India vs NZ: Michael Bracewell's sensational 140 in vain as India win by 12 runs

New Zealand offspin allrounder Michael Bracewell produced a stunning counterattack through a 78ball 140 but his fightback went in vain as India won by 12 runs in the first ODI to take a 10 lead in the threematch series at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here on WednesdayAfter Shubman Gill produced a magnificent display of batsmanship to make 208 off 149 balls laced with 19 fours and nine sixes and becoming youngest batter to hit a double century in mens ODIs as India made a massive 3498 New Zealand were in trouble at 1316Bracewell who hit 12 fours and ten sixes in his 78ball knock took charge of the chase and added 162 off just 102 balls for the seventh wicket with Mitchell Santner who made 57 off 45 ballsIndia were put into massive pressure and it needed wickets from local lad Mohammed Siraj who took 446 apart from Hardik Pandya and Shardul Thakur taking out a wicket each at the end to give the hosts 10 lead in threematch seriesBracewell slashed pulled and swept well against spinners while Santner gained momentum by dispatching anything overpitched and short to the boundary rope off Hardik and Washington Sundar Shardul was brought back in the 37th over and Bracewell hammered over extra cover for four before getting his fifty with a pull over midwicket for sixHe continued to be severe on Shardul and Kuldeep Yadav playing with the field and getting his boundaries with ease with Santner joining in the fun too Bracewell then attacked Washington hitting him for sixes over longoff and wide longon as New Zealand needed 103 off the last ten oversMohammed Shami was brought back to end the partnership but Bracewell moved across to scoop over fine leg for six He then brought up his century in 58 balls with a six smoked cleanly over longon off Shami in the 43rd over Santner crunched three boundaries off fast bowlers to get his fiftySiraj brought India back in the match by having Santner miscue pull to deep midwicket and on the very next ball got one to nip back in to rattle Henry Shipleys stumps in the 46th over But Bracewell was standing tall swinging off Hardik for sixes over midwicket and square leg in the 47th over before taking a four and six off Shami in the 48th overHardik kept hopes of an Indian win high by getting Lockie Ferguson to hole out to longoff in the 49th over conceding just four runs With 20 needed off the final over Bracewell hammered a short ball from Shardul over wide longon for six before conceding a wide Shardul finished things for India by trapping Bracewell plumb lbw with a dipping yorker As DRS confirmed the ball hitting the stumps India took a sigh of reliefChasing 350 was always going to be an uphill task for New Zealand Devon Conway and Finn Allen got going with a couple of boundaries Siraj playing an international match at his home ground for the first time provided the breakthrough by having Conway pull a short ball to fine legHenry Nicholls got runs by smashing a brace of boundaries off Shami while Allen feasted on Hardik short balls pulling through vacant midwicket region for three fours and a six Eventually Shardul took out a dangerous Allen with a short ball pulled straight to deep midwicketAfter Nicholls swept off Kuldeep the leftarm wristspinner bounced back on the very next delivery by castling him with a googly He then took out Daryl Mitchell in his next over with the ball spinning in and trapping the righthander lbw in his creaseSome tight disciplined bowling from both ends and asking rate climbing meant New Zealand continued to crumble Glenn Phillips looked to slog off Shami but the ball seamed back in and hit the stumps after ricocheting off the batters back legSiraj struck on the fourth ball of his second spell getting some extra bounce and forcing Tom Latham to pull towards a sliding deep square leg From there Bracewell and Santner fought back in stunning fashion only for it to fall shortBrief Scores India 3498 in 50 overs Shubman Gill 208 Rohit Sharma 34 Daryl Mitchell 230 Henry Shipley 274 beat New Zealand 337 all out in 492 overs Michael Bracewell 140 Mitchell Santner 57 Mohammed Siraj 446 Kuldeep Yadav 243 by 12 runsAlso Read Sarfaraz is superb but wherersquos the place in Team India asks Milind RegeThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever