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INDIA IN NEW ZEALAND
Records broken as Latham &

Williamson secure 7-wicket win

against Men in Blue

Indian Captain Shikhar Dhawan not happy with the performance and mentioned that the

team could have planned better as per the ground

OUR BUREAU
Auckland

om Latham and Kane Wil-
liamson stitched a record
Tfourth-wicket partnership to
guide New Zealand to a seven-wick-
et victory against India at Eden Park
in Auckland on Friday.
The first ODI of the three-match
series saw multiple records being
broken after the Kiwi duo of Latham
and Williamson hammered the Indi-
an bowlers to share a 221-run stand.
New Zealand made a mockery of the
chase as the left-hander remained
unbeaten on 145 runs while the Kiwi
captain carried his bat through, scor-
ing 94 runs.
Debutant Umran Malik was the
only positive from the second innings
for India as the pacer accounted for
two Kiwi batters and impressed with
his pace. Chasing the total, New
Zealand got off to a breezy start
with openers Finn Allen and Devon
Conway finding boundaries from the
word go.
India opened with debutant Ar- New Zealand captain Kane Williamson and Tom Latham fist bump each other during the 1st ODI match against India,
shdeep Singh who had a meteoric
rise in cricket ever since he debuted at Eden Park stadium, in Auckland on Friday (ANI)
for India’s T20 side. But the left-arm
pacer failed to replicate his T20I he- The right-hander got together with balls. a four, finding form after his World
roics as he was taken to the cleaners Conway to stitch a 33-run partner- India seemed to be ahead of Cup debacle.
by the Kiwi openers, concerning 25 ship for the second wicket. their Kiwi opponents but Williamson Latham reached his hundred
runs in his first three overs. Conway struggled for timing shared a match-winning fourth-wick- in the 40th, where he smashed four
All-rounder Shardul Thakur after hitting the initial boundar- et partnership with left-hander Tom boundaries and a six, absolutely
drew first blood as he dismissed Al- ies and looked very scratchy in his Latham to see his side through. bludgeoning Thakur.
len after sticking to the fourth-stump brief stay that was ended by debu- The duo clobbered the inexpe- The Kiwi team reached the tar-
line. The batter poked at the ball and tant Umran Malik. Malik scalped rienced bowling attack all over the get with almost three overs to spare.
the inside edge was gobbled up by his maiden ODI wicket in the 16th park. While Latham played the role Earlier, a late flourish from
Pant behind the stumps. over and reduced the Kiwi team to of the aggressor, Williamson played Washington Sundar and sublime
Kiwi captain Kane Williamson 68/2 in 15.1 overs. second fiddle keeping the score- batting performances from other
walked onto the crease at number The Srinagar-born speedster board ticking. batters helped India post a daunting
three eager to answer with his bat struck again in the 20th over to put Right-hander Williamson se- total of 306/7 against New Zealand
amidst criticism for his batting in the India ahead in the game. Malik dis- cured his fifty in the 29th over after at Eden Park in Auckland on Friday.
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