MOUNT MAUNGANUI, New Zealand (The Thursday Times) — Matt Henry took six wickets, three of them in the first over, as New Zealand bowled India out for 89 and won the fourth one-day international by 244 runs on Friday.
Chasing 334, India lost Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and their captain, Shreyas Iyer, all for ducks in Henry’s opening over. Rohit edged his first ball to slip, Kohli was bowled facing his fourth, and Iyer was trapped leg before. The innings never recovered. Ishan Kishan top-scored with 27, and India were all out in 26.4 overs.
Henry finished with 6-27 and Matthew Fisher took 3-31. India only just avoided their lowest one-day total against New Zealand, 88 in Dambulla in 2010, and the result was their second-heaviest one-day defeat by runs.
Young cashes in on two drops
Sent in to bat, New Zealand made 333 all out in the final over, built around Will Young’s 125 from 108 balls, with 14 fours and four sixes. It was his fifth one-day hundred, and it came after India dropped him twice in two balls on five, first Rohit at slip and then Kishan behind the stumps.
Young and Tim Seifert put on 85 for the first wicket, with Seifert making a brisk 58. Finn Allen added 41 from 30 balls in a 90-run stand with Young. Axar Patel took 2-39, while Auqib Nabi and Gurnoor Brar took two wickets each as India pulled the innings back late.
India lead the five-match series 2-1 after the third match was washed out. New Zealand can no longer win the series, but they can draw it by winning the final match at the same ground on Sunday.
