No Fifties, 396 Runs: India's Historic Defence in New Zealand

In a low‑scoring showdown at Mount Maunganui, both India and New Zealand failed to produce a fifty, yet the match produced a combined 396 runs – the highest such total ever recorded on New Zealand soil.

India’s innings finished on 209/9 after 42.1 overs, with Patel and Kishan each scoring 46. New Zealand’s bowlers Duffy and Santner each claimed three wickets, keeping the total modest.

New Zealand’s reply ended at 187 all out in 48.1 overs. Dean Foxcroft’s 31 was the top score, and Arshdeep Singh’s three‑wicket haul helped India defend a target of 210, a milestone that places the result among only three successful sub‑225 chases in ODI cricket history.

The 396‑run partnership without a half‑century eclipses the previous record of 363 runs set in Hamilton in 1981, and it becomes the highest cumulative total for a men’s ODI played in New Zealand without any batsman reaching fifty.