Team India won the first ODI against New Zealand by 4 wickets. Virat Kohli played a match-winning innings in this match.
Team India won this match by 4 wickets. This marked the first men’s international cricket match played at the Vadodara ground. The toss fell in India’s favor, and team captain Shubman Gill decided to bowl first. Batting first, New Zealand posted 300 runs for the loss of 8 wickets, which Team India chased down in the 49th over, losing 6 wickets.
Virat Kohli made 93, Shreyas Iyer 49 and captain Shubman Gill 56. New Zealand’s Kyle Jamieson took 4 wickets.
Daryl Mitchell top-scored for New Zealand with a 71-ball 84. Henry Nicholls scored 62 and Devon Conway scored 56. Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, and Harshit Rana each took two wickets for India. Kuldeep Yadav chipped in with one.
Kohli surpasses Sangakkara Virat Kohli has become the second-highest run-scorer in international cricket. He surpassed Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara (28,016 runs) as soon as he scored his 42nd run in this innings. Only Sachin Tendulkar (34,357 runs) is ahead of Kohli.
