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New Delhi. The first match of the three-match series between India and New Zealand was very interesting. First team India’s batsman Shubman Gill scored a double century and took the team’s score to 349 runs for 8 wickets. On behalf of the Kiwi team, Michael Bracewell played a stormy century, but he could not reach the victory of the team. India won the match by 12 runs and took a 1-0 lead in the series.
Bracewell and Santner created havoc
The Indian team took the first 6 wickets easily and pushed the New Zealand team on the backfoot. At 131 runs, more than half of the team’s batters had returned and the target was 350 runs. Michael Bracewell’s batting skills can be seen from here. He scored a half century with 8 fours and 1 six on 31 balls and he scored a century with the help of a total of 11 fours and 6 sixes on 57 balls. Mitchell Santner scored a fifty off 38 balls and brought the match to a close.
After losing 6 wickets for 131 runs, Bracebell and Santner took the score to 291 runs after 45 overs without losing a wicket. 59 runs were needed for the victory of the team on 30 balls. Here Mohammad Siraj once again came forward as a hero. First, Santner was caught by Kuldeep Yadav on 57 runs and then clean bowled by Henry Sipley. Shardul Thakur, who turned the match around and came to bowl the last over, kept his composure after hitting a six on the first ball and dismissed Bracebell, who scored 140 runs, to give India victory.
Gill’s amazing double century
The Indian team played a record innings against New Zealand and brought the team India to 349 runs. Scored 208 runs with 19 fours and 9 sixes on 149 balls. Having scored a double century at the age of 23, Gill became the youngest person to achieve this feat and set a world record. Captain Rohit Sharma scored 34 runs from India’s side and no one else could score runs.
