Young, Henry star as New Zealand keep India ODI series alive

Black Caps openers and pacers called the shots in a comprehensive victory at Bay Oval.

13 November, 2026

A commanding performance from the hosts was capped off by a 244-run win against India, recording India's second-biggest defeat in terms of runs in ODIs, while keeping the five-match ODI series alive.

Will Young’s fluent century (125 off 108 balls) and Matt Henry's career-best ODI figures (6/27) set the tone, while crucial knocks from Tim Seifert (58 off 48 balls) and Finn Allen (41 off 30 balls) guided the hosts to a massive total of 333.

Put in to bat by India, New Zealand’s top order was in full control as Young and Seifert laid a brisk foundation.

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Breakthroughs from Gurnoor Brar, Axar Patel, and Auqib Nabi briefly slowed the hosts in the middle overs.

However, Young held the innings together with his dominant knock, finding an ideal partner in Finn Allen to rebuild momentum.

Late contributions from Mitchell Santner (24), Kristian Clarke (22), and Kyle Jamieson (19*) pushed New Zealand past the 300-mark before they were bowled out for 333 in 50 overs.

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Chasing 334, India had a tough task ahead against New Zealand's formidable pace attack.

Matt Henry (6/27) was all over India's top order, sending back Rohit Sharma (0), Virat Kohli (0), and Shreyas Iyer (0) in a sensational opening over to leave the visitors tottering at 0/3.

Kyle Jamieson (1/12) added to the pressure by removing Ruturaj Gaikwad (5), reducing India to 9/4 in the sixth over.

Ishan Kishan (27) and Axar Patel (21) came together to stabilise India's innings with a 44-run stand, before Matthew Fisher (3/31) dismissed Axar to spark another collapse.