Shubman Gill dazzled by hammering a chic maiden double century as India beat New Zealand by 12 runs to take a 1-0 lead within the three-match ODI sequence on the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Uppal on Wednesday.
India rode on Gill’s 208 (149b, 19*4, 9*6) to submit a mammoth 349 for the lack of eight wickets. When the lights got here on, the bowlers picked wickets upfront however stumbled in opposition to a counter-attacking century from Michael Bracewell earlier than bouncing again to clinch the thriller. The match went tantalisingly shut with Bracewell maintaining the customer within the hunt with a breath-taking 140 off 78 balls and New Zealand requiring 20 runs within the ultimate over.
Shardul Thakur was taken to the cleaners; he leaked 47 runs in seven overs. He was entrusted to bowl the ultimate over with Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj ending their quota of overs. Bracewell welcomed Thakur by smoking the medium pacer excessive into the vast long-on stands for a most. Shardul adopted it up with a large however the murmur rose to a din when the medium pacer trapped the centurion plumb in entrance with a yorker to bundle out the Kiwis for 337.
After Gill’s heroics with the bat, Siraj, enjoying his first worldwide match at dwelling, starred with the ball by taking a four-wicket haul. On a day the place 686 runs had been scored on a observe that aided bounce and switch, Bracewell steered New Zealand from a precarious place and virtually gained the match for the Black Caps. But Siraj returned to bowl an inspiring spell on the loss of life and registered figures of 10-2-46-4 at an financial system of 4.60 – the perfect figures at this venue, eclipsing Umesh Yadav’s figures of 9-0-53-4 in opposition to Sri Lanka in November 2014.
Finn Allen and Devon Conway failed to present New Zealand a fiery begin as Siraj made an early breakthrough by dismissing Conway. The quick bowler has constructed a repute of putting contained in the PowerPlay and the sample continued.
The finish of PowerPlay noticed Thakur dismissing Allen with a well-planned brief ball technique as Shahbaz Ahmed took a superb catch with a dive within the deep. Kuldeep Yadav discovered his mojo again with a three-wicket haul in opposition to Sri Lanka and enjoying instead of Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep struck instantly on arrival. He first castled Henry Nicholls with the incorrect’un, beating the batter’s defence to crash into the off-stump. Then the wrist-spinner trapped Daryl Mitchell to ship a double blow.
In a tall chase, New Zealand was reeling at 131 for the lack of six wickets when Bracewell joined fingers with Santer and halted India’s cost. India’s drawback with sharpening off the opposition’s tail continued as Bracewell hammered a 57-ball century – his second ODI hundred to maintain the visiting facet within the hunt. The duo injected life within the chase with a superb 162-run stand for the seventh wicket in 102 balls to convey the equation right down to 76 off 42 balls.
Despite the carnage, India managed to drag issues again as Siraj shifted the momentum in India’s favour with two fast wickets. Hardik then bowled a superb penultimate over and dismissed Lockie Ferguson to dent New Zealand’s hopes of clinching victory from the jaws of defeat.
Earlier, Gill scored his second successive three-digit rating, breaking quite a few data en path to the mark. At 23 years and 132 days, Gill grew to become the youngest participant to hit a double hundred and higher his teammate Ishan Kishan’s double-century file. It was a knock of sheer masterclass on a observe that provided bounce and switch as Gill singlehandedly helped India submit a large rating because the top-order failed to fireplace.
Winning the toss and opting to bat, the pair of Rohit Sharma and Gill gave the house facet a nice begin forging a 60-run opening stand off 73 deliveries. The Indian captain appeared promising as he scored a 38-ball 34 and teed off on arrival by smashing Henry Shipley for 2 sixes. He then adopted it up with a chic cowl drive.
However, a vibrant begin was minimize brief when Rohit tried to hit Blair Tickner over mid-on. The dismissal was welcomed by an enormous roar as Virat Kohli walked out to the center solely to stroll again virtually instantly. Riding on a wealthy vein of kind, Kohli entered the competition with three centuries from 4 video games however Mitchell Santner slid one which simply straightened a bit as Kohli was left surprised when the ball clipped the bails.
Having misplaced each Kohli and Rohit, Gill took the onus on himself and batted via the innings as Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya didn’t make a big effect. However, Suryakumar did entertain with some dazzling strokes as Gill stitched an necessary 65-run stand after which acquired concerned with a 74-run stand with Pandya and paced himself for a giant knock. Pandya departed in a controversial vogue as Tom Latham’s gloves appeared to have dislodged the bails after the batter missed the minimize shot.
But regardless of inconclusive replays, the choice was handed in favour of New Zealand with Santner choosing his second wicket. However, that didn’t cease Gill from getting into the file books and establishing an Indian win.