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India gets 12-run win

over New Zealand as Gill

emerges as star

A top-class bowling effort from Mohammed Siraj outweighed Michael Bracewell’s

heroic ton and partnership with Mitchell Santner

OUR BUREAU
Hyderabad/Mumbai
ollowing his side’s 12-run win
over New Zealand in the first
FODI on Wednesday, Indian
skipper Rohit Sharma admitted that
his team “slipped up with the ball”.
A top-class bowling effort from
Mohammed Siraj outweighed Mi-
chael Bracewell’s heroic ton and
partnership with Mitchell Santner as
India overcame a late onslaught from
these two all-rounders to clinch a 12-
run win over New Zealand in the
first match of the three-match series
at Hyderabad on Wednesday. “To be
honest, the way he (Bracewell) was
batting and the way it came on to
the bat nicely, it was clean ball-strik-
ing. We knew that if we bowl well,
we would be okay unless we really
slipped up with the ball. Unfortu-
nately, that’s what happened. I did
say at the toss that I would like to see
us challenge ourselves, not quite the
situation I expected but that’s how it
is,” said Rohit during a post-match
presentation.
Coming to the match, India post- Shubman Gill plays a shot during the 1st ODI against New Zealand, at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, in Hyderabad on Wednesday (ANI)
ed 349/8 in 50 overs. Gill top scored
with a knock of 208 runs. Skipper
Rohit Sharma (34), Suryakumar Ya- batters thrashed Indian bowlers all Shubman Gill completes 1,000 Gill has scored 1,102 runs at an av-
dav (31) and Hardik Pandya (28) also over the park. Bracewell scored his ODI runs erage of 68.87. He has scored three
played some valuable knocks. second ODI ton, while Santner also Indian batter Shubman Gill com- centuries and five half-centuries in
All-rounder Daryl Mitchell was scored a half-century. pleted 1,000 ODI runs on Wednes- his budding ODI career so far. His
the pick of the bowlers for Kiwis with But Mohammed Siraj, after tak- day, becoming the fastest Indian and best individual score is 208.
2/30. Henry Shipley took two wickets, ing early wickets, helped India make joint second-fastest international He is the joint second-fastest
while Lockie Ferguson, Blair Tickner a comeback, dismissing Santner for player to do so. player to reach the 1,000-run mark
and Mitchell Santner picked a wicket 57 and breaking the 162-run stand. The batter accomplished this in ODIs. Pakistan’s Fakhar Zaman
each. With 20 runs needed in final over, landmark during India’s first ODI is the fastest player to do so and had
Chasing 351, Indian bowlers Shardul Thakur dismissed Bracewell against New Zealand at Hyderabad. reached the mark in just 18 innings.
dominated Kiwis initially, reducing for a valiant 140 off 78 balls, consist- In the match, Gill scored 208 from Gill and Pakistan’s Imam-ul-Haq
them to 131/6, with opener Finn Al- ing of 12 fours and 10 sixes. just 149 balls. His knock was deco- reached this mark in 19 innings.
len (40) being a notable contributor. India won the match by 12 runs rated with 19 fours and nine sixes. Gill, among Indians, is the fastest
But a seventh-wicket stand be- and took a series lead of 1-0. His strike rate during the inning was to reach the 1,000-run mark. He has
tween Michael Bracewell and Mitch- Shubman Gill won the ‘Man of 139.60. overtaken heavyweights Virat Kohli
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