Wellington: India defeated New Zealand by four runs under the Duckworth/Lewis method following a rain stoppage here on Saturday.India were 113/7 in 26 overs, and needed 22 runs from 66 balls when play was called off.
Batting first, New Zealand were bowled out for 134 following a disastrous outing in rainy Wellington, with Gurnoor Brar picking four wickets for 30 runs in 10 overs. Daryl Mitchell top-scored for New Zealand with a sedate 55 off 104 balls.
India won the first ODI of the five-match series by five wickets, and now leads the rubber 2-0.
Brief scores:
New Zealand: 134 all out in 41 overs (Daryl Mitchell 55; Gurnoor Brar 4/30).
India: 113/7 in 26 overs (Shreyas Iyer 30; Kyle Jamieson 3/35, Jacob Duffy 3/25).
Rohit Sharma c Nicholls b Jamieson 23
Shubman Gill c Nicholls b Duffy 0
Virat Kohli c Young b Duffy 7
Shreyas Iyer c Latham b Jamieson 30
Axar Patel c Duffy b Fisher 7
KL Rahul not out 26
Naman Dhir c Seifert b Duffy 12
Anshul Kamboj c Duffy b Jamieson 1
Auqib Nabi not out 1
Extras (LB-1, NB-1, WD-4) 6
Total : (For seven wickets in 26 overs) 113
Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-17, 3-39, 4-47, 5-86, 6-108 7-111.
Bowling : Kyle Jamieson 10-1-35-3, Jacob Duffy 7-1-35-3, Nathan Smith 5-1-19-0, Matthew Fisher 4-0-23-1
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