IND vs NZ

IND vs NZ LIVE SCORE, 1st ODI Latest Cricket Updates: India will take on New Zealand in the first One Day International of the three-match ODI series ...

Blair Tickner to Shubhman Gill, fuller delivery on off stump. Blair Tickner to Virat Kohli, good length delivery on off stump. Ball 4.

IND vs NZ 1st ODI Live Cricket Score: India are currently on a winning streak of 4 and it is now time for the men in blue to take on Tom Latham and his New ...

Rohit Sharma has won the toss and India will bat first. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill walk out for India. Both Gill and Rohit have looked at ease and haven't been in any sorts of trouble against the New Zealand seamers. Shubman Gill and Ishan Kishan will have to rebuild the innings. Shubman Gill has continued to bat in a splendid manner even after going past his hundred. Hardik Pandya will have to blame his luck.

Gill is the third overall fastest cricketer to reach the milestone after Pakistan's Fakhar Zaman and Imam-ul-Haq.

Dropped on 45, the opener went on to score his first double century in ODIs in 145 balls. While Zaman took 18 innings to reach the 1,000 runs mark, Imam took 19, as many as Gill. Both Kohli and Dhawan had taken 24 innings to reach the milestone, five more than Shubhman Gill who achieved the feat in 19 innings.

Gill, who was coming off confident after scoring 116 against Sri Lanka in the third ODI, provided a batting exhibition at a two-paced pitch at Hyderabad.

As a result of the stunning batting display, New Zealand will need to chase 350 runs to win. Taking on spin and pace alike, his innings was laced with nineteen boundaries and nine sixes in his 149-ball stay. India’s wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan scored only five runs before he fell to Lockie Ferguson’s pace in a mini middle-order collapse for the hosts.

New Zealand are without the rested Kane Williamson and Tim Southee, but have depth in both departments.

With five frontline bowlers and Mitchell to support them, and with Shipley batting at No. [Shardul Thakur](http://www.espncricinfo.com/player/shardul-thakur-475281)straight into the XI to give them some batting depth. Their three fast bowlers were Lockie Ferguson, Henry Shipley and Blair Tickner with Mitchell Santner and Michael Bracewell taking on the spin duties.

India have made three changes from their previous match against Sri Lanka on Sunday with Hardik Pandya, Shardul Thakur and Ishan Kishan coming into the ...

After that milestone, he went berserk and reached the 200 with three huge sixes off Ferguson in the 49th over. That was all the stroke of luck that Gill had as he did not look back from there on. He reserved his best shot for the post century celebrations as he whipped a full delivery from Tickner between mid-wicket and mid-on. Gill oozed class in his special 208 off 149 balls and batted through the innings with not much support from the other end. He hit four boundaries in different parts of the ground to assert himself. The double century, his maiden, was also his second successive three digit score.

India rode on Gill's 208 to post a mammoth total of 349. The bowlers picked wickets upfront but stumbled against a counter-attacking century from Michael ...

However, Suryakumar did entertain with some dazzling strokes as Gill stitched an important 65-run stand and then got involved with a 74-run stand with Pandya and paced himself for a big knock. In a tall chase, New Zealand was reeling at 131 for the loss of six wickets when Bracewell joined hands with Santer and halted India’s charge. Winning the toss and opting to bat, the pair of Rohit Sharma and Gill gave the home side a fine start forging a 60-run opening stand off 73 deliveries. Earlier, Gill scored his second successive three-digit score, breaking numerous records en route to the mark. On a day where 686 runs were scored on a track that aided bounce and turn, Bracewell steered New Zealand from a precarious position and almost won the match for the Black Caps. He was entrusted to bowl the final over with Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj finishing their quota of overs.

Shubman Gill slammed a maiden ODI double century as India beat New Zealand by 12 runs to go 1-0 up in the three-match series here on Wednesday.

With New Zealand struggling at 131 for six in the 29th over, the game looked over before Bracewell played a knock to remember. He reserved his best shot for the post century celebrations as he whipped a full delivery from Tickner between mid-wicket and mid-on. At the other end, Gill brought up his fifty with a slog sweep of off-spinner Bracewell that went all the way. That was all the stroke of luck that Gill had as he did not look back from there on. By doing so, he broke the record of Ishan Kishan, who was controversially dropped for the Sri Lanka ODIs after smashing a double ton in Bangladesh last month. Gill oozed class in his special 208 off 149 balls and batted through the innings to power India to 349 for eight.