IND vs NZ: Virat Kohli has admittedly lost count of the overflowing trophies from his playing career, but has found a secure place to frame them all.
Rahul scored an unbeaten 29 off 21 balls at Vadodara while Sundar was not out on seven runs off seven balls despite suffering a side strain in the first innings of the game.
With seven needed to win off the last over, Jemimah Rodrigues's team somehow contrives to lose second game in as many days
The 26-year-old, who bowled five overs for 27 runs, walked off midway through the New Zealand innings and did not return to field. Despite the discomfort, he later came out to bat at No. 8 and played a key role in India's successful run chase for a four-wicket win.
His 91-ball 93 was an ode to his old classical self, without a stroke in rage.
Talking about the Australian team Rodrigues said: “I don't think we used to speak a lot to the Aussies. But after the WPL and the WBBL, I think we have made some of our best friends from the Australian team.”
As Rohit Sharma was dismissed, the crowd at Vadodara cleared their throats to welcome the former India captain
The game saw Kohli become the fastest batter to reach 28,000 runs, in the process breaking Sachin Tendulkar’s record as he needed 20 innings lesser than Tendulkar to get to the milestone
India went with a pace battery of Mohammed Siraj, Harshit Rana and Prasidh Krishna for the first ODI against New Zealand.
At the heart of India’s recovery was the cunning and intelligence of seamers, not raw pace or extravagant movement.
IND vs NZ: Virat Kohli bettered Sachin Tendulkar by 20 innings as he became only the third man ever to reach 28,000 runs across formats in international cricket.
The record was reached in the 7th over by Kyle Jamieson when Rohit came down the ground and slammed the Kiwi bowler over mid on for a maximum.
According to Morgan, in the modern age, if there was no T20 cricket and the franchise leagues, it would really get hard for the sport to make the younger generation care about Tests or ODIs.
"If we do a man to man marking, as it’s done in football, when England got into the shores they would have told themselves as Stuart Broad did too," said R Ashwin
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South Africa pace legend Allan Donald likens Kohli's Test retirement to that of AB de Villiers, who quit the format at the height of his powers in 2018 at the age of 34.
IND vsa NZ: Rishabh Pant was involved in a lengthy batting session before he got injured and suffered a side strain ahead of the first ODI against New Zealand in Vadodara, prompting th team management to rope in Dhruv Jurel as his replacement.
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MI skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and Natalie Sciver-Brunt – came to the party before an all-round bowling performance consigned Delhi Capitals to a crushing 50-run defeat on Saturday.
Bangladesh have expressed reluctance to tour India for the tournament, scheduled to begin on February 7, and have sought to shift their matches to co-host Sri Lanka citing security concerns.
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