Hamilton, February 5: Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul played knocks of 103 and 88, respectively, to help India post 347/4 against New Zealand in the first ODI of the three-match series here at the Seddon Park on Wednesday. After being put in to bat, India got off to a quickfire start as openers Prithvi Shaw and Mayank Agarwal put on 50 runs. New Zealand Vs India, Cricket Score 1st ODI Match.

Colin de Grandhomme finally provided the breakthrough to the Kiwis as he sent Shaw (20) back to the pavilion in the eighth over. Agarwal (32) was also dismissed soon after by Tim Southee and the Men in Blue were reduced to 54/2 in the ninth over.

Skipper Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer then retrieved the innings for the visitors as the duo put on 102 runs for the third wicket. Kohli brought up his 58th half-century in the 28th over.Ish Sodhi got the crucial breakthrough of Kohli (51) in the 29th over as he clean bowled him to reduce India to 156/3.

However, Iyer continued to march on and brought up his maiden ODI century in the 43rd over.KL Rahul, who came in to bat at number five provided the much-needed impetus to the innings. Shreyas Iyer Registers His Maiden ODI Century During India vs New Zealand 1st ODI 2020.

He along with Iyer put on a stand of 136 runs for the fourth wicket.Iyer (103) was finally sent back to the pavilion by Southee in the 46th over, reducing India to 292/4. In the final overs, Rahul and Kedar Jadhav hammered the Kiwi players to take India's score past the 340-run mark. Jadhav remained unbeaten on 26.

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