Mount Maunganui, November 13, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
India suffered an unprecedented top-order collapse in ODI cricket on Friday as New Zealand pacer Matt Henry dismissed Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and stand-in captain Shreyas Iyer in a sensational opening over of the fourth match at Bay Oval.
Chasing a target of 334, India lost their first three wickets without scoring a single run, marking the first time in the team’s ODI history that they have suffered such a collapse.
The feat also placed India among a small group of teams to lose their first three wickets at zero in an ODI innings. Pakistan have experienced the same fate twice, while Bangladesh and Australia have also endured similar starts.
Henry produced a remarkable display of swing, seam movement and accuracy to dismantle India’s celebrated batting line-up.
Rohit was dismissed off the very first ball, getting squared up by extra bounce and movement before edging behind to Finn Allen at first slip.
Virat Kohli walked in next but lasted only four deliveries. Henry produced a delivery that initially moved away before nipping back and staying low, beating Kohli’s bat and pad to crash into the stumps.
Shreyas Iyer, making his ODI captaincy debut in place of Shubman Gill, became Henry’s third victim. The pacer trapped him in front with an incoming delivery, and although the on-field umpire initially turned down the appeal, New Zealand successfully overturned the decision through a review.
The dramatic first over revived memories of Henry’s devastating spell against India in the 2019 World Cup semi-final, when he struck early in the powerplay.
The collapse also marked only the second occasion on which Rohit and Kohli were both dismissed for ducks in the same ODI. The previous instance came against Sri Lanka in Dambulla in 2010.
Rohit, meanwhile, became the seventh Indian batter to be dismissed off the first ball of an ODI innings. The list includes Sourav Ganguly and Virender Sehwag, who suffered that fate three times each, as well as Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri, Kris Srikkanth and Manoj Prabhakar.
India had been set a challenging target after New Zealand posted 333 in 50 overs. Will Young led the innings with 125 off 108 deliveries, including 14 fours and four sixes, while Tim Seifert contributed a brisk 58 from 48 balls.
Despite India’s fightback with the ball, the hosts built a formidable total, leaving the visitors with a demanding chase that quickly turned into a historic batting disaster.
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