New Zealand thrashed India by seven wickets within the first ODI of the three-match sequence on the Eden Park in Auckland on Friday, November 25.
Put in to bat first, the Men in Blue posted 306/7 on the scoreboard of their allotted 50 overs, due to the half-centuries from Shreyas Iyer (80 off 76), Shikhar Dhawan (72 off 77) and Shubman Gill (50 off 65).
In reply, the Blackcaps raced to the goal in 47.3 overs with 15 balls to spare. They confronted early blows, having been decreased to 88/3, however the document stand between captain Kane Williamson (94 not off 98) and Tom Latham (145 not out 104) took them to the end line.
This was New Zealand’s thirteenth successive victory in ODIs at dwelling – a brand new document streak. Earlier, they received 12 consecutive one-day video games at dwelling from January to December 2015.
After the document win, Williamson praised Latham for his knock and additionally revealed that spinners performed an enormous function on this day-night fixture.
“At the halfway stage I thought it was a competitive total. The wicket was starting to turn a bit. And the cross-seamers got a bit out of it. But as we know on this ground if you build partnerships you can chase anything. Incredible knock by Latham. Absolutely on fire. It was a very good wicket. Spin played a big role as we saw. Nice to get a win. When we started seeing it turn like it did, you think of a number of things. But I thought the seamers did a very good job,” mentioned Williamson.
List of information set by Latham and Williamson within the Auckland ODI
- Highest particular person rating for New Zealand versus India
Latham’s unbeaten 145 is the best particular person rating by a New Zealander in an ODI towards India. The southpaw surpassed former opener Nathan Astle, who hit 120 in Rajkot again in 1999.
- Highest-ever partnership for New Zealand versus India
The unbroken 221-run stand between Latham and Williamson is the now highest-ever partnership for New Zealand towards India in ODIs.
Previously, Latham and Ross added 200 runs for the fourth-wicket on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai in 2017.
- Joint-fastest century on the Eden Park
With his 76-ball hundred, Latham additionally equaled the document for the quickest ODI ton on the Eden Park in Auckland. Former Sri Lanka opener Sanath Jayasuriya achieved the identical feat towards New Zealand in 2001.