New Zealand vs India, 1st ODI, India tour of New Zealand 2026

India opt to bowl - ODI - Eden Park, Auckland - 2026-11-04T02:00:00.000Z

• New Zealand: 157/9 (36.3 overs)

New Zealand - 157/9 (36.3 overs)

Extras: 11

Commentary

• 36.3: Gurnoor Brar to Blair Tickner, no run
• 36.2: Gurnoor Brar to Blair Tickner, SIX, he's cleared the long-on fence. Fullish delivery, Tickner clears his front leg away and plays a neat lofted on-drive. The timing it quite good. Shots like these will irk the bowlers, especially from a No. 11
• 36.1: Gurnoor Brar to Blair Tickner, no run, swing hard and collect whatever you can, seems to be the approach from both batters now. Short length delivery, Tickner slogs and misses
• 35.6: Arshdeep Singh to Blair Tickner, 1 run, good length delivery, Tickner slogs and gets a thick edge that flies over the cordon and lands just in front of third man
• 35.5: Arshdeep Singh to Blair Tickner, FOUR, if GP can't, I can says Blair Tickner and belts this full delivery over mid-off. Almost similar to the ball that got GP, maybe a tad fuller. Tickner cleared his front leg out of the way and smashed it off the middle of the bat. NZ get past 150
• 35.4: Arshdeep Singh to Blair Tickner, no run, fullish delivery, Tickner mistimes to mid-off
• Sriram M S: Loving this bowling orchestra, with Kamboj on bass guitar, Arshdeep on lead guitar, Brar on the violin, Nabi on the drums and Axar on the sax. Chin-Rib-Hip-Knee-Toe music at its best! Inexperience means what! :)
• 35.3: Arshdeep Singh to Blair Tickner, no run, beaten! Length ball now, Tickner plays inside the line and makes no contact. Arshdeep is pushing hard to grab his second fifer in ODIs
• 35.2: Arshdeep Singh to Blair Tickner, no run, yorker outside off stump, Tickner looks to get bat on ball but misses
• Raghav Medar: For long-term success in international cricket, Auqib Nabi needs to add more pace and adapt to different conditions.
• Blair Tickner, right handed bat, comes to the crease
• 35.1: Arshdeep Singh to Glenn Phillips, out Caught by Shreyas Iyer!! In the airrrr and straight to Shreyas at mid-off. Full delivery outside off stump, GP backed himself to clear the infield like Kane did against Cummins in that iconic 2015 WC game here, but the ball hits him quite low on the bat. With that simple catch for Shreyas, Arshdeep gets his fourth wicket. If New Zealand were to post a decent total, GP had to bat through and now it's almost certain that they will finish well below 200. Glenn Phillips c Shreyas Iyer b Arshdeep Singh 30(51) [4s-2 6s-1]
• Arshdeep Singh to Glenn Phillips, THATS OUT!! Caught!!
• 34.6: Gurnoor Brar to Jacob Duffy, no run, now a wild swing and he misses. Shortish delivery, Duffy wanted to smash it out of the ground
• 34.5: Gurnoor Brar to Jacob Duffy, FOUR, edgeddd and wide of third man fielder. Shortish delivery, Duffy swings hard, gets a thick outside edge and Arshdeep had no chance to his left
• 34.4: Gurnoor Brar to Jacob Duffy, no run, short of a length close to off, Jacob Duffy inner halves it to square leg
• 34.3: Gurnoor Brar to Jacob Duffy, no run, beaten! Short of a length delivery outside off stump, Duffy swings and misses
• STAT: The only bowler with a higher difference bw their first two bowling innings (minimum five overs each) is Bishan Bedi, who had figures of 2/86 in 11 overs (vs Eng) and 1/6 in 12 overs (vs East Africa) in World Cup 1975.
• 34.2: Gurnoor Brar to Glenn Phillips, 1 run, this is high but lands between Virat and Rutu. Short delivery on the stumps, Phillips rocks back to pull, doesn't time it at all. Virat runs in from deep mid-wicket and doesn't get there. He seems to be jokingly pointing at Rutu for attempting that catch as it was closer to Virat
• 34.1: Gurnoor Brar to Glenn Phillips, no run, short of length delivery outside off stump, GP is late on the cut and misses as Gurnoor Brar gets it to zip off the pitch
• Mandatory ball change after the 34th over.
• Mahesh Chinnala: AK-47! Anshul Kamboj is proving exactly why he deserves that name. Pure firepower!
• Gurnoor Brar [6.0-0-31-2] is back into the attack