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New Zealand pacer Tim Southee crossed the 200-wicket mark in ODI cricket, changing into the fifth bowler from his nation to take action. He reached this milestone throughout his facet’s first ODI in opposition to India in Auckland. Within the match, Southee ended up with a spell of three wickets for 73 runs in his 10 overs. He had an financial system charge of seven.30. He took two essential wickets of captain Shikhar Dhawan (72) and Shreyas Iyer (80) and in addition dismissed Shardul Thakur (1).
In 149 ODIs, Southee has 202 wickets, which have come at a median of 33.83 and an financial system charge of 33.83. His greatest bowling figures are 7/33.
NZ Bowlers above him within the wicket-taking charts are Chris Harris (203), Kyle Mills (240) and former all-rounder Daniel Vettori (297). Chris Cairns has additionally 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 guided India to 306/7 of their 50 overs.
Pacer Lockie Ferguson (3/59) and Southee picked three wickets every. Adam Milne additionally bought one scalp.
In chase of 307, India had Kiwis at 88/3 in 19.5 overs. However a 221-run fourth wicket stand between Tom Latham (145* off 104 balls) and skipper Kane Williamson (94* off 98 ballls) guided New Zealand to a win.
For India, debutant Umran Malik (2/66) was among the many decide of the bowlers. Shardul Thakur additionally bought a wicket.
Latham’s terrific knock earned him a ‘Participant of the Match’ award.
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