The Men in Blue struggled to put up a decent total on board in the absence of batting stalwarts Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni in the fourth ODI against New Zealand at Seddon Park, Hamilton. They got bundled out on 92 runs.
Wrist spinner Yuzvendra Chahal top-scored for India with 18 runs. Trent Boult finished with exceptional figures of 5/21. The pitch was providing help to seamers and New Zealand bowlers exploited the conditions beautifully. Indian batsmen were guilty of playing some very loose shots as well.
At the moment, New Zealand are 39 for two after six overs with skipper Kane Williamson and opener Martin Guptill back in the hut. Bhuvneshwar Kumar has taken both the wickets.
Take a look at how Twitter reacted to India’s poor batting performance;
All class @trent_boult #NZvsIND
— Mitchell McClenaghan (@Mitch_Savage) 31 January 2019
Man of the moment Trent Boult! 5-21 and signing autographs for the kids in the crowd #NZvIND pic.twitter.com/egAcQFxWtb
— Scott Styris (@scottbstyris) 31 January 2019
35/6. Need a miracle….and a bit more. #NZvInd @StarSportsIndia
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) 31 January 2019
No. 10 batsmen top-scoring for India in an ODI innings:
43 – Javagal Srinath v Pakistan, Toronto, 1998
18* – Yuzvendra Chahal v New Zealand, Hamilton, 2019*#NZvIND— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) 31 January 2019
India bowled out for a sub-100 total in ODIs for the first since August 2010. Their last under-100 total was also against NZ in Dambulla. #NZvInd
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) 31 January 2019
India’s top scorer Chahal – 18*#NZvIND pic.twitter.com/qqj4O1cQHt
— Sachin Gopalaiah (@sachincg6) 31 January 2019
92 is India’s lowest ODI score against New Zealand in New Zealand.
It is also India’s second lowest score against New Zealand in New Zealand across all formats#NZvIND— Neelabhra Roy (@the_sportopedia) 31 January 2019
@yuzi_chahal Top scorer and most no. of balls played…. That’s what an #MRFGenius bat can do. #4thODI #NZvIND
— Sravan Kumar Reddy (@sskr1729) 31 January 2019
South Africa was bowled out for 150 the other day. NZ in this series. Moment the Ind team fails one day the reaction is extreme.
This is a sport and it is not played by machines. Bad days happen. We need to be patient and not over react.— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) 31 January 2019
Socha tha kya kbhi ye din dekhna pdega ki chahal highest scorer hoga #NZvIND
— Ajey negi (@AjeyNegi) 31 January 2019
30.5 overs
92 All OutAaj koi Nahi Bolega , Strike Rate , Kitne Dot Balls , Kon kitne 6’s maara
Aaj dekh Liya ki #Dhoni kyon Chaiyeh Hume.#NZvInd#INDvNZ#TeamIndia
— DskTalks (@Dsk_Talks) 31 January 2019
Pic 1 India with kohli and Dhoni
Pic 2 India without kohli and Dhoni pic.twitter.com/0nObmJIdgH— Rohan Saini (@RohanSa05862033) 31 January 2019
Dhawan playing his part in every match today unlucky but why dhoni and jadeja sitting on bench why not in playing 11 #NerolacCricketLIVE
— Saurabh Sharma (@Saurabh39660744) 31 January 2019
India-92/10!! This is what happens when there is no one to lead your team! #virat #dhoni #IndvNZ
— Vinyas Gowda (@Viny_Gowda) 31 January 2019
In absence of @imVkohli and
Dhoni, Rohit Sharma’s today’s star is Yuzvendra Chahal who top scored in #4thODI innings ??? while Trent Boult struggled to take his wicket??? #AskStar #INDvNZ @msdhoni @ImRo45— Pancham Saude (@panchamsaude) 31 January 2019
#STARneadugu
India without dhoni and kohli is like mahabharata without bheema and Ajuna??— vishnuvardhan (@vishnuv79720254) 31 January 2019
Without @imVkohli and dhoni India’s batting like club cricket team#NZvsIND #AskStar
— Deepak Kumar Mishra (@deepakk61237093) 31 January 2019
Dhoni’s score whn IND in trouble
Vs WI: 82/8-188/10 (95*)
Vs SL: 152/6-203/9 (45*)
Vs Pak: 29/5-227/8 (113*)
Vs Aus: 76/4-303/9 (139*)
Vs Zimb- 92/4-288/4 (85*)
Vs SA: 104/5-247/9 (92*)
Vs ENG: 25/3-358/6 (134)
Vs SL: 131/7-232/7 (45*)
LONELY WARRIOR – MS DHONI
— run__jithu (@imrunjith) 31 January 2019
We: If they’re not champions without Smith and Warner, then they better should not be.
Also we: New Zealand are destroying us because Dhoni and Virat isn’t in the team. Otherwise, they’re nothing.#INDvsNZ #4thODI— Lasya (@challalasya) 31 January 2019
Anyone Missing #Dhoni ?#NZvInd #INDvNZ #TeamIndia
— DskTalks (@Dsk_Talks) 31 January 2019
Dhoni jaisa senior player ko
Aaram kyu diya jaa raha jabki
Dhoni is samaye foam me chal rahe hai.— Pankaj Mourya (@PankajM31931883) 31 January 2019
Pic 1 : Indian batting with Kohli and Dhoni
Pic 2 : Indian batting without them.#INDvNZ #Dhoni #Kohli pic.twitter.com/gX6LJHY9MB
— MS Sahu (@MSSahu7) 31 January 2019
Target 93 for kiwis
PS : No Dhoni in the squad #NZvIND
— ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ (@karambakkattaan) 31 January 2019