1st ODI : Anshul Kamboj's 2 for 22, Arshdeep's 4 for and Kohli's 74 runs led India to crush New Zealand by 5 wickets (DLS method)

1st Oneday match of five odi match series will be played between New Zealand vs India at Eden Park, Auckland on Wednesday, November 04, 2026.

Putting into bat first, New Zealand with very batting preformances all out scoring just 185 runs in 40.2 overs. Tim Seifert 38 runs and Blair Tickner with 34 runs top scorers. Arshdeep with 4 for 70, Brar with 3 for 44 and Anshul Kamboj with 2 for 22 were top bowlers for India.

Following small target of 186 runs India lost Rohit early for a duck. Shubman and Virat took the charge in hand played good cricket. Match interrupted after 10 overs and cut to 32 overs and India got 143 runs target. India made chase easily in 22.4 overs and won the match by 5 wickets (with 56 balls remaining) (DLS method). Virat with 51 balls 74 runs was top scorer. Anshul Kamboj declared man of the match for his tight bowling spell with 2 for 22 runs in his 10 overs.

Man of the match :- Anshul Kamboj (Ind)

New Zealand vs India 1st odi scorecard Toss : India, elected to field first Result : India won by 5 wickets (with 56 balls remaining) (DLS method) Man of The Match : Anshul Kamboj (Ind) Series Status - India led the 5-match series 1-0   New Zealand 1st Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Will Young c Iyer b Arshdeep Singh 9 11 2 0 81.81   Tim Seifert c sub (RD Gaikwad) b Gurnoor Brar 38 43 3 2 88.37   Henry Nicholls c Naman Dhir b Arshdeep Singh 9 11 2 0 81.81   Daryl Mitchell run out (Sharma/Rahul) 28 41 3 1 68.29   Tom Latham (w) c & b Gurnoor Brar 3 11 0 0 27.27   Glenn Phillips c Iyer b Arshdeep Singh 30 51 2 1 58.82   Mitchell Santner (c) b Kamboj 4 16 0 0 25.00   Nathan Smith c Kohli b Kamboj 1 9 0 0 11.11   Kyle Jamieson c Kohli b Arshdeep Singh 1 6 0 0 16.66   Jacob Duffy not out 15 21 3 0 71.42   Blair Tickner c Rahul b Gurnoor Brar 34 23 1 4 147.82                   Extras (lb 4, nb 1, w 8) 13           Total (40.2 overs) 185/10 RR: 4.58   India       Bowling O M R W NB WB Eco   Arshdeep Singh 10 0 70 4 0 2 7.00   Auqib Nabi 6 0 33 0 0 0 5.50   Anshul Kamboj 10 2 22 2 0 1 2.20   Gurnoor Brar 9.2 0 44 3 1 1 4.71   Axar Patel 5 0 12 0 0 0 2.40   India 2nd Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Rohit Sharma c Santner b Jamieson 0 6 0 0 0.00   Shubman Gill (c) c Latham b Smith 37 56 5 0 66.07   Virat Kohli c Seifert b Duffy 74 51 13 1 145.09   Shreyas Iyer c Nicholls b Duffy 15 13 1 1 115.38   Axar Patel c Phillips b Duffy 0 2 0 0 0.00   KL Rahul (w) not out 3 5 0 0 60.00   Naman Dhir not out 5 3 1 0 166.66   Anshul Kamboj               Arshdeep Singh               Auqib Nabi               Gurnoor Brar                               Extras (lb 1, w 8) 9           Total (22.4 overs) 143/5 RR: 6.30   New Zealand       Bowling O M R W NB WB Eco   Kyle Jamieson 7 0 34 1 0 2 4.85   Jacob Duffy 7 0 49 3 0 2 7.00   Blair Tickner 4 0 38 0 0 0 9.50   Nathan Smith 4.4 0 21 1 0 0 4.50