India vs New Zealand 1st ODI Stats Review: Shubman Gill heroics, Michael Bracewell's brilliance and more stats

Shubman Gill helped India edge over the Kiwis by 12 runs despite a heroic innings by Michael Bracewell. The topsy-turvy game ended in India’s favour by the closest margin of 12 runs courtesy of brilliant double ton from Shubman Gill and a dominant bowling display from Mohammed Siraj.

Opting to bat first, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill started off well with the score of 60 runs for the first wicket. Soon after the powerplay, the wickets kept falling in quick succession and India were reduced to 110/3 inside 20 overs.

However, Shubman Gill kept piling runs at one end and was ably supported by the lower middle order with three 40+ stands. Meanwhile, Shubman Gill registered his first double hundred in style helping Team India post a huge total of 349/8 in 50 overs.

In response, New Zealand batters really did not live up to expectations as Indian bowlers ran through the Kiwi top order batters, leaving them reeling at 131/6 inside 30 overs. Then came in the chief architect in the form of Michael Bracewell who along with Mitchell Santner stitched a record seventh wicket partnership of 162 runs between them with Bracewell scoring 140 and Santner scoring 57.

The bowling spearhead of India, Mohammed Siraj broke the partnership and brought India back in the game. Bracewell kept going in the chase leaving 13 runs to get in 5 balls, but it was Shardul Thakur who held on the nerve and trapped Bracewell in front of the stumps making sure India beat NZ by margin of 12 runs. 

Meanwhile Let us look at the stats and numbers recorded from the 1st ODI between India and New Zealand

19 – Shubman Gill (19) became the fastest Indian to score 1000 ODI runs. The rest two spots are shared by Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan with 24 Innings

2 -Shubman Gill became the joint second fastest batter overall to score 1000 ODI runs. The fastest to this milestone is Fakhar Zaman with 18 Innings followed by Imam-ul-Haq who got there in 19 Innings.

3 – Shubman Gill is the third in the list of players to score double hundreds in ODI in fewest innings, Ishan Kishan (9 innings) is the first and Fakhar Zaman (17 innings) is second.

349 – The lowest total recorded by a team in ODIs when a double hundred is hit by a batter, the second lowest is 372/2 by West Indies against Zimbabwe in 2015.

8 - Shubman Gill became the eighth batter to score double hundred in ODIs. Other seven players in the list are Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Rohit Shrama, Martin Guptill, Chris Gayle, Fakhar Zaman, Ishan Kishan.

162 – Michael Bracewell and Mitchell Santner registered the highest seventh wicket partnership against India. The previous best was 148 between Mahmudullah and Mehidy Hasan Miraz.

162 - Michael Bracewell / Mitchell Santner now have the highest seventh-wicket partnership for NZ surpassing 123 between Jacob Oram / Neil Broom.

140 -Michael Bracewell has scored the third joint highest score batting at 7 or below. Luke Ronchi 170* vs SL is the highest score followed by Marcus Stoinis 146* vs NZ and Thisara Perera 140 vs NZ.

22 – Shubman Gill became the youngest player to score a double hundred in ODIs.

56 – India now has the joint second most number of wins against NZ (56 shared with Pakistan).

1102 – Shubman Gill (1102) now has scored the most number of runs in first 19 innings.

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