Fans on Twitter expressed their disappointment as India suffered a 7-wicket thrashing at the hand of New Zealand in the first ODI. They feel that India lacked the 6th bowling option, which was the main reason behind their loss.
New Zealand thumps India by 7 wickets in the first ODI in Auckland
In what was a dominating win, New Zealand pounded India by 7 wickets in the first ODI in Auckland to take a 1-0 lead in the series. They displayed a staggering performance and outclassed the visitors to assert their authority and continue their winning streak at home.
Asked to bat first, India had an exceptional start as Shikhar Dhawan (72) and Shubman Gill (50) played well for their 124 runs-opening partnership. Shreyas Iyer played his part too and played the anchor’s role, scoring 80 runs.
India lost wickets in quick succession in the middle but Iyer held one hand and along with a vital contributions from Sanju Samson (36) and Washington Sundar (37*) helped his side post a total of 306 runs on the board.
After that, they started pretty well with the ball as well as they removed three wickets for just 88 runs with Umran Malik breathing fire. But after that Indian bowlers had no answers to the onslaught by Tom Latham (145*) and Kane Williamson (94*), who stitched an unbeaten 221 runs partnership and guided their side home with 7 wickets in hand and take a 1-0 lead in the series.
Fans on Twitter react as India suffers 7-wicket thrashing at the hands of New Zealand
As India suffered a disappointing loss against New Zealand in the first ODI, fans on Twitter expressed their disappointment. They cited the lack of the 6th bowling option as the reason behind India’s loss. Notably, India went with only 5 frontline bowlers in Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar and Shardul Thakur. Here are some of the reactions:
Performance of the Indian team in the last 5 ODI against New Zealand:
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Lost— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) November 25, 2022
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Reason is our bharat cricket team don't have 6th bowling
— Rohit45 (@KarnarohitMahe2) November 25, 2022
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— Matti Ullah (@mattiullah_) November 25, 2022
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Shukar karo 10 wickets se nahi haare
— Abdul Manan (@iAbdulManan_) November 25, 2022
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NZ population is under 50 lakhs & India population is close to 140 crores still India unable to produce quality bowlers really big shame
— RK Reddy 🇮🇳 (@Rams_krrish) November 25, 2022
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Indian top order batsman playing for themselves is main reason for loss
— थारा बाप (@mlucky007) November 25, 2022
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Well, this went along expected lines. If you play an India-A team against the number 1 ODI team in their own backyard, what else would you expect.
Good experience for youngsters though. The issue is not putting that experience to use. Deserving players should not sit out the WC
Advertisement— Che0w Me0w (@deshbhkt_) November 25, 2022
New Zealand owns bharat mata
Advertisement— Nietzsche (@NietzscheMeta) November 25, 2022
This is the reason why coach doesn't play Chahal..he goes for runs too many times.
Advertisement— amay pawar (@pawaramay) November 25, 2022
Tbh we never had any answer against nz they own us across the format.
Advertisement— tu13dekhh (@YoungLa95073370) November 25, 2022
Indian bowlers 🥲
Advertisement— Out of context 🌊 (@Fruity05646979) November 25, 2022
Two more "Lost" would follow
Advertisement— Varun Saxena (@varunsaxenas) November 25, 2022
Streak going strong 😂
Advertisement— JANJUA SAAB🌟 (@JanjuaSaab152) November 25, 2022
