Twitter Reacts As Shubman Gill's Double Hundred Guides India To A 12-Run Win Over New Zealand In Thrilling Hyderabad ODI
Updated - 18 Jan 2023, 11:15 PM
The first ODI of the three-match series between the Rohit Sharma-led India National Cricket Team and the Tom Latham-led New Zealand National Cricket Team was played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad on Wednesday, January 18.
India National Cricket Team registered a 12-run victory over New Zealand National Cricket Team in the nail-biting match to take a 1-0 lead in the series. The second ODI will be played at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur on Saturday, January 21.
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India National Cricket Team won the toss and elected to bat first in the match. They made three big changes to the playing XI, with KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel being replaced by Hardik Pandya, Shardul Thakur and Ishan Kishan. There was no place for express pacer Umran Malik in the playing XI.
New Zealand National Cricket Team also made three big changes to the playing XI as Kane Williamson, Tim Southee and Ish Sodhi were unavailable for selection.
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The opening duo of Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill once again provided India with a good start in the match and at the end of the first powerplay they were at 52/0.
Kiwi pacer Blair Tickner broke the opening stand in the 13th over, dismissing captain Rohit. The 35-year-old scored 34 runs off 38 balls, smashing 4 fours and 2 sixes, and batted with a strike rate of 89.47.
The in-form Virat Kohli was unable to play a big knock as he was castled for 8 by Mitchell Santner in the 16th over and the wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan was cleaned up by Lockie Ferguson for 5 in the 20th over.
Then, Shubman Gill and Suryakumar Yadav stitched together brilliant 65 runs off 53 balls. Although Suryakumar Yadav got dismissed by Daryl Mitchell for 31 in the 29th over, Shubman Gill completed his third ODI ton in the next over off just 87 balls.
The Punjab-born batter kept batting brilliantly and he stood strong at one end. Shubman Gill added 74 runs in 67 balls with Hardik Pandya, who was controversially declared out by the third umpire, 43 runs in 32 balls with Washington Sundar, 10 runs in 10 balls with Shardul Thakur and 43 runs in 16 balls with Kuldeep Yadav.
In the 49th over, Gill hit three consecutive sixes to Lockie Ferguson to bring up his double century. He reached the spectacular milestone off 145 balls, including 19 fours and 8 sixes. He was dismissed by Henry Shipley on the second ball of the 50th over and the young batting sensation slammed amazing 208 runs off 149 balls, including 19 fours and 9 sixes.
Shubman Gill’s stupendous knock combined with decent contributions by Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya helped India post a mammoth total of 349/8 on the board.
Defending the target, Mohammed Siraj once again got the breakthrough for his side in the first powerplay. He dismissed dangerous Devon Conway for 10 in the 6th over.
Opener Finn Allen played an aggressive brand of cricket and was trying to build a big partnership with Henry Nicholls before Rohit Sharma introduced partnership-breaker Shardul Thakur, who went on to dismiss Allen for 40.
After that, left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav cleaned up Henry Nicholls and Daryl Mitchell while Mohammed Shami sent back Glenn Phillips. Kiwi captain Tom Latham, who has got an outstanding record against India, was dismissed for 24 by Mohammed Siraj in the 29th over and the Black Caps were reduced to 131/6.
Then came something that India wouldn’t have expected as Michael Bracewell showcased batting brilliance under tremendous pressure and stitched up a remarkable partnership with Mitchell Santner. The duo also exposed India’s inability to bag wickets in the end overs.
The local lad Mohammed Siraj finally broke the terrific 162-run stand between the Kiwi all-rounders by dismissing Mitchell Santner in the 46th over. Santner smashed brilliant 57 runs off 45 balls, including 7 fours and 1 six.
In the end, the one-man-army Michael Bracewell’s valiant effort went in vain as he was cleaned up by Shardul Thakur’s stunning yorker on the second ball of the 50th over after smashing a six on the first ball. Michael Bracewell smashed spectacular 140 runs off 78 balls, including 12 fours and 10 sixes.
Here’s How Twitter Reacted To India vs New Zealand 1st ODI:
Brilliant batting Bracewell. Great to see a visiting team showing up a great fight in India #INDvNZ
— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath) January 18, 2023
Brought a dead game to life and almost pulled off the impossible! Take a bow @braceyourself10 and Santner ?? Special performance from @mdsirajofficial once again ?? #INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/jRAlOsyVyn
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) January 18, 2023
Super stuff @ShubmanGill so proud of you.. keep it going .. congratulations @BCCI for winning the game
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) January 18, 2023
Solid and most important Yorker by Shardul Thakur under pressure ?. Well done team india #INDvsNZ
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) January 18, 2023
One of the best innings you will see at no 7 #michaelbracewell ?
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) January 18, 2023
Finally, India needed Lord Shardul ?
He watched the feet of the batter. Valiant effort from M Bracewell. Yes, we have seen glimpses of what he can do in the recent past.
In these conditions (dew), a good batting unit can chase 350-360.
Matches have to start earlier in the WC
— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12) January 18, 2023
India escaped from Bracewell's wrath and win the first ODI. Rohit's captaincy. Shami #INDvsNZ#Bracewell #ShubmamGill #RohitSharma?https://t.co/1YQyVEaOUU
— Wasay Habib (@wwasay) January 18, 2023
King Bracewell. Lord Shardul. Epic ODI
— Sreshth Shah (@sreshthx) January 18, 2023
It doesn't matter who does what, 100, 200, anything.
The Lord will have the last word.
— Abhishek Mukherjee (@ovshake42) January 18, 2023
Scenes in the post match presentation:#IndvsNZ #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/A0qmjhCSaJ
— Akash Kumar Jha (@Akashkumarjha14) January 18, 2023
That finger slowly going up and bowling team winning with a LBW. Shardul reminded me of Shardul.
