Hyderabad: Opener Shubman Gill’s record-breaking maiden double century and Mohammad Siraj’s powerful bowling helped India beat New Zealand by 12 runs in the first ODI here on Wednesday. With this win, India has won an ODI against New Zealand after almost 4 years. India last beat New Zealand in this format on 3 February 2019 and since then India have lost 5 matches with two draws.
In today’s match India won the toss and elected to bat first, Team India scored 349 runs with the help of Gill’s innings of 208 runs. In response, New Zealand lost wickets continuously. But then Michael Bracewell scored a century in 57 balls. He shared 162 runs off 102 balls with Mitchell Santner. Centner scored a fifty off 38 balls. He was eventually dismissed for the 10th wicket in the last over with 140 off 78 balls, and New Zealand’s innings was reduced to 337 runs. Along with winning this match, India has also taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
In the first ODI against New Zealand, Indian team’s young opener Shubman Gill scored a double century with explosive batting and became the fifth Indian while becoming the 8th player in the world. Although he became the youngest player in the world to score a double century in ODIs, he broke the record of his teammate Ishan Kishan, who became the youngest player to score a double century against Bangladesh earlier this year at the age of 24 years and 145 days. was Shubman Gill was 23 years and 132 days old when he scored a double century today.
Michael Bracewell became the second fastest ODI century scorer against India
Michael Bracewell scored a century against India in the first ODI here today after coming in to bat at number seven and his century was the second fastest in ODI cricket against India. Bracewell completed his century in 57 balls to equal James Faulkner and AB de Villiers. Shahid Afridi holds the record for the lowest 45-ball century against India. Batting at number seven, he equaled the record of former Indian captain Mahendra Singh by completing his century. Bracewell became only the second batsman in ODI cricket to score a century batting at number seven.