The Men in Blue face off against the Kiwis in the first ODI and set a command target of 307. Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gilland Shreyas IyerHalf a century old is knocking on its doors at Eden Park in Auckland on Friday, November 25th. Washington Sundar He played a cameo in the final overruns with his 16 ball 36-round hit.
Kiwi captain Kane Williamson won the draw and decided to take the field first. Dhawan and Gill took the field to open their innings and slowly and freely sewed up a 124-lap partnership that was broken by Lockie Ferguson on round 24.
Ferguson delivered the pads that Gill swung against the square leg. Devon Conway easily caught. Gill had just finished his half-century ball with 65 balls and couldn’t play any more.
In the next round, Tim Southee kicked Dhawan out with a full ball. Dhawan tried to pass him the point fielder, but Finn Allen, who was stationed there, ended it by catching Dhawan sharply. Dhawan left after a 77-point score of 77 balls, including 13 fours; it was also the 38th half century in ODIs.
India then lost to Rishabh Pant (15 out of 23) and Suryakumar Yadav (four out of three) on the second and fifth balls of the 33rd ball, respectively. Ferguson was the pitcher who scalped the two goalkeepers.
After their wicket, Sanju Samson and Shreyas Iyer pinned the ship before being sacked by Adam Milne in 46th. Samson swung his club but misunderstood his shot and started playing in the mif-wicket zone. Three fielders were running to catch the ball, but Glenn Phillips, running deep, dived to his left and caught the ball.
Meanwhile, Iyer finished his half-century ball with 56 balls; It was his fifth half-century hit in the last eight ODI hits. He then went 80 rounds from 76 balls with four limits and four maximums before Southee sent him back to the pavilion for the last time.
However, what crossed India’s score by 300 was Washington Sundar’s strong hitting play in recent overruns. He smashed three fours and three sixes to score 37 points from just 16 balls with a brilliant 231.25 hit rate to bring India’s total to 306/7. 50 more were allocated to them.
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