IND vs NZ highlights, 1st ODI scorecard: India beats New Zealand by 12 runs despite Bracewell’s 78-ball 140

What a night of cricket we’ve had. Bracewell smacked a 78-ball 140. But in the end, it was not enough to get the Kiwis over the line. They lose by 12 runs but not without putting on an exhibition in Hyderabad, which is worthy of the No. 1 ODI team in the world. Santner contributed handsomely with the bat but his dismissal perhaps was the first sign of India’s return into this match. Earlier, Shubman Gill lit up the ground with his first 200. He crossed 1000 ODI runs as well. He will walk back a happy man, knowing his knock wasn’t in vain. That would be all from our side. Until next time, good night!

Shardul to bowl the last over. Bracewell starts the over with a six over long-on. Shardul concedes a wide next ball and it’s also one bouncer for the over. Bracewell has been adjudged lbw! New Zealand review, out of hope more than anything else. That looked plumb. Three reds and it’s out indeed. Bracewell falls for a 78-ball 140!

Hardik’s bowling the 19th over. Ferguson perishes, caught trying to go for a big shot. According to the new rules, the last man has to take strike. Tickner comes to the crease. He gets a single first ball. His job is done. Bracewell denies a single off the fifth ball. Just one to end the over. Bracewell will keep strike. New Zealand need 20 off 6 balls

Ferguson greets Shami with a boundary first ball - width on offer and Ferguson feasts on it. Bracewell’s turn to pile misery on Shami - he scoops him for four to fine leg. Bracewell ends the over with a maximum. This is simply astonishing from Bracewell and New Zealand. 17 runs from the over. New Zealand need 24 runs in 12 balls.

Bracewell pulls a length ball from Hardik Pandya over mid-wicket for six. There’s fight left in him, still. Here’s more evidence of it as he pulls a short ball over deep square for six. Fifteen from the over. New Zealand need 41 runs in 18 balls.

Siraj continues. There’s the breakthrough! Santner has holed out and it’s the local boy who does the trick. Santner tries to hit this short ball out of the park but doesn’t quite time the pull and pays the price. The 162-run stand comes to an end. Shipley is in next. Make that two in the over as Siraj castles Shipley for a golden duck! Here’s Ferguson. Dot to finish. 3 runs and 2 wickets. Siraj: 10-2-46-4

Hardik Pandya is pressed into action. Excellent from Hardik given the circumstances. Only six from the over.

Siraj starts with a wide. The pressure’s on India. Santner brings up his 50 off just 38 balls with two back-to-back fours. Eleven from the over. New Zealand need 65 runs in 36 balls. This is T20 territory now.

Shami with his ninth over. Santner once again gets off strike on the first ball. Bracewell gets to his 100 off 57 balls, with a six over long-on. What a shot. What a timely innings. Santner now carves the last ball through covers for four. Fourteen from the over. New Zealand need 76 runs in 42 balls

Siraj back into the attack. Once again, Santner gets a single first ball. Siraj bowls full and a rare miss from Bracewell who steps out and meets thin air. But Siraj concedes a wide next ball, trying to bowl the slower bouncer. Bracewell meanwhile has a swing again and misses. This has been an excellent over from Siraj. He has mixed his pace and lengths remarkably well. Just four from the over.

Mohammed Shami is back into the attack. Santner gets off strike first ball, with a single. He has played an excellent support role. But it’s Bracewell’s who is front and centre of this onslaught. He doesn’t spare Shami - anticipates the yorker, drops the knee and scoops it over fine leg for a six. Nine off the over. Bracewell on 96.

