adminDHARAMSALA. — Bowlers set up India’s comprehensive six-wicket win over New Zealand in the first one-day international cricket match as batting mainstay Virat Kohli anchored the hosts’ chase in the low-scoring encounter in Dharamsala yesterday. The hosts, who were chasing a modest 191 for victory, rode on the 60-run partnership between Kohli (85 not out) and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni to canter home in 33.1 overs.
But it was the bowling led by debutant medium-pacer Hardik Pandya (3-31) and Amit Mishra (3-49) that helped topple New Zealand for a lowly 190 and set the platform for the big win. — AFP.
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