The team India celebrated a victory in the first match of 2026 and Virat Kohli was the man who helped his side to reach the target comfortably. New Zealand has visited India and the first ODI was dominated by the Indian players. India won the game by 4 wickets and Virat Kohli scored 93 runs in the game. So without making any further delay let’s check out the game in detail.
Highlighting moments from the first ODI between India versus New Zealand
India won the toss and elected to field first and the bowlers presented a good performance as they restricted New Zealand at 300 runs. Devon Conway smashed 56 while his partner Henry Nicholls contributed 62 to the total and the opening pair a good start for New Zealand
Will Young was removed for 12 while Daryl Mitchell showcased his character by smashing 84 runs on the board and Glenn Phillips added 12 to the total. Mitchell Hay contributed 18 and the captain of the side Michael Bracewell dismissed for 16 and Zak Foulkes contributed 1. Kristian Clarke was not out after scoring 24 and Kyle Jamieson added 8.
In the reply, the team India required 301 to win the game, and Rohit Sharma came out with the captain of the side Shubman Gill to start the proceedings. Rohit Sharma contributed 26 including two massive sixes, and those massive hits made everyone excited and thrilled. While Gill smashed 56 to the total.
The real show was from Virat Kohli as he contributed 93 to the total from just 91 balls and that was the foundation for the victory of team India. Shreyas Iyer also played well and he added 49, Ravindra Jadeja missed out and he contributed only 4.
KL Rahul contributed 29 from 21 and he was not out along with Harshit Rana added 29 from 23. While Washington Sundar was not out after scoring 7. India won the game by keeping 4 wickets and 6 balls in hand.
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