Sundar is back into the attack. Bracewell’s a man on a mission. He steps out and slams a straight six. Bracewell ends the over with a six over long on. What striking from Bracewell - 16 runs from the over. New Zealand need 103 runs in 60 balls

Bracewell tries to ramp the first ball over the cordon and misses. Shardul’s radar’s off. He concedes a wide now. Bracewell’s playing the field now - realises square leg came up, made room and got inside the line and swept it for four. He concedes another wide. Very erratic from the Mumbai all-rounder. Make that four wides in the over. Shardul’s trying to keep the ball full and wide but is unable to keep it inside the tramline. Shardul comes around the wicket and it does not make an iota of difference to Bracewell, who laps this away for four more. Mitchell Santner ends the over with a boundary. The partnership’s now 100 off 60 balls. 17 runs from the over.

Bracewell steps out and smacks a wide ball from Kuldeep over extra cover for six. Nine came from the over.

Bracewell steps out and slaps the ball over extra cover for four. He follows it up with a maximum on the on side to bring up his 50 off just 31 balls! Bracewell is getting stuck into Shardul here. He launches the third ball over mid-off for four more. The pressure telling on Shardul, who concedes two consecutive wides after getting hit for a hat-trick of boundaries. 17 came off the over.

Kuldeep goes short and Bracewell cuts it for four more. Meanwhile, the 50 stand’s up between Bracewell and Santner. Five from the over. New Zealand need 162 runs in 84 balls

Hardik continues form the other end. Santner plays a back foot punch first ball for four. It’s Bracewell’s turn to get a boundary as he punishes a short ball from Hardik, runs coming thick and fast now. 12 off it.

Washington Sundar continues from the other end. Santner steps out and lofts the fuller-length delivery to hit it down the ground for a SIX! A good comeback from Sundar as he pulled his length back and gave three singles in the last five balls. Nine runs off the over as New Zealand crosses 170.

Hardik Pandya is back into the attack. Santner has collected two back-to-back fours off Hardik. Nine off it.

Sundar resumes after the break. Bracewell collects two boundaries from the over. 12 off it.

Siraj is becoming a revelation with the white ball. He picks up wickets with the new ball and the old ball, while not conceding too many. Bracewell though collects a four off Siraj with a pull down the ground. 7 from it. DRINKS

Sundar. He continues to impress. Just three runs from the over. The pressure is immense on the visitors.

Siraj is back into the attack. He strikes with the short ball. Latham holes out and it’s a nice catch by Sundar at deep midwicket. Mitchell Santner is in next. Just one run and a wicket from it.

Washington Sundar nearly gets Latham, who goes for the sweep first ball and just clears the fine leg fielder for four. Excellent from Sundar. Just one boundary. Five dots. The required rate now 10.

Shami. Bracewell uses his feet and slaps it past midwicket for four. He then gets room on the off-side and creams a drive through covers for four more. Eleven off the over.

Sundar continues. Just three off his over as New Zealand is 115 for five after 26.

Mohammed Shami continues. Shami to Phillips, OUT! he cleans up the stumps to send Glenn Phillips back to the pavilion at a score of 11. A fuller-length delivery, angling in goes to knock up the stumps. Desperate shot from Phillips but throws away his wicket in the process. Two singles off the over

Change in the bowling from both ends. Washington Sundar comes in the attack, replacing Kuldeep. He starts from over the wicket to Phillips and he steers it for a single. Sundar to Latham and he punches for a single to long-on. Three off the over.

Shami returns in the attack. Three singles off his comeback over as New Zealand is looking at a nine-plus required run-rate at the moment.

Kuldeep Yadav keeps the line tight and cramps the batters for the first five deliveries. Only two singles came in the first five balls. Yadav to Latham, FOUR! This a poor line from Yadav this time as this one was going down the leg and Latham sweeps it on the backward square leg. Six runs came from the 22nd over.

Both Shardul Thakar and Kuldeep Yadav have stopped the flow of runs for New Zealand here. Another over goes as Thakur conceded only one off it. New Zealand is crawling to go past the 100-run mark at the moment.

Kuldeep givers only a single from this over too as New Zealand scores 97 after 20.

Shardul Thakur continues. Only one single off his over as he is not giving any runs here at the moment. His figures are 4-0-12-1 at the moment. New Zealand is 96 for four after 19.

