India’s 5th consecutive defeat against New Zealand: 221-run partnership between Latham-Williamson

Batting first after losing the toss, India scored 306 runs losing 7 wickets in 50 overs. For India, three batsmen captain Shikhar Dhawan (72), Shubman Gill (50) and Shreyas Iyer (80) scored half-centuries.

In response, New Zealand achieved the target by losing 3 wickets in 47.1 overs. Kiwi team’s 3 wickets had fallen for 88 runs. After this, captain Kane Williamson (94) and Tom Latham shared a 145-run partnership for the fourth wicket to snatch the match from India.

Since the 2019 World Cup, this is India’s fifth consecutive defeat at the hands of New Zealand in ODI cricket.

3 reasons for Team India’s defeat

1. Ineffective bowling Team India’s bowling has not been effective. The fast bowlers took 3 wickets in the beginning, but the Indian bowlers did not get any success in the middle order. Indian bowlers proved costly on Auckland’s drop-in pitch. Everyone looted runs in abundance. There was no bowler who had spent less than 50 runs. Arshdeep was the most expensive. He gave 68 runs in 8.1 overs.
2. Bad Fielding Indian team’s fielding in this match was also average. He dropped 3 catches. First Chahal dropped the catch of Finn Allen, although Allen could only score 22 runs. After that Dhawan dropped the catch of Kane Williamson when he was playing on 68 runs. Apart from these two catches, Shardul Thakur did a lot of miss fielding.
3. Latham Williamson’s partnership Tom Latham and Kane Williamson shared a 221-run partnership for the fourth wicket.

Tom Latham scored 7th century
Wicket-keeper batsman Tom Latham scored his 7th ODI century. He has overall 19 centuries to his name. The left-handed batsman has scored 12 Test hundreds.

3 thousand ODI runs completed in Williamson’s house
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has scored 3000 ODI runs on his home grounds. He has completed his half century. Williamson completed his half-century in 54 balls. Kane picks up the bat with a boundary. In this match, Indian captain Shikhar Dhawan and Shubman Gill have completed their half-centuries with boundaries. 50+ runs partnership with Kiwi captain and wicket-keeper batsman Tom Latham.