Hyderabad: India won the first ODI against New Zealand by 12 runs. India’s opening batsman Shubman Gill scored a stunning double century.
Batting first in this match held in Hyderabad yesterday, the Indian team scored 349 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs. Opener Shubman Gill smashed a double century off 145 balls with 8 sixes and 19 fours. Shubman Gill, who flew fours and sixes, scored 208 runs off 149 balls with 9 sixes and 19 fours and was dismissed in the final part of the game.
Shubman Gill, who scored 208 runs, became the 8th player to score a double century in ODIs. Rohit Sharma 34, Suryakumar Yadav 31, Hardik Pandya added 28 runs. Virat Kohli 8, Ishan Kishan 5, Washington Sundar 12, Shardul Thakur 3 runs. Henry Sibley and Daryl Mitchell took 2 wickets each for New Zealand team.
Batting with a target of 350 runs, New Zealand lost 6 wickets for 131 runs in 28.4 overs. Bin Allen 40, Daven Conway 10, Henry Nicholls 18, Daryl Mitchell 9, Captain Tom Latham 24, Glen Phillips 11 runs. After this, Michael Bracewell and Mitchelsandner played aggressively and threatened.
Bracewell scored a century with 6 sixes and 11 fours. Sandner crossed his half-century in 38 balls. Mohammad Siraj separated the pair who added 162 runs. Mitchell Sandner was out for 57 off his ball. Siraj also turned Henry Sibley (0) to the pavilion. With 56 runs needed in the last 4 overs, Pandya scored 15 runs in the 47th over and Shami scored 17 runs in the next over.
Bracewell hit the first ball for a six with 20 needed in the last over from Shardul Thakur. The next ball was wide. Bracewell was lbw on the replacement ball. In the end, New Zealand were bowled out for 337 runs in 49.2 overs. Bracewell scored 140 off 78 balls with 10 sixes and 12 fours.
Siraj took 4 wickets. India leads the 3-match ODI series 1-0. The 2nd match will be played in Raipur on 21st.
Quick 1,000: Shubman Gill became the fastest Indian player to cross 1000 runs in ODI cricket when he scored 106 against New Zealand in Hyderabad. He reached this milestone in 19 innings. Earlier, Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli had reached a thousand runs in 24 innings each. Shubman Gill has now broken this record.
Young Player…: Shubman Gill is the youngest player to score a double century in ODI cricket. He scored a double century at the age of 23 years and 132 days. In this way, India’s Ishan Kishan scored a double century at the age of 24 years and 145 days in the match against Bangladesh a few weeks ago.
Overtook Sachin: The previous individual best was Sachin Tendulkar’s 175 against Australia in 2009 at Hyderabad. Shubman Gill has vacated this by scoring 208 runs.
Two hundred in 4 days… Shubman Gill, who scored a century against Sri Lanka in the ODI last Sunday in Thiruvananthapuram, is now on the verge of scoring a century against New Zealand.
2,000: India’s Shubman Gill has shared the second place with Pakistan’s Imam-ul-Haq among the fastest players to score 1000 runs in ODIs in the world. Pakistan’s Bahar Zaman is the top scorer in this category with 1000 runs in 18 innings.
Maximum Run: Shubman Gill scored 208 runs in yesterday’s match against New Zealand. This was his highest run-scoring in ODI cricket. Shubman Gill’s previous highest score was 130 in an ODI against Zimbabwe on August 8, 2022.
Hunt vs. Newsies: Shubman Gill (208 runs) has set the record for highest run scorer in an innings against New Zealand in ODI cricket. Earlier, Sachin scored 186 and Matthew Hayden scored 181 runs against New Zealand.
Escaped Shubman Gill: Henry Sibley missed a catch when Shubman Gill was on 124. Shubman Gill took full advantage of this opportunity.
Controversial Pandya out..: Hardik Pandya was on 28 when Mitchell Sandner bowled the 4th ball of the 40th over when he was declared bold. But the piles falling on the stumps as the ball rubbed wicketkeeper Tom Latham’s glove on TV. It was clear on replay. But the 3rd umpire decided that the ball had rubbed the piles and gave him out.
