India vs New Zealand LIVE Score | IND vs NZ 1st ODI: Virat Kohli's 93, Harshit Rana, KL Rahul power India to tense win

Washington Sundar is feeling tremendous pain in his back. KL Rahul will need to play all the big shots here. Sundar can barely take a single but when it comes to twos and three, the Tamil Nadu batter can't. IND 283/6 (47)

OUTTT!!! Extra pace and little bit of extra bounce gets better of Harshit Rana, who edges to Will Youbg behind the wickets. Kristian Clarke gets his first international wicket. Washington Sundar comes out to bat. IND 279/6 (46.2)

DROPPEDDD!! Daryl Mitchell has dropped a sitter on the boundary, giving Harshit Rana a second life. BANGGG!!! Rana goes all over the ropes in the next over as he smashes debutant Kristian Clarke for a maximum over deep mid-wicket. IND 267/5 (45)

Sudden collapse by India after Virat Kohli's dismissal. Kyle Jamieson gets Ravindra Jadeja and Shreyas Iyer too to take his third wicket in seven balls. Suddenly, New Zealand are back in the game. Harshit Rana and KL Rahul are in the middle. IND 245/5 (42)

OUTTTT!!!!! Virat Kohli misses a hundred by just seven runs. The Indian is brilliantly caught by Michael Bracewell for 93, leaving the whole Vadodara crowd stunned in silence. Kyle Jamieson gets the wicket. Ravindra Jadeja has been sent out in place of KL Rahul. Kohli departs for 93 off 91 balls. IND 234/3 (39.1)

OUTTT!!!! Adithya Ashok gives the breakthrough as Shubman Gill hits straight at the hands of Glenn Phillips. The break might have broken Gill's concentration and rhythm. The Indian captain departs for 56. Shreyas Iyer joins Virat Kohli. IND 157/2 (26.3)

Fifty for Shubman Gill. This is Gill's first ODI since his neck injury in the first Test against South Africa. Having started on a slower note, Gill shifted gears gradually. Although Gill's fifty came in the shadow's of Kohli, but the Indian captain won't mind. IND 152/1 (26)

Sixth consecutive List A fifty for Virat Kohli as he takes a single off Glenn Phillips. His scores in last six innings in List A cricket read 76 not out,135, 102, 65 not out, 131, 77. In his last ODI series against South Africa, Kohli scored two hundreds and a fifty. IND 131/1 (22)

The stand between Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill has reached to 74 as India go strong in the chase. Carrying his form from the Vijay Hazare Trophy, Kohli looked in subline form as he punched his way to 28000 international runs. On the other hand, Gill, playing his first ODI since neck injury, is also playing well at the other end. IND 113-1 (18)

Debutant Kristian Clarke is called to bowl his first over in international cricket and Virat Kohli welcomes him with a couple of boundaries. In the next over, Shubman Gill welcomes Adithya Ashok with a first ball six, before Kohli clears the ropes twice later in the over. IND 76/1 (13)

OUTTT!!!! Rohit Sharma tries to go over the top but is caught by Michael Bracewell for 26. Kyle Jamieson gives New Zealand the breakthrough. Virat Kohli comes out in the middle amid huge cheers. IND 39-1 (8.4)

DROPPEDD! Glenn Phillips goes to his left in the air but fails to hold on a tough chance from Shubman Gill. Reminds of South African legend Jonty Rhodes. At the other end, Rohit Sharma goes bonkers against Kyle Jamieson, smashing the tall Kiwi for a flurry of boundaries. IND 36/0 (8)

Steady start by Indian openers Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma in the chase. IND 10/0 (4)

Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill walk out to bat in the chase. Kyle Jamieson to open the bowling for New Zealand.

14 runs come off the last over as New Zealand finish at exact 300/8 in 50 overs. India need 301 runs to win the first ODI in Vadodara.

Prasidh Krishna leaking runs again as Daryl Mitchell goes brutal against the Indian pacer - 4, 6, 4. However, Mitchell is back in the next ball as the Kiwi batter misses the line to be caught plumb. Mitchell goes for 84 as Krishna gets his second. NZ 281/8 (47.4)

Two quick wickets for India in consecutive overs. After Michael Bracewell was run out, Zak Foukes was cleaned up by Mohammed Siraj as New Zealand wish for 300-plus score looks tough. NZ 241-7 (44)

BOWLEDD!! Prasidh Krishna gets his first wicket of the day as extra pace gets better of Mitchell Hay. The Kiwi wicketkeeper goes back to hut for just 18. India need to get Daryl Mitchell. NZ 198/5 (37.2)

