Virat Kohli gifted his jersey to New Zealand pacer Matt Henry after the latter's career-best 6-27 helped the hosts secure a 244-run victory over India in the fourth ODI. Henry dismissed Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer for ducks.

Tauranga: India icon Virat Kohli gifted his jersey to New Zealand fast bowler Matt Henry, whose fiery spell helped his team secure a massive 244-run win against India in the fourth ODI of the ongoing series at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on Friday.

Kohli met Player of the Match Henry, who registered his career-best ODI figures of 6-27 and reduced India to 0/3. The pacer dismissed Rohit Sharma, Kohli and Shreyas Iyer for ducks in the opening over, handing India an unwanted record as it was the first time the team had lost its first three wickets without scoring in ODI cricket.

Despite being dismissed by Henry for a four-ball duck, Kohli made a warm gesture by gifting him his jersey. The two players exchanged smiles and briefly discussed the match.

Henry bowled Kohli on the fifth ball of the innings. After initially opting for deliveries moving away from the batter, he brought one back into the right-hander. The ball stayed low and sneaked through the gap between Kohli’s bat and pads.

The Kiwi pacer then dismissed stand-in captain Shreyas Iyer for a golden duck, trapping him leg-before-wicket after a review. This effectively ended India’s hopes of chasing the daunting target. Although Ishan Kishan (27), Axar Patel (21) and Naman Dhir (21) put up some resistance, the visitors were never in contention.

Henry returned to pick up three more wickets, dismissing Kishan, Kuldeep Yadav and Gurnoor Brar to finish with 6-27 and set up New Zealand’s emphatic win.

Speaking about his performance and the triple-wicket maiden after the match, Henry said: “Yeah, it’s quite funny, isn’t it? The wind was so strong, and it was keeping things pretty simple, and it’s funny when you’re actually trying to have a simple game plan. A bit of luck as well. One shot a little bit low there too, so maybe the wind pushed me a bit sideways (smiles),” Henry said at the post-match presentation.

“Well, especially with the way the wind was going, I wasn’t too worried about the swing. So from ball one it was just about trying to have the strengths and bring the stumps into play, really. We knew that there was a small window there with the new ball that you could put the batters under pressure. So just trying to be as simple as possible, obviously, and when it moves sharply like that in the first over, when people are facing the first ball, it’s pretty tough,” he added.