The attention of the 3-match series now switches to the second game after an exciting opening ODI. At the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium in Raipur, Team India will take on New Zealand on Saturday, January 21. Cricket fans enjoyed every aspect of the game in the 1st ODI.
In 1st ODI, Shubman Gill made history by being the youngest player to ever score a double century in an ODI and setting a target of 350 runs for New Zealand, all appeared set for India. Whereas, from the bowling side Mohammed Siraj was on fire at his hometown.
Other Indian batters like Virat Kohli, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya have also been performing well since last matches. But, now it’s the time to see skipper Rohit Sharma performing, as it has been a quite long time since runs are not coming from his bat. It will be exciting to see Rohit again scoring the big knocks. For a long time, Rohit Sharma’s ODI century total has remained at 29. On January 19,2020 in Bengaluru, he scored his last ODI century against Australia.
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It is expected from Rohit to finish his century draught with this match. He needs one century to come at par with Ricky Ponting, who had smashed 30 tons. Although, Rohit has proved his scoring abilities before and may score in this match. It is also important from team India’s aspect for Rohit to come back in form as the winning rate of India automatically increases when Rohit plays big knocks.
It is going to be an incredible game today, and India, who won the first ODI, will be hoping to win today’s game as well to wrap up the three-match series. Whereas, Kiwis will be under pressure to win this match to level the series.
