India defeated New Zealand in a thrilling match. In this match, Kiwi batsman Bracewell scored a stormy century but Indian fast bowler Mohammad Siraj’s 4 wickets and Shubman Gill’s double century overshadowed him.
India finally defeated New Zealand in the first ODI of the series. Team India won this match by 12 runs. Look at the amazing statistics, it looks like an easy victory, but it was not. New Zealand lost the sixth wicket at the score of 131 in the 29th over. By this point the match was in India’s grasp. From here the partnership of Michael Bracewell and Mitchell Santner started and with the passage of time, the man of the sand seemed to be slipping from India’s grasp. Shubman Gill’s double century also started to look pale in front of the batting of these two. Together these two batsmen took New Zealand’s total to 293 for 45.4 overs, when this partnership was broken.
Mohammed Siraj took a New Zealand wicket
In the 46th over of New Zealand’s innings, fast bowler Mohammad Siraj brought India back into the match. He took two wickets back-to-back and put a slipping victory in the Indian team’s lap in the match of Shubman Gill’s memorable innings. Siraj took 4 wickets for 46 runs in 10 overs on Hyderabad’s pitch.
New Zealand gets cold as Bracewell’s storm subsides
However, Bracewell left no stone unturned. He played a stormy century but after breaking the partnership of 162 runs in 102 balls with Santner, despite his efforts, there was no winning spark in the bat. Bracewell hit 140 runs in 78 balls in his innings and was the last batsman to be dismissed by the visiting team.
Shubman Gill scored a double century
Earlier, Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bat first, which was liked by opener Shubman Gill. Gill scored the third century of his ODI career and soon converted it into a double century. Gill scored the 10th double century in ODI history in this match. This is the seventh double century by an Indian cricketer. He touched the figure of 200 in style by hitting three consecutive sixes and got his name registered in history.
