Top
knocks
from
Shreyas
Iyer,
Shikhar
Dhawan,
and
Shubhman
Gill
helped
India
get
past
the
300-run
mark
in
the
first
ODI
of
the
three-match
series
as
India
raked
in
96
runs
from
the
last
10
overs.
Invited
to
bat
first
by
New
Zealand,
India
got
off
to
a
steady
start
with
openers
Shikhar
Dhawan
and
Shubhman
Gill
playing
out
the
new
ball.
The
batters
looked
to
spend
time
in
the
middle
and
lay
a
solid
platform
for
the
team.
Both
the
players
struggled
to
time
the
ball
initially
but
found
the
middle
of
their
bats
after
binding
their
time
in
the
middle.
India
had
managed
to
put
in
just
16
runs
after
the
completion
of
the
first
five
overs
but
Gill
found
form
in
the
sixth
over
as
he
smashed
Matt
Henry
for
a
six
straight
down
the
ground.
The
partnership
picked
pace
after
that
as
the
duo
started
finding
gaps
and
unfurled
a
range
of
strokes
to
up
the
scoring
rate.
Gill
played
a
superb
uppercut
to
Henry,
guiding
a
well-directed
short
ball
for
six
over
the
keeper’s
head,
taking
India’s
score
to
40/0
at
the
end
of
the
10
overs.
Lockie
Ferguson
faced
the
brunt
of
Dhawan’s
bat
as
the
left-hander
smashed
him
for
two
consecutive
fours
in
the
15th
over.
The
Indian
captain
brought
up
his
fifty
in
the
21st
over
ad
raised
his
bat
to
acknowledge
the
crowd
after
smashing
Adam
Milne
for
a
boundary
over
wide
long-on.
India’s
total
also
reached
the
100-run
mark
in
the
same
over,
with
another
boundary
from
the
southpaw.
Left-arm
spinner
Mitchell
Santner
was
smashed
for
a
six
and
a
boundary
in
the
very
next
over,
with
both
batsmen
looking
to
make
rapid
strides
to
take
the
team’s
scoring
rate
higher.
Right-hander
Gill
reached
his
fourth
ODI
fifty
off
64
balls
in
the
23rd
over
while
Dhawan
continued
to
make
merry
and
up
the
ante.
However,
the
opening
partnership
was
broken
by
Ferguson
as
he
dismissed
Gill,
who
was
looking
to
clear
the
square
leg
boundary
but
found
the
fielder.
Pacer
Tim
Southee
got
rid
of
Dhawan
soon,
leaving
two
new
batsmen
Shreyas
Iyer
and
Rishabh
Pant
to
the
crease.
India
ended
their
25
overs
at
128/2.
Pant
managed
to
get
an
outside
edge
for
four
on
his
first
ball
and
struggled
to
time
the
ball
in
his
brief
inning,
continuing
his
slump
in
form
in
the
limited
overs
format.
Ferguson
dismissed
the
left-hander
for
15
off
23
balls.
In-form
batter
Suryakumar
walked
in
to
bat
at
five
and
hit
a
lovely
cover
drive
on
his
first
ball
but
was
dismissed
on
the
third
ball
to
give
Ferguson
his
third
scalp.
The
much-talked-about
Sanju
Samson
walked
out
to
bat
at
number
six
to
stem
the
flow
of
wickets
and
steady
the
Indian
innings.
He
stitched
a
crucial
94-run
partnership
with
Iyer
and
played
second
fiddle
in
it.
Iyer
played
his
trademark
shots
to
propel
the
Indian
innings
and
reached
his
fifty
in
the
42nd
over,
adding
yet
another
brilliant
inning
to
his
prolific
2022
ODI
season.
Just
when
the
duo
looked
to
explode,
Milne
dismissed
Samson
to
bring
in
allrounder
Washington
Sundar.
The
Kolkata
Knight
Rider’s
captain
was
sublime
in
his
short
making
as
he
kept
finding
boundaries
at
regular
intervals.
He
also
found
an
able
partner
in
Sundar
who
took
to
the
last
five
overs
like
a
fish
to
water
and
smashed
boundaries
at
will.
The
duo
smashed
46
runs
in
just
28
balls.
Iyer
was
dismissed
in
the
last
over
for
80
off
76
helping
India
get
past
the
300-run
mark.
Sundar
remained
unbeaten
on
37
of
16
balls
as
India
posted
306/7
at
the
end
of
the
50
overs.
Ferguson
was
the
pick
of
the
bowlers
as
he
scalped
three
wickets
giving
away
just
59
runs
in
his
10
overs.
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