India vs New Zealand | Virat Kohli smashes 154 to give India victory

Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten 154 off just 134 deliveries as India beat New Zealand by seven wickets to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match One-Day International (ODI) cricket series here on Sunday.

Kohli, who scored his 26th ODI century, shared a 151-run stand with captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (80) as India chased down New Zealand’s total of 285 all out with 10 balls to spare.

Earlier, Tom Latham (61) and James Neesham (57) played pivotal roles in New Zealand’s total as they overcame a middle-order batting failure at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium.

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India v New Zealand

New Zealand:
Martin Guptill lbw b Yadav 27
Tom Latham c Pandya b Jadhav 61
Kane Williamson lbw b Jadhav 22
Ross Taylor st Dhoni b Mishra 44
Corey Anderson c Rahane b Jadhav 6
Luke Ronchi st Dhoni b Mishra 1
James Neesham c Jadhav b Yadav
Mitchell Santner c Kohli b Bumrah 7
Tim Southee b Yadav 13
Matt Henry not out 39
Trent Boult b Bumrah 1
Extras (w 7) 7

Total (in 49.4 overs) 285

Fall of wickets: 1-46 (Guptill, 6.4 overs), 2-80 (Williamson, 12.6), 3-153 (Taylor, 28.3), 4-160 (Anderson, 29.4), 5-161 (Ronchi, 30.2), 6-169 (Latham, 31.5), 7-180 (Santner, 34.2), 8-199 (Southee, 37.5), 9-283 (Neesham, 48.6), 10-285 (Boult, 49.4)

Bowling:
Umesh Yadav 10-0-75-3
Hardik Pandya 5-0-34-0
Jasprit Bumrah 9.4-0-52-2
Kedar Jadhav 5-0-29-3
Axar Patel 10-0-49-0
Amit Mishra 10-0-46-2

India Innings 289/3
Rohit Sharma lbw b Southee 13
Ajinkya Rahane c Santner b Henry 5
Virat Kohli not out 154
MS Dhoni c Ross Taylor b Henry 80
Manish Pandey not out 28

Extras 9 (b 0, lb 2, w 7, nb 0, p 0)
Total 289 (three wickets, 48.2 overs)

Fall of wickets: 13-1 (Ajinkya Rahane, 2.5 overs), 41-2 (Rohit Sharma, 8.4), 192-3 (MS Dhoni, 35.5)

Bowling:
Matt Henry 9.2-0-56-2
Trent Boult 10-0-73-0
Tim Southee 10-0-55-1
Mitchell Santner 10-0-43-0
James Neesham 9-0-60-0