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Daryl Mitchell continued his love affair with the Indian side as he racked up yet another fifty against the Men in Blue and bailed his team out of a precarious situation in the second ODI on Saturday.
He came in to bat when the Kiwis lost 2 early wickets and were struggling for a rhythm. At one stage, the Black Caps had lost 5 for 53 and were in danger of getting bundled out before the 100-run mark, before Mitchell resurrected the innings and entered an elite list.
Mitchell joins Guptill in elite list vs India
On a Wellington wicket that got tricky due to rain, Mitchell struggled for runs and reached the fifty-run milestone in 97 balls, and it turned out to be his slowest fifty in ODI history. However, the uncharacteristic knock from the Kiwi batter helped him to enter an elite list.
Most 50+ Scores for New Zealand vs India in ODIs:
- 12 - Kane Williamson
- 11 - Ross Taylor
- 10 - Nathan Astle
- 9 - Stephen Fleming
- 7 - Martin Guptill, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell*
Kane Williamson leads the charts with 12 fifty-plus scores against India, followed by Ross Taylor with 11, and Nathan Astle with 10 such scores against the Men in Blue.
Former Kiwi captain Stephen Fleming sits fourth on the list, and Mitchell now has 7 fifty-plus scores against India in just 15 ODIs, equalling Martin Guptill, and Tom Latham.
Daryl Mitchell boasts outstanding ODI numbers against India
There are players who love to play against a particular team, and for Mitchell, that team is India.
He has the second-highest ODI average against India in ODIs (68.66), and he sits only behind George Bailey, who averaged a whopping 71 against them. In 15 ODIs against India, Mitchell has racked up 824 runs, with an average of 68.66 and a strike rate of 90.74, and has 4 hundreds to his name.
In the last ODI series played between the two teams (January 2026), the right-handed batter racked up 352 runs in just 3 innings, with an average of 176.00. He continued the same rich vein of form in the second ODI against the Indian side and scored 55 vital runs.
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