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Chasing a target of 334 at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui, India got off to their worst start in ODI history. In the fourth ODI of the series, India lost three wickets in the first over without scoring a single run. Back after recovering from injury, Matt Henry dismissed opener Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and stand-in captain Shreyas Iyer for ducks. This is the first time in ODI history India have lost three wickets without adding a single run to the scoreboard.
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This is the fifth instance of a team losing its first three wickets without a run in ODIs. Pakistan have done it twice, first against New Zealand in the 1983 World Cup and against South Africa in 1997. In the 2003 World Cup, Bangladesh lost three wickets without a run against Sri Lanka. Earlier this year, Australia lost three wickets without a run on board against Bangladesh.
On the first ball of the innings, extra bounce and seam movement troubled Rohit. He departed for a golden duck, getting caught at first slip by Finn Allen. Kohli arrived at the crease and was beaten outside off stump. On the fifth ball, Henry knocked over Kohli for a four-ball duck. Skipper Iyer arrived at the crease and was hit on the pad by a delivery angled in. Umpire Kumar Dharmasena ruled in Iyer's favour, but Henry opted for a review, and Iyer departed for a golden duck on his ODI captaincy debut.
The collapse was similar to India's 5/3 against New Zealand in the ODI World Cup 2019 semifinal.
This is the second instance of Rohit and Kohli falling for ducks in an ODI. The last time it happened was against Sri Lanka in Dambulla in 2010.
In his third over, Kyle Jamieson got the wicket of Ruturaj Gaikwad. He pushed at a delivery but all he could manage was an outside edge. Michael Bracewell took an easy catch at second slip. India lost their fourth wicket for nine runs. Jamieson would've got another wicket, but Nick Kelly dropped the catch to give Axar Patel an early reprieve.
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This is only the second instance of India losing their first four wickets within 10 runs. The last time it happened was against Zimbabwe in the 1983 World Cup game where skipper Kapil Dev scored a record-breaking 183.
New Zealand openers score big
Earlier, Iyer won the toss and opted to bowl first. Tim Seifert scored a quickfire fifty before he lost the duel to Gurnoor Brar. Will Young went on to score his fifth ODI century. New Zealand could not finish with a flourish but posted a threatening total of 333.
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