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Patna : India scored 347/4 in 50 overs against New Zealand (NZ) in the first ODI at Seddon Park, Hamilton, NZ, on February 5, 2020, with Shreyas Iyer scoring 103 in 107 balls hitting 11 fours and a six, his maiden ODI century, and Lokesh Rahul scoring an unbeaten 99 in 64 balls with 3 fours and 6 sixes. Iyer and Rahul added 136 runs for the 4th wicket. Captain Virat Kohli scored 51 in 63 balls with 6 fours. NZ had won the toss but opted to bowl.
Batting first, India lost their first wicket that of opener Prithvi Shaw at 50. Shaw fell to all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme for 20 in 21 balls with 3 fours. His opening partner Mayank Agarwal, who has replaced Rohit Sharma in the ODI squad, fell to pacer Tim Southee for 32 in 31 balls hitting 6 fours and it was 54/2. Virat Kohli and Iyer added 102 runs for the third wicket. Kohli fell to spinner ish Sodhi for 51 and it was 156/3. Iyer fell to Southee for 103 making it 292/4. Rahul and all-rounder Kedar Jadhav then added 55 runs in their unbroken partnership for the 5th wicket, Jadhav remained unbeaten on 26 in 16 balls with 3 fours and a six.
Chasing a target of 348 runs, NZ were 7/0 after 1 over with Jasprit Bumrah bowling 3 wides in his first over.