Welcome to the highlights of India vs New Zealand 1st ODI - 2016 New Zealand tour of India 5-match ODI series - The first One-Day International cricket match between India and New Zealand was played at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala on October 16, 2016.
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Match Overview:
Debutant Hardik Pandya's impressive debut three-for before Virat Kohli's masterful 85 steers to India comfortable six-wicket victory over New Zealand and take a 1-0 lead in a historic first ODI.
Match Stats:
- This is the India's 900th one-day international match - India became the first team to play 900 ODIs in cricket history.
- Hardik Pandya became the fourth Indian player to win the Man-of-the-match award on debut ODI match after Sandeep Patil, Mohit Sharma and KL Rahul.
- 71 : Tom Latham and Tim Southee set up the fourth highest ninth-wicket partnership for New Zealand in one-day international and New Zealand's second best ninth-wicket stand against India in ODIs.
- New Zealand's 190 was their eighth lowest score against India in Indian soil in one-day internationals.
- India chased 191 was their sixth highest successful run-chase against New Zealand at their home venue in one-day internationals.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
New Zealand 65-7 to scored 190 for all-out in 43.5 overs with top scorer by Tom Latham cracked a unbeaten 79 off 98-balls including 7-fours & a six.
Tim Southee struck 55 off 45-balls including six-fours and 3-sixes with strike rate of 122.22 and Doug Bracewell 15.
India best bowler by Hardik Patel, Amit Mishra both picked up 3-wickets and one for Kedar Jadhav - Umesh Yadav.
India chased 194-4 in 33.1 overs with top scorer by Virat Kohli scored a unbeaten 85 off 81-balls including 9-fours and a six..
Ajinkya Rahane struck 33 off 34-balls including 4-fours & 2-sixes, MS Dhoni 21 and Manish Pandey 17.
New Zealand best bowler by Ish Sodhi, James Neesham and Doug Bracewell each took one-wickets.
Hardik Pandya named Player of the match for his excellent bowling performance to picked up 3-wickets for 31-runs in 7-overs.
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