Team India legends sign special mural at Eden Park in Auckland amid NZ vs IND 2026 ODIs [Watch]
Team India legends Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli signed a special mural at Eden Park in Auckland after the first ODI against New Zealand. The game was played in Auckland on Wednesday, November 4.
Team India legends Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli signed a special mural at Eden Park in Auckland after the first ODI against New Zealand. The game was played in Auckland on Wednesday, November 4.
The mural was specially curated by street artist Otis Frizzel. It had pictures of Indian stars Virat Kohli, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, and Rohit Sharma painted on the wall. Eden Park CEO Nick Sautner got Kohli and Rohit to sign the specially curated mural. The star batters also left special messages along with their signatures.
Watch the video of the same below -
"We have the honor of seeing Virat Kohli signing our famous canvas for creativity. Eden Park has a range of artists, both local and international. This is Otis Frizzel. This piece was created in 24 hours to honor the team's performance at our national stadium. Rohit as well down here. An absolute pleasure," the Eden Park CEO said. (via RevSportz)
India are in New Zealand for a multi-format tour. The visitors won the five-match T20I series 3-2 and began the five-match ODI series with a win in the first game. Following the white-ball games, the teams will also contest a two-match Test series.
Virat Kohli, bowlers star in India's five-wicket win
India won the first ODI at Eden Park, Auckland, by five wickets. Virat Kohli, along with the bowlers, put on a brilliant show for the visitors. They won the toss and opted to bowl first. New Zealand were bowled out for just 185 in 40.2 overs.
Their pacers stood tall, led by Arshdeep Singh, who picked up four wickets, returning figures of 4/70 from ten overs. Young pacers Gurnoor Brar and Anshul Kamboj also impressed. Gurnoor returned figures of 3/44 from 9.2 overs, while Kamboj picked up 2/22 from ten overs.
Due to rain, the Men in Blue were set a revised target of 143 in 32 overs. Virat Kohli set up the chase with a brilliant fifty. He smashed 74 runs off just 51 balls, with 13 fours and a six at a strike rate of 145.1. It was his 80th half-century in ODIs.
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