After losing the toss, India got an opening partnership of 124 runs. Two openers Shikhar Dhawan and Shubman Gill played fifty-plus innings. The pair broke when Shubman Gill (50) was dismissed by Ferguson in the 24th over. Then Shikhar Dhawan was also caught by Allen off Tim Southee for 72 off 77 balls. Shreyas Iyer played an innings of 80 runs in 76 balls with four fours and sixes. Apart from this, Sanju Samson 36, Washington Sundar played an unbeaten 37 * off 16 balls and India scored 3306 runs for 7 wickets in 50 overs. Tim Southee took 3 wickets for 73 runs.

New Zealand got the first blow in the team’s 35 runs in the run chase. Shardul Thakur tied the gloves of Rishabh Pant to Finn Allen (22). Another opener Devon Conway (24) was dismissed by the well-known Kashmiri pacer,