Kuldeep Yadav to bowl his fourth over. Kuldeep to Mitchell and he sweeps it for a double. Another sweep for a couple of runs as Mitchell will keep his strike back. Kuldeep to Mitchell, OUT! looks plumb out but Daryl is not convinced as he takes the review after the on-field umpire gave the decision in favour of Yadav. Kuldeep bowled a tossed-up delivery on the middle and the ball turned enough to go through the gap Three reds in the review as Mitchell departs for 9. Glenn Phillips comes out at no. 6. Kuldeep to Phillips, SIX! what a way to get off the mark. He slog-sweeps over mid-wicket in the cow corner region for a maximum.

Shardul Thakur continues. Thakur to Latham, FOUR! drives it over extra covers. Six from the over.

Kuldeep Yadav continues. Yadav to Nicholls, FOUR! he sweeps the tossed-up delivery for a boundary. Kuldeep to Nicholls, OUT! Kuldeep will have a last laugh. Nicholls misjudged the wrong’un as the ball turns it and hits the stumps. A terrific delivery by Yadav. Tom Latham comes in at number 5. Yadav to Latham, what is going on? The bail is off from the stump and everyone is confused here. This goes to the third umpire, a bit similar incidence like the Hardik Pandya one. Oh god, Ishan Kishan did what Latham did in the first innings, and he is laughing at the moment. He knew what he was doing and tried to give Latham his own medicine. However, does it stand the spirit of cricket? Difficult to answer. Five from of the over.

Shardul Thakur continues from the other end. Two doubles from a quiet over. Four runs came from it. Time for a drinks break!

A maiden over from Kuldeep. The same trend repeats, maiden after wicket falls. New Zealand is 70 for two in 14 overs.

Change from both ends. Shardul Thakur comes into the attack. He strikes in his first over! Finn Allen tries to loft the ball to hit it for a maximum but the ball did not carry enough and substitute fielder Shahbaz Ahmed covers the ground to complete a good clean catch. Allen departs for 40 and Daryl Mitchell comes in at number four. New Zealand was looking decent after an early blow but this breakthrough will pull them back in the 350-run chase. A wicket and a single from this over.

Spin comes in the attack as Kuldeep Yadav replaces Siraj. Finn Allen pulls the short-pitched ball for a four off the second delivery. Seven from Kuldeep’s first over.

Finn Allen took the charge and smashed Hardik Pandya in this over. He hit three fours and one six in the last four deliveries to take 20 off the over. New Zealand has shown the needed intent as it scored 30 in the last 12 deliveries.

Finally runs coming in for New Zealand. Nicholls hit Siraj for two fours in this over as 10 runs came from his over. 10 overs gone, New Zealand 42 for one.

Looks like a forced change in the bowling attack. Hardik Pandya, right-arm fast comes into the attack for Shami. Pandya to Allen, one run to start the over. Henry Nicholls sees off the next two deliveries and it has been 10 balls but he has not yet opened his account. Pandya to Nicholls, finally he gets off the mark in 11 deliveries as he punches the short ball over covers. A double to end the over with four runs.

Both of the bowlers have completely stopped the flow of runs. Siraj came to bowl his fourth over and delivered the second maiden. Three back-to-back maidens for India.

Shami continues the momentum that Siraj had built. Five dot deliveries to start. A fuller-length delivery, Finn Allen hits it hard, Shami tries to stop it with his right hand but the ball hits him between his thumb and index finger and he looks in visible pain. He is going out of the ground with ice pack on his hand.

Siraj bowls his third wicket. Siraj to Conway misses an outswinger. A bit of chat between Conway and Siraj. Siraj to Conway, OUT! Boom! Siraj strikes again in the powerplay. Conway tries to pull the surprise bouncer but the ball takes an edge and goes straight to Kuldeep, who completed a good catch to give NZ’s first breakthrough. A wicket maiden for Siraj. Top over.

