Watch: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma's death stare to Kuldeep Yadav in IND vs NZ 1st ODI

Team India began the IND vs NZ limited-overs series by winning the 1st of the 3-match ODI series, chasing a target of 301 runs. While the batting unit of Team India performed as a unit, the bowling department will have to improve before the second One Day International.

Pritam Santra
Pritam Santra

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Team India began the IND vs NZ limited-overs series by winning the 1st of the 3-match ODI series, chasing a target of 301 runs. While the batting unit of Team India performed as a unit, the bowling department will have to improve before the second One Day International.

The match in Vadodara was a bit difficult for Kuldeep Yadav, mainly because of clumsy fielding efforts. He put down a routine catch and looked lazy while collecting the ball. Yadav's loss efforts annoyed two senior cricketers, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. A video showed how Kohli and Sharma were giving Yadav death stares. According to the video, Yadav, standing near the non-striker's end stump, did not even try to grab the ball, which was thrown near the boundary line.

The fielder was none other than Virat Kohli. Kohli, with anger, was looking straight towards Kuldeep. The ball went between the bowler and the batter and went to Sharma, who collected the ball with precision. After picking up the ball, Sharma, the former India captain, used some words with Yadav. Needless to say, those words might have hit the bowler hard. Shubman Gill, the team India captain, won the toss and invited New Zealand to bat first.

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Watch the moment when Kuldeep Yadav attracted stares from Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli

Their opening pair with Devon Conway and Henry Nicholls offered the visiting team a strong start. Powered by a 117-run opening stand, New Zealand registered a total of 300 in 50 overs, which was chased down by the hosts in 49 overs, and won the match by 4 wickets as Virat Kohli played a match-decisive 93-run knock.

On the other side, Kuldeep Yadav, in his 9 overs of bowling, took the wicket of Glenn Phillips with an economy rate of 5.78, as he conceded a total of 52 runs.

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