Kohli's 74 takes India to a five-wicket win over New Zealand in rain-hit first ODI; Siraj sits out

India beat New Zealand by five wickets in the first ODI at Eden Park, Auckland, on Wednesday, November 4, to go 1–0 up in the five-match series.

How it went

• Captain Shubman Gill won the toss and chose to bowl.
• New Zealand were all out for 185 in 40.2 overs. Tim Seifert made 38 off 43.
• Arshdeep Singh took 4/70 and Gurnoor Brar 3/44. Anshul Kamboj bowled 46 dot balls in his 10 overs for 2/22.
• Rain cut India's target to 143, which they reached in 22.4 overs.
• Virat Kohli made 74 off 51 balls (13 fours, one six); Gill made 37.

Telugu players

Telangana Today reports Hyderabad pacer Mohammed Siraj was unavailable, along with Jasprit Bumrah and Prasidh Krishna, because of workload and injury management. Outlook reported that Andhra all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy was in the squad but not in the playing XI.

Next

The second ODI is in Wellington on November 7 (7:30 AM IST). The remaining ODIs are on November 10, 13 and 15, and the Tests start on November 19 and 27. India won the earlier T20I series 3–2.