Indian team is currently takin🥂g the challenge of New Zealand in the third One-Day Internꦬational (ODI) at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui. The hosts won the toss and asked visitors to bat first.
India posted 296-6 in their allotted 50 overs, thanks to KL Rahul, who smashed his career’s fourth hundred and took the team to a competitive total. He scored 112 off 113 balls with nine fours and two sixes.
Apart from the wicket-keeper, middle-order batsman Manish Pandey (42 off 48 balls) too shined in the match. He added 107 runs for the fifth wicket with Rahul. Before him, India’s No.4 Shreyas Iyer played a crucial knock of 62 and took his team out of early troubles.
For New Zealand, pacer Hamish Bennett was the most successful bo♚wler. He picked four important wickets for 64 in his 10 overs. A debutant in the previous match Kyle Jamieson and all-rounder James Neesham scalped one wicket each.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
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ODI century No.4 and his first at No. 5. What an impressive knock this has been from the versatile @klrahul11. He brings up his century in 104 balls with 9×4 and 1×6.
— BCCI (@BCCI)
KL Rahul walk♒ed out to bat a🐓t 62/3. His 4th ODI 💯 has put India in sight of 300!
New Zealand have aided India's recovery by missing a couple of run out chances.
— ICC (@ICC)
KL Rahul showing his class once again. 6th 50+ score in his last 11 odi innings, and this time converting it into a hundred. Good contri๊butions from Shreyas, Prithvi and Manish Pandey as well. Now upto the bowlers to defend 296 #
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281)
When you are all class, your batting number doesn’t matter! @klrahul11 💛proving that yet again
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
Will you open?
Possible to bat at 4?
Can you keep?
Can you please be our finisher?
Can you also lead today?
Naam Ek…Kaam Anek.
Kamaal Lajawaab Rahul ☺️🤗— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
Century from BAE at the Bay Oval! 😍 💯
With coming up, KL Rahul surely knows how to make us fall for him again anᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚd again. ♥
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— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL)
Currently, just an elegant, stylish run ma🌊chine. @klrahul11
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
A solid 💯 from KL Rahul (112) along with valuable contributions from Shreyas Iyer (𝓡62), Manish Pandey (42) & Prithvi Shaw (40) has got 🇮🇳 to a competitive total of 296/7! 👏
PC: BCCI
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders)
Rahul in New Zealand 112 (113)
Rahul in Delhi 0 (70)
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar)
Brilliant 💯 @klrahul11 😊👏👏🇮🇳
— Rahul Sharma (@ImRahulSharma3)
Khel Rahul, it's all about having tons of intent. 🦁💛
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL)
Well done @klrahul11 super 100 yet another 50 super contribution india 297… have to bowl well to win now.. common india 👍✅
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
Shreyas-Rahul partnership 👉🏻 1⃣0⃣0⃣
Rahul-Pandey partnership 👉🏻 1⃣0⃣7⃣
KL Rahul 👉🏻 1⃣1⃣2⃣After some early jitte𝐆rs, the middle-order took India to 2⃣9⃣6⃣/7⃣ 💪🏻
Over to the bowlers now.
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals)
ODI 100s by WK for India outside Asia
Rahul Dravid 145 v SL Taunton 1999
KL Rahul 100* v NZ Mount Maunganui 2020— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks)