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) January 18, 2023
No one talks about Rohit Sharma's captaincy when India wins, but the moment these hypocrites see India in a losing position, they start tweeting about captaincy.
— ANSHUMAN? (@AvengerReturns) January 18, 2023
Cracking game.. if you thought ODIs were dead and buried..
— Sarah Waris (@swaris16) January 18, 2023
If I was captain, I would much rather stab myself with stumps than give the ball to Shardul Thakur in a pressure situation.#IndvNZ #CricketTwitter
— Akash Kumar Jha (@Akashkumarjha14) January 18, 2023
Saw Rohit Sharma slowly taking off his shoe after a six and wide from Shardul.
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) January 18, 2023
What an amazing innings played by Michael Bracewell. New Zealand was down as 131/6 and he scored 140 from 78 balls including 12 fours and 10 sixes against India in first ODI match against India. Alone warrior for kiwis.
Take a bow, Bracewell. pic.twitter.com/ltqpTU6qdt
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) January 18, 2023
India have defeated New Zealand by 12 runs.
What a crazy game and what a mad knock from Michael Bracewell!
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) January 18, 2023
Shami today
First 7 overs, 1-29
Next 3 overs, 0-40Not the first time that he has been expensive at the death. In fact, his ER bowling in the last 15 overs in an ODI is 7.51 now (247.4 overs bowled). And out of his 156 ODI wickets, 83 have come in the last 15 (46 in last 5).
— Gurkirat Singh Gill (@gurkiratsgill) January 18, 2023
Ind v NZ 1st ODI. This sums it up. #INDvsNZ #INDvNZ #1stODI pic.twitter.com/TYjbCGB3zM
— Vikas Vishwakarma (@iamvishyvik) January 18, 2023
#INDvsNZ what a game of cricket. Nerve breaking for both inning’s second half
— Sachin Dhanure (@dhanuresachin24) January 18, 2023
What a performance by New Zealand to take this sooo close! #INDvsNZ
Unbelievable! They should hold their heads high!
— Mayank Gupta (@mayank) January 18, 2023
Lord strikes??? #INDvsNZ
— Naveen Ponting (@naveenponting07) January 18, 2023
Two spectacular innings in today’s match. It was Gill earlier but the blitzkrieg by Bracewell is truly one of the best ODI innings played by a foreigner in India in a long time. #INDvsNZ
— Rajaram (@rajaramrajendr) January 18, 2023
Nail biting last few overs ?#INDvsNZ
— ActorPrabhas (@goutham4098) January 18, 2023
One of the Greatest ODI Innings of all time
Hats Off to Michael Bracewell ? #INDvsNZ#INDvsNZ pic.twitter.com/9aONFl2CKt
— الیمان میتلا (@AlyamanAyub) January 18, 2023
Fabulous game of cricket ?
Shubhman's 208 (149) & Bracewell's fighting 140 off just 78 deliveries. what a game it was ?#INDvsNZ #shubhmangill
— SIDDHESH (@SidGavande) January 18, 2023
That would have been one of the best chases in ODIs. What a performance Bracewell..??#INDvsNZ
— shubham pandey (@ShubhamPnd_10) January 18, 2023
Absolutely sensational innings from Bracewell. #INDvsNZ
— عائشہ بِنْت محمد (@bintemuhammad09) January 18, 2023
Whatta nail biting ODI……@mdsirajofficial got all hearts for magnificent bowling!
Michael Bracewell ?
Great knock, great fight, great effort!
Truly amazing.@imShard lord ?#INDvsNZ #IndianCricketTeam pic.twitter.com/pzx73uK6An— Amaan Changani (@ChanganiAmaan) January 18, 2023
@imShard deserve all the credits .
Bcoz if india loose the match he is going to get all the criticism ..
He is the hero of the match #lordshardulthakur#INDvsNZ— Brijendra singh (@Brijend21300780) January 18, 2023
Thodi der ke liye Gote muh me the #INDvsNZ
— A'काश' (@_SarAKASHtic_) January 18, 2023
ODI cricket is alive.
Well played Gill, Siraj & Bracewell.#INDvsNZ— Sudershan Shivjatak (@sudershan60) January 18, 2023
Michael Bracewell played better than shubman gill tbh if we see through the situation point of view
What an innings man Splendid!#INDvsNZ #MichaelBracewell— Siddhant (@SiddhantRo45) January 18, 2023
Ye haath muze de de Thakur!#INDvsNZ pic.twitter.com/Zx0jI419Fr
— Vinayak Hingane (@WEnayak) January 18, 2023
Lord Thakur can give 100 runs in 9 overs but he always saves the team in the end overs. #INDvsNZ
— Sherlock (@Engineeroast) January 18, 2023
M.Bracewell ? What an Absolute innings this was, Hard luck but You’ve played like a champ..Almost won the match Singlehandedly.#INDvsNZ
— Sonu Dar (@Sonudar84) January 18, 2023
#INDvsNZ
What a match???…perfect ODI?Mark my words #siraj #kuldeepyadav #gill are going to be the pillars in upcoming ODI World Cup.#HardikPandya? will play key role as yuvi in 2011.
And if #RohitSharma back to form India's top 3 will be lethal @BCCI pic.twitter.com/Wj5q0m5QMN
— Mohankumar (@Mohankumar_2602) January 18, 2023
Ye Newzealand waalo ke saath Hamesha India haarti kyu hai, aaj bhi 4 saal baad koi odi match jiti hai India ??#INDvsNZ
— Shubham Gupta (@Shubham8699g) January 18, 2023
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