IND vs NZ 1st ODI Live Cricket Score Updates: Today the first ODI match of India vs New Zealand is being played in Vadodara. Everyone's eyes will be on Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. The Indian team won the toss and decided to bowl first.
Sports Desk, New Delhi. India vs New Zealand 1st ODI Live Score Updates: The three-match ODI series (ODI Series 2026) between India (IND) and New Zealand (NZ) has started today at the Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara. In this first ODI of the year 2026, the coin toss fell in favor of Indian captain Shubman Gill and he has decided to bowl first.
Team India has come today with 3 fast bowlers (Siraj, Prasidh and Harshit) and 3 spinners (Washington, Jadeja and Kuldeep). At the same time, Aditya Ashok and Christiam Clarke are making their debut for the Kiwi team, while India has given a chance to Harshit Rana by resting Arshdeep Singh.
IND vs NZ Live Score: Henry Nicholls out
Harshit Rana gave India its first success on the fourth ball of the 22nd over of the innings. The Kiwi team got its first blow on the score of 117 runs. Nicholls caught KL Rahul on the fourth ball. He played an innings of 62 runs in 69 balls with the help of 8 fours. He made a partnership of 117 runs with Conway (52).
IND vs NZ Live Score: Both Kiwi openers hit fifty
Openers Conway and Henry Nicholls have scored fifties. Conway bowled the last ball of the 20th over of the innings and Henry completed his fifty one ball before him. After 20 overs, the score of Kiwi team was 104 runs. The bowlers of the Indian team are looking for wickets.
IND vs NZ 1st ODI Live Score: Henry Nicholls nears half-century
New Zealand's opening batsmen have troubled the Indian bowlers. Henry Nicholls is playing on 40 runs and is rapidly moving towards his half-century. On the other hand, Devon Conway is also unbeaten on 34 runs and he is also approaching his fifty. After 15 overs, the Kiwi team's score was 76 runs without any loss.
IND vs NZ 1st ODI Live Score: Kiwi team's score crosses 60 runs
The first 10 overs of New Zealand's innings have ended and the visiting team seems to be completely dominating the game so far. Indian bowlers have not been able to take even a single wicket so far. There has been a strong half-century partnership between opening batsmen Henry Nicholls and Devon Conway.
In the over of Prasidh Krishna, both the batsmen of the Kiwi team took advantage of his balls and hit a brilliant four each. A total of 9 runs came from this over, due to which New Zealand has further strengthened its momentum. The score after 10 overs was 44/0 for the Kiwis. At the same time, till 13 overs of play, New Zealand has scored 63 runs without any loss.
IND vs NZ Live Score: Drop catch from Kuldeep Yadav
Kuldeep Yadav dropped the catch on the second ball of the sixth over of the innings. A short ball bowled by Harshit Rana outside the off stump, Henry Nicholls played a shot in the air towards third man. Then the present Kuldeep Yadav ran ahead of the boundary line and tried to catch it with both hands, but the ball touched his hands and fell on the ground. The batter ran out and scored a run. After 6 overs, the Kiwi team's score was 24 runs without any loss.
IND vs NZ 1st ODI Live Score: Kiwi team's score 13/0 after 4 overs
In the fourth over, Devon Conway showed his class and hit a boundary on the best ball of the over. The New Zealand team is not taking any risks at the moment and is progressing the innings with patience. The score after 4 overs was 13/0. Devon Conway is scoring 9* and Henry Nicholls is scoring 3*.
IND vs NZ 1st ODI Live Score: Kohli beats Ganguly
Virat Kohli has achieved another big achievement in the list of players who have played most ODI matches for India. He has made it to the top-5, leaving behind Sourav Ganguly.
Players who played most matches in ODI for India-
Sachin Tendulkar: 463 matches
MS Dhoni: 347 matches
Rahul Dravid: 340 matches
Mohammad Azharuddin: 334 matches
Virat Kohli: 309 matches*
Sourav Ganguly: 308 matches
India vs New Zealand 1st ODI Live Score: Kiwi team batting starts
For India, fast bowler Mohammad Siraj came to bowl the first over. He bowled brilliantly. New Zealand's opening pair, Devon Conway and Henry Nicholls, played very cautiously and managed to score only one run from this over.
After the first over, the score of Kiwi team was 1/0.
IND vs NZ 1st ODI Live Score: India's luck finally turned in ODI
Team India's long-running bad phase in terms of toss in ODI cricket has finally ended. By winning the second consecutive ODI toss, India has broken the disappointing record in which the team had lost 20 consecutive toss. Let us tell you that this series of losing the toss started from the 2023 World Cup final.
India vs New Zealand 1st ODI Live Score: Playing 11 of both teams
Team India (Playing 11): Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill (captain), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.
New Zealand (Playing 11): Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Will Young, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Hay (wk), Michael Bracewell (c), Zachary Foulkes, Christian Clarke, Kyle Jamieson, Aditya Ashok.
IND vs NZ 1st ODI Live Score: What did the Kiwi team captain say?
Kiwi team captain Michael Bracewell said that we would have bowled first after winning the toss, but we have no problem in batting first. We have adapted to the weather here and our practice sessions have also been very good. This is a big series for us and it is always a matter of pride to play for New Zealand. The World Cup is to be held in India (next year), so playing here is a big advantage for us. There are definitely some new faces in the team, but they also have experience. I may play a little lower in the batting order today. Christian Clarke is making his debut today and Aditya Ashok will be our main spinner.
