India vs New Zealand : Michael Bracewell tries to reverse Shubman Gill's century. He scored a century at number seven.
IHYDERABAD: Mohammed Siraj must have been waiting for this day. The whole family, friends in the gallery. In front of them at the Upal Stadium in Hyderabad, Siraj shone at the crucial moment. Michael Bracewell's century increased the pressure on the Indian camp manifold. In the 45th over, he took two consecutive wickets in the fourth and fifth balls. Broke the fearsome pair of Bracewell and Santner. New Zealand, moving at the speed of the storm, stopped a lot. 4 wickets for Siraj with 46 runs in 10 overs. Both teams scored 686 runs. Bracewell (140) stopped the rampage and India won the tense match by 12 runs. India leads the series by 1-0. Shubman Gill's stunning double hundred in the Hyderabad field did not fail.
Shubman Gill's double century in the first ODI in Hyderabad gave India a mountain proof run target. In response, New Zealand's batting order was shaky from the start. But New Zealand was not one to give up easily. Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner did not leave without seeing the end. Finn Allen, Devon Conway, Henry Nicholas, Darrell Mitchell, Glenn Phillips to captain Tom Latham also went back to short runs. 6 wickets fell for 131 runs. India was then just 4 wickets away from victory. Indians are dreaming of winning by a big margin. But all hopes were dashed by Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner pair. Batting at number seven, Bracewell scored a century when needed. Santner's fifty. However, the Kiwis could not beat India's goal in Siraj Magic. New Zealand fell behind by 12 runs when Shardul Thakur sent back Bracewell in the second ball of the last over.
Indian captain Rohit won the toss and decided to bat first in Hyderabad. The opening pair of Gill-Rohit scored 60 runs. Blair Tickner took the wicket of captain Rohit (34) at the beginning of the 13th over. Virat's bat, who scored a century in the last ODI match against Sri Lanka, did not light up today. Mitchell Santner knocked down Virat's stumps after a personal 8 runs. Indian opener Gill remained at the crease despite losing one wicket after another. It would be wrong to say that he was only at the crease. Durant was in a good mood. Out of 349 runs scored by India, 208 runs were scored by Gill. The remaining 141 runs were scored by 7 other cricketers of Team India. At one time when Gill was on 150 runs, it seemed that he might not get a double century in this match. Not many runs were coming in a few overs. Gill then hit a total of 5 sixes in the 48th and 49th overs. In which Gill hit Lockie Ferguson for three consecutive sixes in the 49th over. Gill completed his double century soon after.
