Arshdeep Singh, Gurnoor Brar skittle New Zealand for 185 in ODI

Arshdeep Singh took 4/70 in 10 overs and Gurnoor Brar 3/44 in 9.2 as India bowled New Zealand out for 185 in 40.2 overs in the first ODI at Eden Park, Auckland. India captain Shubman Gill had won the toss and chosen to field.

Rain reduced the match to 40 overs per side, and India were set 167 to chase. The BCCI match page showed India on 48/1 after 9.5 overs, with Rohit Sharma out for a duck, caught by Mitchell Santner at mid-off off Kyle Jamieson.

The bowling effort

The Punjab pair led India’s attack on a good Eden Park surface. Anshul Kamboj added two wickets, including Santner for four and Nathan Smith for one.

India went in without their first-choice pace trio of Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna, who were unavailable because of workload management and injury-related issues.

New Zealand’s innings

Tim Seifert top-scored with 38 off 43 balls, and Blair Tickner hit 34 off 23 late in the innings.

Series context

India’s last ODI win in New Zealand came in February 2019. Since then they have lost two ODI series there, 3-0 and 1-0, the latter with two matches washed out.

The five-match series runs from 4 November to 15 November, and follows a T20I series between the same sides.

What’s next

The second ODI is on Saturday, 7 November in Wellington at 7:30 AM IST, followed by the third on Tuesday, 10 November in Hamilton.