India’s batting collapse against New Zealand brought back memories of one of the most famous moments in their cricket history. Forty-three years after being reduced to 9/4 against Zimbabwe in the 1983 World Cup, India suffered the same score in the fourth ODI at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on Friday.Chasing 334, India lost their first three wickets without scoring a run. Matt Henry struck with the very first ball of the innings, dismissing Rohit Sharma, before removing Virat Kohli and captain Shreyas Iyer in the same over.Rohit was caught by Finn Allen at first slip, Kohli was bowled while trying to defend a delivery that came back in, and Iyer was trapped LBW after New Zealand successfully reviewed the decision.The damage did not stop there. Ruturaj Gaikwad was dismissed for five, leaving India struggling at 9/4.
Same score after 43 years
The 1983 World Cup match against Zimbabwe at Tunbridge Wells is remembered for Kapil Dev’s remarkable 175 not out. India were in deep trouble at 17/5 before their captain produced one of the greatest innings in World Cup history to rescue the team.On Friday, India were once again reduced to 9/4. It was only the second time that India had lost their first four wickets for fewer than 10 runs in an ODI. The first instance was the famous collapse against Zimbabwe in 1983.India’s lowest scores in first 10 overs since 2018India’s 26/4 in the first 10 overs against New Zealand was their lowest score in this period since 2018.Here are India’s lowest scores in the first 10 overs of ODIs since 2018:
- 21/3 against Australia in Sydney, 2019
- 22/4 against New Zealand in Wellington, 2019
- 24/4 against New Zealand at Old Trafford in the 2019 World Cup
- 24/2 against South Africa in Lucknow, 2022
- 26/1 against Australia in Melbourne, 2019
- 26/4 against New Zealand in Mount Maunganui, 2026
Henry has troubled India in previous matches too. He took 2/10 in Wellington in 2019 and 3/13 against India at Old Trafford during the 2019 World Cup. On Friday, he took 3/14 during India’s early collapse.
Rohit and Kohli register ducks together for only the second time
Rohit and Kohli both failed to open their accounts against New Zealand. It was only the second time in their ODI careers that both had been dismissed for zero in the same match.The first instance came against Sri Lanka in Dambulla in 2010. The second was on Friday in Mount Maunganui.
Matt Henry’s record against Rohit and Kohli
Henry has dismissed both Rohit and Kohli three times in ODIs. Rohit has scored 57 runs off 71 balls against the New Zealand pacer, averaging 19 at a strike rate of 80.28.Kohli has made 59 runs off 60 balls against Henry. He averages 19.67, with a strike rate of 98.33.Rohit joins list of Indian batters dismissed off the first ballRohit was out on the first ball of India’s innings. He became only the latest Indian batter to suffer this dismissal. Sourav Ganguly and Virender Sehwag hold the unwanted record of being dismissed off the first ball of an ODI innings three times each.Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri, Kris Srikkanth, Manoj Prabhakar and Rohit have suffered the same fate once each.
Teams to lose their first three wickets without scoring in ODIs
India also joined a list of teams that have lost their first three wickets without putting a run on the board in an ODI.The previous instances were:
- Pakistan vs New Zealand, Edgbaston, 1983 World Cup
- Pakistan vs South Africa, Lahore, 1997
- Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, Pietermaritzburg, 2003 World Cup
- Australia vs Bangladesh, Mirpur, 2026
- India vs New Zealand, Mount Maunganui, 2026