Shami from the other end. Shami to Finn Allen, FOUR! length ball, going down the leg, Allen guides it to the fine leg for a boundary. First looked like it came off his pads, but the ball went after touching the bat. Only four from the over as NZ is 28 for no loss after the first five. Both the openers will look to play as much as they can to give a good start as they are chasing a big total.

Siraj from the other end. Two singles to start the over. Four leg byes on the fourth delivery as Conway misses his shot and the ball races away to the boundary of the thigh pads. Six from the over

Shami continues. Two singles from the first three deliveries. Allen flicks the fourth delivery through mid-wicket for a FOUR! A brilliant reply from Shami as he forced Allen to play the ball but it goes away within touching distance from the bat to beat the batter. Six off the third over.

Mohammed Siraj comes into the attack from the other end. Siraj to Conway, FOUR! Conway punches it through the covers to get off the mark. A decent comeback to follow as Siraj holds Conway for the next three deliveries. Siraj to Conway, FOUR! Two boundaries from SIraj’s first over as NZ is 12 for no loss after 2.

Mohammed Shami starts the proceedings for India. Begins with a length delivery, an outswinger outside off. Brilliant seam position as the ball shapes away in the following delivery, Allen leaves it. Shami to Allen, FOUR! Finn Allen tries to hit the ball hard and gets a leading edge which goes above the slip cordon. Four from the over.

The Indian team is on the field now. Devon Conway and Finn Allen will open for NZ. Shami will start for India.

• Fakhar Zaman in 18 innings
• Shubman Gill in 19 innings
• Iman-ul-Haq 19 innings
• Viv Richards 21 innings

Records broken by Shubman Gill today!

• Youngest ever to 200 in ODIs
• Youngest Indian to 150 in ODIs
• Fastest Indian to 1000 runs in ODIs
• Joint second fastest to 1000 runs in ODIs
• Fastest Indian to 500 runs in ODIs

Shubman Gill put on a classy exhibition of power-hitting en route to his double hundred. He reached the landmark with a hat-trick of sixes off the bowling of his former Gujarat Titans teammate Lockie Ferguson. India ends on 349 for eight. To put things into perspective, no other Indian batter crossed 35. New Zealand conceded 57 in the last five overs and took two wickets. New Zealand has a mountain to climb. We will return with the chase shortly.

Shipley is greeted with a first-ball six by Gill. But he is caught next ball trying to go for another big shot! Excellent catch from Phillips in the deep. 10 from the final over with Shami and Kuldeep at the crease.

GILL, TAKE A BOW! HE GETS TO HIS 200 WITH A HAT-TRICK OF SIXES OFF FERGUSON! HE GETS THERE OFF JUST 145 BALLS! Gill’s now the fifth Indian batsman to score an ODI double hundred. Rohit Sharma has three. It started with a maximum over fine leg and ended with a brace of straight sixes. That’s 21 from the over.

Tickner. Gill’s exhausted but he still has the energy to smack one over the bowler’s head for six. Make that two sixes as Gill continues his surge towards Mt. 200 with a powerful pull for six. 15 from the over.

Shardul brings up the 300 with a single first ball. But Thakur is run out off the fourth ball. Gill drilled a drive to cover and took off for a single. Thakur was caught ball watching and in the end, sacrificed his wicket. Kuldeep Yadav comes to the crease. He keeps strike with a single last ball.

Tickner. Gill collects a couple off the second ball and runs two more off the third but it’s a short run. Seven from the over.

Sundar has been given out lbw off Shipley’s bowling. Sundar reviews after having a word with Gill. Three reds and Sundar’s a goner. Shardul Thakur is the new man in.

Santner to bowl out. Gill’s negotiated him really well. Seven off Santner’s last. Mitchell Santner 10-0-56-1

Bracewell. Sundar will be on strike. He cuts the first ball for a couple. He takes a single next ball. Gill, you beauty. He gets to 150 off 122 balls, with a six over wide long-on. Ten from the over.

