Rohit Sharma (101) and Shubman Gill (112) shared the opening 212 stand to set the stage for India’s respectable 385 score in the final ODI against New Zealand in Indore.
Small ground and good conditions for batting rained 4 and 6 in the first 30 overs. Already in the fifth over of the innings, Gill and Rohit cracked hook and loft six respectively to give India a quick start. In the eighth over, Gill continued to cut, drive and steer Rocky Ferguson as 22 runs were added. Rohit matched Gill his shot shot by shot with Jacob Duffy draws and lofts. India reached 100 in the 13th round, with Rohit and Gill achieving 50 each. The duo took a huge hit on Daryl Mitchell’s medium his pace, the all-rounder surpassing his 10s. In the end, Rohit made 100 in his 26 overs. This is his first ODI ton since January 2020. In the same over, Gill also achieved a milestone. This is his third 100 in his last four ODIs.
At the time, it looked like India could even reach his 450, but New Zealand managed to delay the hosts’ goal tally by making regular cuts. Rohit went over the line and was castled by Michael Bracewell, but Blair Tickner fired Gill with a later short. Virat Kohli made a cameo (27-ball 36) and forged a 38-ball partnership with Ishan Kishan, but the latter was phased out due to turmoil.
Duffy followed him by removing Cori.By this time the course had also slowed down a bit as New Zealand surface bowling at different speeds led to the wickets of Suryakumar Yadav and Washington Sundar. At this point, Shardul Thakur and Hardik Pandya formed his timely alliance of 54, a combination of laps, slices, pulls and slogs in just over five overs to see New Zealand have to chase a difficult goal. bottom.
Duffy finished with his 3 wickets, but in an allotment of 10 overs he wasted 100 runs. His pace colleague Blair Tickner also took three scalps with him while Mitchell Santner finished 58 out in the 10th over after being swung in the first 3 overs. After that, they made a good comeback.
Brief scores: India 385/9 in 50 overs (Shubman Gill 112, Rohit Sharma 101; Blair Tickner 3 for 76) v New Zealand