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Tom Latham and Kane Williamson take the game away from India

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India and New Zealand were all set up to face each other in three ODIs and three T-20Is.

After India won the T-20I series against New Zealand they were all set up for a new challenge.

There are three ODI that will be played between both teams.

There were changes done by both teams for the playing squads.

The first ODI was to be played today at Auckland.

Match Details

This match was special for Arshdeep Singh and Urman Malik.

Arshdeep Singh after giving outstanding performances in the T-20 World Cup and other matches were all set up for his ODI debut.

It was going to be a debut match for both players.

New Zealand won the toss and elected to field first.

India Innings

Shikhar Dhawan and Shubman Gill opened the Innings for India.

They both gave an amazing start to the team.

As the match went further both even completed their half-centuries as when Shubman lost his wicket.

Shreyas Iyer took forward the innings with Shikhar Dhawan.

He also soon completed his half-century.

The knocks by three of them were taking India to a good total against the Black Caps.

Then the wickets started to fall when India was seen in trouble.

At last, they were able to put up a total of 306/7.

New Zealand Innings

Finn Allen and Devon Conway opened the Innings for the Black Caps.

They both gave a slow start to the team as even the bowlers started to strike.

The Indian bowlers gave early breakthroughs to them.

They were 88/3 by the end of the twentieth over.

From there Kane Williamson and Tom Latham took the innings.

They both were seen as unbeatable as both of them completed their half-centuries.

Tom was hitting the ball all over the ground with an amazing strike rate.

He soon completed his century and kept on going to take his team to victory.

He just came short by five runs to achieve the mark of 150 runs when they both made the game for New Zealand.

New Zealand won the match by seven wickets and seventeen balls remaining.

Tom Latham was the Player of the Match for his amazing knock.

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