Santner is back. Gill continues to pile on, rocks back and pulls the left-arm spinner for another four. Gill’s running between the wickets has also been top-notch. Twelve from the over.

Last 10 overs. Five fielders can be outside the circle. Bracewell is back into the attack. Well, well, the bail comes off again as Gill plays a cut shot but replays confirm that Latham’s gloves brushed the bail first. Gill’s safe. Six from the over.

Mitchell is back for his second spell. He bowled a tidy first, conceding 1 for 25 from four. Hardik Pandya’s out somehow. This one’s a contentious call but Mitchell has a breakthrough. The ball went into the keeper’s gloves and the bail did come off, but that was off Latham’s gloves. There was no spike on UltraEdge, and the ball didn’t brush the off stump and yet, Hardik’s been given out. Hardik goes for 28. Washington Sundar comes to the crease.

Hardik bringing T20 innovation to ODI cricket. Hardik tries to sway away from one that’s angling in but the ball takes the edge and flies over fine leg for four. Seven from the over.

Shipley bowls his seventh. Gill gets a reprieve, dropped on 124 by Shipley. Gill adds insult to injury by driving the next ball for four. Seven runs from the over.

Ferguson is back. Hardik rides the bounce on the first ball, uses the pace and just cuts it to thethird-man fence for four. Ten coming off it. Meanwhile, the fifty stand is also up between Hardik and Gill.

Shipley to Gill, 2 runs off the first ball. He pulls the next ball for four. Eight off the over and Hardik retains strike.

Tickner. Four from the over including a wide. Tidy from Tickner. He is working up some good pace as well.

Henry Shipley [4.0-0-36-0] returns into the attack after the second drinks break. Hardik gets a thick outside edge first ball for four. Seven from the over.

Tickner is back into the attack. Gill flicks him for four and becomes the fastest Indian to 1,000 ODI runs. In just 19 innings. Seven runs.

Mitchell Santner continues. Gill collects another boundary, this time through cover.

Mitchell continues. Six from the over including a wide. Nineteen overs left in the match with two dangerous batters at the crease and plenty of batting still to come.

Shubman Gill moved to 99 by pulling Santner to midwicket for six before bringing up his second consecutive ODI ton with a single next ball. Terrific innings from the youngster and he is not done yet! 8 from that over.

Daryl Mitchell strikes! Suryakumar Yadav holes out for a 25-ball 31... He shared a 65-run stand with Gill. Hardik Pandya joins Gill. 3 runs and a wicket from that over.

Mitchell Santner, New Zealand’s best bowler, is back into the attack. Gill moves into the nineties with a pull for four. Rare loose ball from Santner and Gill’s in too good a touch to miss out. Meanwhile, there’s an umpire referral for stumping against Surya but he is safe. Loud cheers across the ground.

Mitchell. Gill drives on the rise and collects four through mid-off. Eight off the over in the end. Gill just 14 short of a 100.

Tickner continues. These two are playing risk-free cricket. Six came from that over and with it the 50-run stand between Surya and Gill as well.

Daryl Mitchell, 6th bowler, to bowl some seam up deliveries. India has gone past the 150-mark. This partnership between Gill and Suryakumar is also nearing fifty. Eight runs came from the over.

Blair Tickner comes back into the attack. Shubman Gill greets him with a brilliant shot between mid-on and mid-wicket for four more. He is motoring along nicely. Eight from the over.

Bracewell continues. He concedes six in the over including a four. Suryakumar Yadav sweeps one from outside off and beats short fine leg for four more.

Lockie Ferguson continues from the other end. Ferguson to Yadav, FOUR! too full and off as Suryakumar Yadav drives over the cover for a boundary. Ferguson to Yadav, FOUR! Surya is going all in as he flicks the inswinger for the second boundary of the over. 10 came from this over.

Michael Bracewell continues. Bracewell to Gill, FOUR! edged and the ball races for a boundary. Four singles cames from the last five balls as India takes eight from this over.

