India 156 for 2 (Dhawan 75*) beat New Zealand 157 (Williamson 64, Kuldeep 4-39, Shami 3-19) by eight wickets (DLS method)
Napier: In the wake of chronicle the notable ODI arrangement win in Australia, the Virat Kohli drove Indian side carried on the triumphant keep running in the first ODI against New Zealand in Napier on Wednesday.
In the wake of rocking the bowling alley out the hosts for 157 of every 38 overs, the guests pursued down the objective in the 35th over with 8 wickets still close by.
The opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan scored his 27th ODI fifty, hitting 75 keeps running in 103 balls, to take India home.
Virat Kohli played an agreeable thump of 45 preceding he was rejected while endeavoring a weak shot. Together Kohli and Dhawan were associated with their 22nd fifty-run organization and removed the diversion a long way from the hold of Kiwi bowlers who scarcely had any aggregate on the board to shield.
Rohit Sharma (11) was unfortunate to have been rejected in the wake of giving their side a not too bad begin in the run pursue. India were 41/0 after 9 overs when the break were taken.
Mohammed Shami was named the man of the counterpart for his wonderful knocking down some pins endeavors (6-2-19-3) as he shook the New Zealand top request right off the bat and gagged the stream of runs.
The bowlers, however, remained the star for the men dressed in blue in the agreeable success.
Subsequent to being requested to bowl first, the seamer Mohammed Shami disposed of Kiwis openers in his initial two overs. The right-armer tidied up Martin Guptill for 5 in the second finished, after which he thumped down Colin Munro's stumps in the fourth finished.
After the early invasion from the quick bowler, the Indian spinners weaved their enchantment as Yuzvendra Chahal expelled the exceedingly experienced Ross Taylor and Tom Latham with hardly a pause in between.
Shami came back to expel Mitchell Santer to pick his third wickets in the match, after which the chinaman Kuldeep Yadav joined the gathering.
The left-armer rejected Kiwis captain Kane Wiliamson for 64, after which he shook the tailenders to finish up with figures of 4/39 in his 10 overs.
Shami, on the opposite end completed with figures of 19/3 in his six overs, along these lines hardening his name in the cap for World Cup squad choice. The bowler was perceived as the man of the counterpart for his execution.
India's pursuit was hindered after Rohit Sharma's rejection in the ninth over when Dhawan grumbled that the daylight was specifically falling in his eyes, along these lines making it hard to recognize the ball.
The play was stopped for 30 minutes after which the objective was decreased to 156 keeps running in 49 overs. Umpire Shaun Haig had clarified the circumstance at the break.
After the play continued, captain Virat Kohli and Dhawan included 91 pursues together which the previous was rejected for 45.
The left-gave batsman completed down the pursuit with Ambati Rayudu as India took a 1-0 lead in the 5-coordinate ODI arrangement.
The two teams will meet again for the 2nd ODI on Saturday at Mount Maunganui.