4th ODI: Young, Henry shine as NZ humiliate India
What's the story
New Zealand handed Team India a humiliating 244-run defeat in the fourth ODI at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui, The Kiwis put up an impressive score of 333/10 in their allotted overs, with Will Young leading the charge. Young scored a brilliant century off just 88 balls, his fifth in ODIs and first against India. In response, Matt Henry claimed six wickets as the visitors were dismissed for just 89. Here are further details.
NZ innings
Seifert, Young power the Kiwis
Along with Young's century, Tim Seifert's 58 also contributed significantly to New Zealand's total.
Their opening stand of 85 runs was instrumental in setting up New Zealand's innings.
Young upped the ante after getting settled and found boundaries at regular intervals.
Alongside Finn Allen (41), the opener recorded a 90-run stand off just 65 balls for the fourth wicket.
Despite losing four wickets in the last 10 overs, New Zealand managed to post a score (333/10) well beyond the venue's average first-innings total.
Second innings
India falter in response
Henry delivered a stunning opening spell, dismissing batting stalwarts Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Shreyas Iyer for ducks in his very first over.
The tale of falling wickets continued as Ishan Kishan (27), Axar Patel (21), and Naman Dhir (21) were the only ones to show some resistance.
No other batter could enter double digits as India were folded in just 26.4 overs.
Despite this loss, the Men in Blue are 2-1 up in the series with a match to go.
Bowling performance
Indian bowlers struggle against New Zealand's batting onslaught
The Indian bowling attack had a tough time against the aggressive New Zealand batsmen.
Axar Patel, Gurnoor Brar, and Auqib Nabi picked up two wickets each while Arshdeep Singh and Naman Dhir claimed one apiece.
Kuldeep Yadav, who was playing his first game on this tour, went wicketless after conceding 73 runs in eight overs.
Seifert
Seifert scripts this record with maiden ODI fifty
Seifert attacked from the outset and ended up scoring 58 runs off 48 balls with the help of six fours and three sixes.
As per Cricbuzz, Seifert became the first New Zealand player to score a half-century within the first 10 overs of an ODI against India.
He got to the mark in the second ball of the 10th over.
Seifert's maiden ODI fifty has powered him to 155 runs across six innings at 25.83 (SR: 101.97).
Young
Young shines vs India, slams fifth ODI hundred
Young hit four fours and 14 sixes en route to his career-best 108-ball 125.
This is now the second-highest score by a Kiwi opener against India in ODIs.
Meanwhile, the opener also recorded the second-highest score by a New Zealander in home ODIs against India.
Young now has five tons and 12 fifties across 67 matches.
He has now raced to 2,190 runs at an average of 35.90.
This was his second 50-plus score across nine innings versus India.
Feats
Henry accomplishes these feats
Henry's brilliance marked only the second instance of a bowler taking three or more wickets in the first over of an ODI innings since ball-by-ball records began, as per Cricbuzz.
This was only the second time Rohit and Kohli both scored ducks in the same ODI, the first being against Sri Lanka in 2010.
India became just the fifth team to lose their first three wickets without scoring a run in an ODI match.
Ducks
Unwanted record for Kohli
Kohli has gone par with the legendary Sachin Tendulkar in terms of the most ducks by an Indian in ODIs (20 each).
The former took 308 innings to script this unwanted record.
Meanwhile, Rohit now has 18 ducks across 286 innings.
Both Kohli and Rohit now have two ducks apiece against NZ.
Meanwhile, Iyer now has three ducks across 79 ODI innings and a first one against the Kiwis.
Information
Three wickets for Fisher
Debutant Matthew Fisher complemented Henry by claiming 3/31 in seven overs. These are now his career-best List A figures, which have powered him to 35 scalps across 36 matches at an economy of around 5.9. Meanwhile, Kyle Jamieson took the remaining wicket.