand Team: Finn Allen, Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (c/wk), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Henry Shipley, Mitchell Santner, Lockie Ferguson, Blair Tickner.
Team India won the toss and decided to bat first
The Indian team is playing a three-match ODI series against New Zealand at home. Its first match is being played in Hyderabad. Indian captain Rohit Sharma has won the toss and decided to bat first.