Virat Kohli misses century by seven runs but guides India to a comfortable four-wicket win vs New Zealand

Star India batter Virat Kohli grabbed the spotlight once again on Sunday with a commanding knock in India’s comfortable victory over New Zealand at the BCA Stadium in Vadodara. The veteran scored 93 off 91 deliveries, anchoring the innings with authority. During his time at the crease, Kohli etched his name into the record books by becoming the fastest player to reach 28,000 international runs and climbing to second place on the all-time ODI run-scorers list, overtaking former Sri Lanka great Kumar Sangakkara.

Courtesy of his scintillating knock, India won the match by four wickets while chasing 301 runs. Rohit Sharma handed a good start to the team, but he failed to capitalise on his 26. After he departed, Shubman



Gill and Kohli stitched a formidable partnership of 118 runs, which gave India plenty of confidence. The captain made 56 runs before Adithya Ashok got the better of him.

After Gill walked back, Shryeas Iyer seemed to be in control. He returned to international cricket for the first time since the injury he suffered in Australia, and on the very first game, he looked in sublime touch, scoring 49 runs. At one point, India were expected to register an easy win in the middle, but things got complicated as Kyle Jamieson claimed four wickets.

However, Harshit Rana played a terrific cameo of 29 runs while batting at seven and KL Rahul made an unbeaten 29 runs to help India get the job done in the first ODI.