Will Young's century leads New Zealand to 333 in fourth ODI against India

Will Young scored a career-best 125 to lead New Zealand to 333 as it batted first in the fourth one-day cricket international against India at Bay Oval on Friday, November 13, 2026.

India dropped Young twice on 5. He was dropped by Rohit Sharma at first slip off Auqib Nabi in the second over of New Zealand's innings and by wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan next ball. Young went on to make his fifth ODI century, his first against India, from 88 balls. His century included 11 fours and three sixes.

Young began cautiously and was the minor partner in a stand of 85 for the first wicket with Tim Seifert, contributing 22 to the partnership while Seifert made 58 from 48 balls. New Zealand then lost Seifert and newcomers Nick Kelly (4) and Dean Foxcroft (8) in quick succession.

Young reestablished New Zealand's command in a partnership of 90 with Finn Allen for the fourth wicket. Allen made 41 from 30 balls in a stand that spanned the 20th to the 30th overs. New Zealand was 214-3 after 30 overs, set to challenge the record for the highest ODI innings at the Bay Oval of 371.

Allen was caught by Rohit Sharma at short cover and Young's innings ended when he holed out to substitute fielder Kumar Kushagra in the 37th over. Michael Bracewell made 15 from 20 as the India bowlers began to get on top of the New Zealanders.

New Zealand took a heavy toll on Kuldeep Yadav, playing his first match in the series, who gave up 63 from his first six overs. Axar Patel took 2-39 from his 10 overs. New Zealand was 265-6 after 40 overs and added only 68 from the last 10 overs. Mitchell Santner made 24, Kristian Clark 22 and Kyle Jamieson 19.

India won the toss and chose to bowl. Shreyas Iyer took over the captaincy from Shubman Gill, who joined India's test squad ahead of the first test against New Zealand starting next Thursday. Iyer won its eighth toss from nine matches across the Twenty20 and one-day series.

India leads the five-match series 2-0. India won the first match in Auckland by five wickets and the second in Wellington by four runs. The third match in Wellington on Tuesday was washed out without a ball being bowled. For the first time in this series, Friday's match was played in fine, sunny weather.

New Zealand made several changes to its lineup as a result of injuries and placements to its test squad. Nick Kelly, Dean Foxcroft and Finn Allen bolstered the batting while Kristian Clark and Matt Henry joined the pace attack. Ruturaj Gaekwad made his first appearance of the series, opening the batting with Rohit Sharma while Ishan Kishan kept wicket in place of K.L. Rahul. Kuldeep Yadav joined the India bowling lineup.

India is poised to become the first touring team in seven years to beat New Zealand in a one-day series at home.

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