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New Zealand pacer Tim Southee crossed the 200- wicket mark in ODI cricket, ending up being the 5th bowler from his nation to do so. He reached this turning point throughout his side’s very first ODI versus India in Auckland. In the match, Southee wound up with a spell of 3 wickets for 73 runs in his 10 overs. He had an economy rate of 7.30 He took 2 vital wickets of captain Shikhar Dhawan (72) and Shreyas Iyer (80) and likewise dismissed Shardul Thakur (1 ).
In 149 ODIs, Southee has 202 wickets, which have actually come at approximately 33.83 and an economy rate of 33.83 His finest bowling figures are 7/33
NZ Bowlers above him in the wicket-taking charts are Chris Harris (203), Kyle Mills (240) and previous all-rounder Daniel Vettori (297). Chris Cairns has actually likewise taken 200 wickets in ODIs.
Coming to the match, fifties from Dhawan, Shubman Gill (50) and Iyer together with a quickfire 16- ball 37 run cameo by all-rounder Washington Sundar assisted India to 306/ 7 in their 50 overs.
Pacer Lockie Ferguson (3/59) and Southee chose 3 wickets each. Adam Milne likewise got one scalp.
In chase of 307, India had Kiwis at 88/ 3 in 19.5 overs. A 221- run 4th wicket stand in between Tom Latham (145 off 104 balls) and skipper Kane Williamson (94 off 98 ballls) assisted New Zealand to a win.
For India, debutant Umran Malik (2/66) was amongst the choice of the bowlers. Shardul Thakur likewise got a wicket.
Latham’s excellent knock made him a ‘Player of the Match’ award.
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