India has defeated New Zealand by 4 wickets in the first ODI match. In this match played in Vadodara, the New Zealand team had scored 300 runs while playing first. In reply, the Indian team faltered and won in 49 overs with 4 wickets remaining. Virat Kohli played an inning of 93 runs for India, while Shubman Gill also played a half-century. This is India’s first victory in the year 2026.
Team India, which came to chase the target of 301 runs, did not have a very good start. When Team India’s score was 39 runs, Rohit Sharma was out after scoring 26 runs. Shubman Gill scored a half-century in a steady and slow manner and contributed 56 runs.
New Zealand tried hard
At one time the Indian team had scored 234 runs at the loss of 2 wickets. At this time the Indian team had to score 67 runs in 66 balls and with Virat Kohli in charge, Team India’s victory seemed easy. Team India had scored 234 runs, then Virat Kohli was out after scoring 93 runs. KL Rahul was not able to connect the ball in the beginning, due to which the required run rate was increasing, on the other hand wickets were also continuously falling.
Harshit Rana played an innings of 29 runs in 23 balls, not only removed the pressure from Rahul but also kept the Indian team in the race to register victory. But in the end, KL Rahul ensured the victory of the Indian team by hitting 2 fours and a six.
Rohit did not work, Captain Gill’s half century
Rohit Sharma is also in good form, but the beginning of the year 2026 was not memorable for him. He was out against New Zealand after scoring 26 runs in 29 balls. But captain Shubman Gill, who was returning after missing the ODI series against South Africa, definitely scored a half-century. Gill played a steady inning of 56 runs in 71 balls. In this innings he hit 3 fours and 2 sixes.
Virat missed a century, but created history
Maintaining his amazing form, Virat Kohli has played an inning of 93 runs. He scored 93 runs in 91 balls, in which he hit 8 fours and one six. This was the 77th half-century inning of his ODI career. Virat has scored a total of 469 runs in his last 5 ODI innings, in which he has scored 2 centuries and 3 half-centuries.
Kohli made many records in his name by playing an inning of 93 runs in the match. He has become the fastest batsman to complete 28,000 runs in international cricket. He achieved this feat in his 624th innings, before him Sachin Tendulkar had completed 28 thousand runs in 644 innings. Apart from this, he has left Kumar Sangakkara at second place in terms of scoring most runs in international cricket.
