New Zealand vs India 2022

Washington Sundar breaks Suresh Raina’s record, leaves Kapil Dev behind during 1st ODI against New Zealand

After the T20 series, the action moved to the ODI series between India and New Zealand as the two sides got head-to-head against each other in the first ODI at Eden Park on Friday. After being put in to bat first, India put on 307 runs on the board. Some late flourish from the all-rounder Washington Sundar took India past 300. During the course of his innings, Sundar surpassed Suresh Raina and Kapil Dev to have a unique record against his name.

After coming in to bat at 254/5 after 45.4 overs, Sundar played a quick-fire innings of 37 off 16 balls at a strike rate of 231.25. With his brilliant strike rate, Sundar broke former Indian cricketer Suresh Raina’s record of hitting the fastest 30+ score in ODI by an Indian player on New Zealand soil.

Raina earlier held the record of having a strike rate of 211.11 when he clobbered 38 off 18 balls against New Zealand in 2009. Washington also left behind Kapil Dev who had a strike rate of 206.25 in 1992.

Shreyas Iyer and Shikhar Dhawan star with the bat

Coming back to the match, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson won the toss and invited India to bat first. The India openers Shikhar Dhawan and Shubhman Gill gave a solid start adding a 124-run partnership for the first wicket.

After the century stand, both openers were dismissed in quick succession. After the opening stand, India lost wickets in quick succession and were four down on 160 after four down as Rishabh Pant and Suryakumar Yadav back to the pavilion cheaply. Sanju Samson and Shreyas Iyer steadied the innings with a 94-run-stand but the Men in Blue didn’t look like crossing 300. However, Washington Sundar’s blistering knock towards the end helped India breach the 300-run mark.

Shreyas Iyer emerged as the highest run scorer of the innings with his knock of 80 off 76 while Dhawan scored 72 off 77. Tim Southee and Mitchell Santer picked up three wickets each for the kiwis.

In reply to India’s total, New Zealand were 106/3 after 23 overs with Umran Malik picking up two wickets on his debut.