OUTTT!!!! Kuldeep Yadav gets his first wicket of the day. Glenn Phillips goes through with the drive but it goes straight to Shreyas Iyer for just 12 at cover point. First wicket by a spinner on the day. Michael Hay joins Daryl Mitchell. NZ 170/4 (33.2)

OUTTT!!!! After Harshit Rana, its Mohammed Sitaj who strikes. Three quick wickets for India after a solid start by the Kiwi openers. Will Young edges behind to KL Rahul for just 12. Glenn Phillips comes out. NZ 146/3 (27.5)

OUTTT!!!! Dragged in by Devon Conway as Harshit Rana removes both openers in consecutive overs. Two new batters in the middle - Will Young and Daryl Mitchell. NZ 133/2 (25)

OUTTTT!!!!! Finally a wicket for India as Harshit Rana strikes. After two short of the length deliveries, Rana bowls a slower one and Henry Nicholls edges to KL Rahul behind the wickets. Nicholls departs for 62. NZ 118/1 (22)

Fifty for both Henry Nicholls and Devon Conway. The opening wicket stand has also crossed 100-run mark. Meanwhile, India have to blame themselves with Washington Sundar and Kuldeep Yadav dropping one catch each. NZ 104/0 (20)

Henry Nicholls and Devon Conway have settled things in the middle as none of the Indian bowlers could make a mark so far in the middle. Fifty-run stand comes up for New Zealand - their first for the opening wicket in the last 10 ODIs against India in India. NZ 56/0 (12)

Henry Nicholls gets the first boundary of the game, as the southpaw clips Mohammed Sirajpast the square leg fielder. Otherwise, it's been a tight Indian bowling to start with. NZ 7/0 (3)

The BCA Stadium in Vadodara becomes the 51st venue in India to host an ODI. The previous two games at this venue, produced 300-plus totals.

Virat Kohli goes past Sourav Ganguly for most ODI matches for India. Kohli is playing his 309th game today, surpassing Ganguly, who has finished at 308. Ahead of Kohli are Sachin Tendulkar (463), MS Dhoni (347), Rahul Dravid (340) and Mohammad Azharuddin (334).

Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls walk out to bat for New Zealand. Mohammed Siraj will open the bowling for India. Just a single run from Conway as Siraj keeps it tight. NZ 1/0 ()

The umpires and the two teams walk out for National Anthems. New Zealand go first, followed by India. In case you have joined late, India captain Shubman Gill has won the toss and opted to bowl first. New Zealand have left out a few regulars in ODIs as they prepare for the T20 World Cup 2026.

We are just over 10 minutes away from the first ball being bowled. But before the game, the Baroda Cricket Association will felicitate the duo of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli for their contributions to Indian cricket.

Shubman Gill has won the toss and India opted to bowl first. Shreyas Iyer returns to the Indian playing XI for the first time since his injury in Australia. Meanwhile, Arshdeep Singh has been benched in the first game with Prasidh Krishna in the playing XI.

The biggest positive for India is the return of Shreyas Iyer in the Indian middle order. With KL Rahul in the side, they will take the No.4 and 5 slots, that has given the Men in Blue success over the years. With that India's top five is locked - Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Iyer and Rahul. Iyer, who has not played since his rib cage injury in Australia, returned to action last week with scores of 82 and 45 for Mumbai in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.

The ODI series marks the preparation for the Indian team for the 2027 ODI World Cup. Before the mega tourney next year, India are expected to play around 20 ODIs to finetune their prep. Notably, India are on a seven match ODI streak against the Kiwis and have not lost a game since 2023. The last time India lost to New Zealand was in 2022 in Auckland.

India wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant has been ruled out of ODI series against New Zealand due to an injury. “Wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant felt a sudden onset discomfort in his right lateral abdominal area while batting in the nets during India’s practice session on Saturday afternoon at the BCA Stadium, Vadodara,” the BCCI said.

“He was taken for MRI scans immediately and the BCCI Medical Team had a detailed discussion with an expert on his clinical and radiological findings. Pant has been diagnosed with a side strain (Oblique Muscle Tear) and is subsequently ruled out of the ODI series. The Men’s Selection Committee has named Dhruv Jurel as Pant’s replacement, and Jurel has linked up with the squad,” it said.

India will play three ODIs against New Zealand, starting today. Post the ODI series, India will play five T20Is against the same opposition. With the T20 World Cup in mind, the Kiwis have come with a second string side in the 50-over format with all the first-team players preparing for the mega event. For India, Shubman Gill will be appearing for the first time in ODIs post neck injury. The series will also see the return of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of India's first international game in 2026 against New Zealand in Vadodara.