IND vs NZ 1st ODI Live: India's Playing 11
While announcing the playing-11, Indian team captain Shubman Gill said that we did not want to face dew while bowling later, so we are looking to chase. Everyone is in great form after playing a few Vijay Hazare Trophy matches. The team environment is good. Today we have given a chance to 6 bowlers – Sundar, Jadeja and Kuldeep as spinners and Siraj, Prasidh and Harshit as pacers in the playing-11.
Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill (captain), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna
IND vs NZ 1st ODI Live Score: India won the toss and chose bowling
India won the toss and chose bowling in the first ODI against New Zealand.
India vs New Zealand 1st ODI Live: Historic moment for Vadodara Stadium
This will be the first time that the new Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) stadium in Kotambi will host an international match. Earlier, a successful women's ODI series between India and West Indies has been organized on this ground, but the first men's match will be played here.
IND vs NZ 1st ODI Live: Coin toss will toss in some time
The toss of the first ODI match between India and New Zealand is going to take place in a few minutes from now in Vadodara. The toss will take place at 1 pm, while the match will start at 1:30 pm.
IND vs NZ 1st ODI Live: Gill's army ready for the first ODI
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India vs New Zealand Live Score: Kohli has his eyes on these records too
'Highest run-scorer' against New Zealand: Kohli needs just 10 runs to become the highest run-scorer in India's winning matches against the Kiwis.
Fastest to 28,000 runs: To become the fastest player to complete 28,000 runs in international cricket, he needs only 25 runs in the next 20 innings.
World's second highest scorer: He needs 42 runs to become the second highest run scorer in the history of international cricket.
3000 runs against Kiwis: Need 73 runs to become the second Asian batsman to complete 3,000 runs in international cricket (all formats) against New Zealand.
India's successful batsman against New Zealand in ODI: Kohli needs 94 runs to become India's most successful batsman (highest run-scorer) against New Zealand in ODI cricket.
IND vs NZ 1st ODI LIVE: Sachin Tendulkar's big record on Kohli's target
Virat Kohli is on the verge of leaving behind the great batsman Sachin Tendulkar. Kohli needs only 25 runs to complete his 28,000 international runs. Today, if he scores 25 runs in the first ODI against New Zealand, he will become the fastest cricketer in the world to score 28 thousand international runs.
Kohli has currently scored 27,975 runs in 623 innings. Sachin had achieved the record of scoring 28 thousand international runs in 644 innings. In such a situation, Kohli has a chance to overtake him. He can also become the third batsman in the world after Sachin and Kumar Sangakkara to score 28,000 runs.
India vs New Zealand 1st ODI Live: Head-to-head record
So far 120 ODIs have been played between India and New Zealand, out of which India won 62 and New Zealand won 50. 7 matches remained inconclusive. There was also a tie in 2014. In India, both the teams played 40 ODIs, Team India won in 31 and Kiwi team won in only 8. One match also remained inconclusive.
IND vs NZ 1st ODI Live Score: New Zealand team
Michael Bracewell (captain), Mitchell Hay (wk), Nick Kelly, Henry Nicholls, Will Young, Josh Clarkson, Glenn Phillips, Aditya Ashok, Christian Clerk, Jack Foulkes, Daryl Mitchell, Kyle Jamieson, Devon Conway (wk), Jayden Lennox, Michael Ray.
IND vs NZ Live Score: Team India's updated ODI squad
Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer (vice-captain), KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav and Nitish Kumar Reddy.
India vs New Zealand Live Score: Pant out, Dhruv Jurel's entry
Team India's star wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant has been ruled out of the three-match ODI series against New Zealand. BCCI confirmed this 3 hours before the start of the first ODI.
According to BCCI, he got injured during the practice session at the BCA Stadium in Vadodara on Saturday afternoon. When Pant was batting in the nets, suddenly he felt a lot of discomfort and pain in the right side of his stomach.
Pant's injury was examined, which confirmed 'side strain'. For this reason, the medical team has advised him rest and he will not be able to play in this entire ODI series. Dhruv Jurel has been included in the team in his place.
IND vs NZ 1st ODI Live: Captain Shubman Gill's litmus test
Everyone's eyes will also be on captain Shubman Gill. There is a lot of discussion about his return after being left out of the T20 World Cup 2026 team. Due to injury, he could not play much against South Africa last year. In such a situation, his performance in this series will be very important. Due to Gill's return, Yashasvi Jaiswal may have to be out of the top order, whereas he had scored his first ODI century in the last series itself.
IND vs NZ 1st ODI Live: All eyes on Virat and Rohit
India's hopes of victory in the ODI series against the New Zealand team once again rest on the tremendous form of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Even though the T20 World Cup is going to start in less than a month, Rohit and Virat will grab all the headlines in this ODI series that will last for the next seven days. Host India hopes that these two legends will maintain their rhythm and give a great start to the team.
IND vs NZ 1st ODI Live Score: India-New Zealand 1st ODI today
Welcome to the live coverage of the first match of the three-match ODI series between India and New Zealand. This match will be played at BCA Stadium in Kotambi, Vadodara from 1:30 pm today. Half an hour before this the coin toss will bounce.