Bowling change! Lockie Ferguson comes in the attack. He replaces Mitchell Santner. Ferguson to Gill, FOUR! this is a tremendous pull shot. He picks up the length and pulls it far for a boundary. When Gill bats with free flow, there isn’t much a bowler can do. A single to follow. Ferguson to Kishan, OUT! Edged and this time Latham makes no mistake to catch it. Brilliant bowling changes by captain Latham. Kishan was deceived by the sheer pace as he went on his back foot to defend the ball the ball goes past him, straight to the keeper. Suryakumar walks in at the number five for India. He gets off the mark with a marvellous shot for a boundary!

Michael Bracewell continues. Bracewell to Gill edged but Latham drops it! He misses the big change of stumping as well. Gill survives this time. Bracewell to Gill, SIX! a glorious shot from Gill to reach his fifth half-century and with this India breaches the 100-run mark inside 19 overs.

Another top over from Mitchell Santner. Just two singles came from this over.

Michael Bracewell, right-arm off break comes into the attack. So spin from both ends as New Zealand wants to tighten the grip here. Four singles from his first over. India closing near 100-run mark.

Mitchell Santner continues. Santner to Rohit, OUT! Clean bowled! Santner gets a big wicket of Virat Kohli. The ball was angling in and Kohli misjudged this one as the ball goes straight between the gap and hits the stumps. Big, big wicket for New Zealand. Kohli departs for 8. Ishan Kishan comes in the middle at number four. He gets off the mark with a single in the second delivery he faced. Three singles and a wicket from this over as India is two down under 100 runs.

Henry Shipley comes back into the attack after a break. Shipley to Kohli, FOUR! a welcome boundary for Kohli. This is a beautiful cover drive as Kohli walks out and drives the fuller outside off-ball over covers. Gill makes the most of this over as he hit Shipley for back-to-back boundaries. Another big over for India, 13 runs came from it.

Mitchell Santner continues as Latham is mixing spin and pace from both ends. Santner to Gill, FOUR! he waits for the ball to come to him and pulls it to deep backward square-leg for a boundary. Two singles from the next two balls as Gill comes back to the strike. Santner to Gill, FOUR! this is pure class from him, he steps out and goes to the ball to hit it down the ground. Two singles to end the over as 12 runs came from this over.

Blair Tickner comes to bowl his fourth over. And straight away he produces the much-needed breakthrough for New Zealand. Rohit fails to make the most of his good start, yet again. He was a bit late to the full-length ball and when he tries to loft it, the ball went straight to Mitchell Santner. The first wicket falls but the crowd is on its feet as Kohli walks in at no. three to join Gill in the middle. Kohli gets off the mark with a single in the fourth delivery of the over. Three runs from this over but India lost its key wicket.

Mitchell Santner continues from the other end. Second tight over from him as he gives only one from this over as well. Only two runs came from his first 2 overs of today’s spell.

Blair Tickner continues from the other end. Tickner to Rohit, FOUR! The captain is looking in fine touch today as his timing has been top-notch. This time he picks the slower ball and chose an aerial route to register for a boundary. Three singles to finish off the over as India takes seven from the 11th over.

Another change in the bowling attack. Spinner to bowl inside the PowerPlay. Mitchell Santner, left-arm orthodox comes into the attack. Brilliant over to start with as he breaks the flow of the run and gave only one single from his first over.

Blair Tickner continues from the other end. Tickner to Gill, FOUR! he punches it past mid-wicket for a boundary. Make it two in two. This time Gill pulls the short ball past square leg for another FOUR! And with this India crosses the fifty-run mark inside the first powerplay. Eight runs via two fours off this over.

Lockie Ferguson continues. And with this, the boundary, per over also continues. Rohit gets a leading edge and the ball races away for a FOUR! Ferguson gave 16 from his first four overs, all from boundaries.

First bowling change by New Zealand. Blair Tickner, the right-arm fast-medium comes into the attack. Four from his first over. Three singles and a wide contributes for a four-run over as India nears the 50-run mark.

