Indore: Indian batsmen took the news of New Zealand bowlers fiercely at the historic Holkar Stadium in Indore. Taking advantage of the small ground, where Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill hit boundaries in the beginning, Hardik Pandya also took advantage of this opportunity. Shared 212 runs in 26.1 overs for the first wicket. Both the batsmen scored centuries and Rohit’s target was especially Kiwi bowler Jacob Duffy.
In the 90-run victory, Rohit Sharma hit 101 runs in 85 balls with 9 fours and 6 sixes while Gill scored 112 runs in 78 balls with 13 fours and 5 sixes. During this, Rohit targeted Jacob Duffy a lot and hit 3 sixes and 3 fours. Duffy took 3 wickets in this match, but spent 100 runs. With this, he became one of the bowlers who spent the most runs in ODIs. He became the 15th bowler in the world to spend 100 or more runs in ODIs, while the third New Zealand bowler. Before him, Martin Colin Snedden had spent 105 runs in 12 overs against England in 1983, while Tim Southee had also spent 105 runs in 10 overs against India in 2009. However, the world record of this shameful list is in the name of Michael Llewellyn Lewis of Australia.
It is noteworthy that the Indian team not only clean sweeped the series by defeating New Zealand by a huge margin of 90 runs, but also achieved the top position in the ODI rankings. Devon Conway scored a century in this match, but he could not win the team. Now the Indian team has to play the next series against Australia.
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