New Delhi: Team India is currently playing a 3-match ODI series with New Zealand. The first match of the series was played today, January 18, at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Hyderabad. Batting first in this match, India put 349 runs on the board with Shubman Gill's double-century inning. Chasing this mammoth target, New Zealand came very close to victory but were eventually all out for 337 runs and India won the first ODI by 12 runs taking a 1-0 lead in the series.
Team India may have won this match, but the team's bowling spoiled the mood of the fans, because even after scoring so many runs, At one time India had reached the verge of defeat in this match. India had made a mountain-like target by batting brilliantly, it seemed that New Zealand would be reduced before reaching there, but the innings of Michael Bracewell and Mitchell Santner changed the whole game.
Team India dropped New Zealand's sixth wicket at a score of 131. But after this, the Indian bowlers could not make a return and kept craving for wickets. During this time, Bracewell and Santner, who were present at the crease, shared a brilliant century partnership for the 7th wicket. Michael Bracewell completed a century in just 57 balls and single-handedly took New Zealand very close to victory.
Finally, due to Siraj's 2 wickets in an over, the game came in India's favor, and then Hardik Pandya and Shardul Thakur took wickets in the last over and India won by 12 runs. But, fans are seen trolling the bowlers for poor bowling.
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