Lockie Ferguson continues. He cramps Gill early on. He continues to bombard Gill with shortish length deliveries but Gill shows some really good defence. Ferguson to Gill, FOUR! Gill continues the streak of hitting at least a boundary in an over as this time he leans forward and drives a length ball for a four. Both batters are dealing in boundaries at the moment here.

Henry Shipley bowls his third over. Error in the line as the bowler starts with a wide again. He mixes up the length in the next three balls and forced Rohit to show some patience against him. Shipley to Rohit, SIX! he swivels to pull the short ball, angling in at the long leg for a maximum. Seven off the over.

Lockie continues from the other end. Lockie to GIll, FOUR! lucky! Gill tries to pull the short ball but gets the leading edge and the ball races away for a boundary. Only four from this over.

Henry Shipley continues. Shipley to Rohit, no run. Rohit steers the outside-off delivery to the point. Shipley to Rohit, FOUR! he pulls the short-length delivery over the square leg for a boundary. Three dot deliveries to follow. Shipley to Rohit, SIX! Rohit lofts the fuller length, outside-off delivery over covers to hit the first maximum for India. 10 runs from this over.

Lockie Ferguson comes into the attack from the end. Ferguson starts with a short of a length delivery and Gill chips it wide of the mid-wicket. Ferguson to Gill, inswinger this time. Ferguson to GIll, FOUR! Gill too gets off the mark with a boundary. He punches the outside off delivery over covers-point to register the second four of this innings. Good comeback from Ferguson as he ends with three dot deliveries. Four runs from the second over.

Henry Shipley starts the attack for New Zealand. The 26-year-old is playing his second ODI. He starts with a length ball, going down the leg, a wide to start. Wide again, this time outside off. Fuller length delivery but Shipley is tentative to pick his line early on. Shipley to Rohit, a better line from him as he continues with the length ball, this time in the middle. Rohit flicks but no run from the first legitimate delivery. Shipley is not going for short-length deliveries, he is testing Rohit’s patience. Tempting line but Rohit is taking his time as he carefully sees off the first five deliveries. Shipley to Rohit, FOUR! he gets off the mark with a boundary as he drives the low full toss over covers.

Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill will open for India. Henry Shipley will start the proceedings for New Zealand.

Suryakumar Yadav to Star Sports: “I have always loved playing ODIs as well. I’m looking forward to doing well in this series. The intent and energy remain the same. I see what the team demands and go through the motions. It’s fun seeing the expectation and recognition from people but I try not to forget how I’ve reached here. I try and remain the same.”

• Playing XI: Finn Allen, Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham(wk/c), Michael Bracewell, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Lockie Ferguson, Henry Shipley, Blair Tickner

• Playing XI: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Ishan Kishan(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami

Rohit Sharma has won the toss and India will bat first. Hardik Pandya, Shardul Thakur, Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan are playing.

Pitch report from Murali Karthik and Danny Morrison: The square boundaries are 63 meters and straight boundaries are 72m. There’s a bit of grass on the pitch. There may not be any dew later on.

Ish Sodhi has been ruled out of the first ODI due to an ankle injury.

• Wicketkeepers: Tom Latham, Ishan Kishan
• Batters: Devon Conway, Virat Kohli (c), Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav
• All-rounders: Hardik Pandya, Mitchell Santner
• Bowlers: Mohammed Siraj, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson (vc)
• Team Composition: NZ 4:7 IND Credits Left: 10.5

India: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Umran Malik/Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal/Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj

New Zealand: Finn Allen, Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (C, wk), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Blair Tickner/Dough Bracewell, Lockie Ferguson

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When: Wednesday, January 18 at 1:30 PM IST

Where: Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad

Full Squads:

• India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan (wk), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, KS Bharat (wk), Hardik Pandya (vc), Rajat Patidar, Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umran Malik.
• New Zealand: Finn Allen, Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham(wk/c), Michael Bracewell, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson, Blair Tickner, Jacob Duffy, Doug Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Henry Shipley