In Men's Cricket, India defeated New Zealand by 12 runs in the first One Day International of three-match series in Hyderabad last night. Chasing the target of 350 runs, New Zealand were bowled out for 337 in 49.2 overs.

Earlier opting to bat first, India posted 349 for the loss of eight wickets.

Shubman Gill became the youngest cricketer ever to score an ODI double-century. He made 208 off 149 deliveries. The 23-year-old became the fifth Indian after Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan to score double hundreds for India in One-dayers. Gill also became the fastest Indian to record 1000 ODI runs during the game.
The second ODI will be played at Raipur on Saturday.