New Zealand were 55/2 after 11.5 overs against India at Eden Park, Auckland, when checked at 08:41 IST on November 4. Arshdeep Singh had taken both early wickets. This is a first-innings snapshot: India had yet to bat, so it establishes neither a chase target nor a match winner.

The ICC’s official scorecard records India winning the toss and choosing to field. BCCI identifies the fixture as the first of the five-match ODI series on India’s New Zealand tour. The early question is how the hosts rebuild after losing two top-order batters.

Early wickets at 22/1 after 4.3 overs and 40/2 after 8.3; New Zealand 55/2 after 11.5 at 08:41 IST, with Seifert and Mitchell unbeaten
ICC official scorecard snapshot, November 4 at 08:41 IST. The sequence shows early wickets and a developing stand, not a completed innings or final result. View full-size graphic ↗

The wickets at 22/1 and 40/2

Will Young made nine before being caught by Shreyas Iyer at 4.3 overs; Henry Nicholls also made nine before Naman Dhir held the catch at 8.3. Both dismissals belonged to Arshdeep. The team totals were 22/1 and 40/2, and his figures stood at 2/25 from five overs.

New Zealand added 18 team runs between those wickets. Removing two top-order batters is the concrete gain in India’s early bowling effort. The scorecard alone does not establish a pitch diagnosis or how the pitch or a particular batting decision will determine the result.

Seifert and Mitchell rebuild as Kamboj limits runs

At the same check, Tim Seifert was unbeaten on 25 from 33 balls and Daryl Mitchell on 12 from 16. They had added 15 runs from the second-wicket total of 40 to take the innings forward. With batting still to come, this early position cannot settle New Zealand’s eventual total.

Anshul Kamboj’s figures were 2.5 overs, one maiden, three runs and no wickets; Auqib Nabi had 0/27 from four overs. Alongside Arshdeep’s wickets, Kamboj had contributed run control. In the score notation, 11.5 means eleven completed overs and five balls, rather than a decimal fraction of an over.

Follow the same fixture through the official scorecards

The ICC and BCCI links below identify November 4, the first ODI and Eden Park. BCCI’s Scorecard and Commentary provide the totals and the ongoing sequence. The 08:41 IST figures in this article are a dated observation, rather than a continuously updated live score or final result.

Arshdeep’s two wickets gave India an early opening against the top order, while the unbeaten Seifert–Mitchell pair left New Zealand room to rebuild. Their partnership and the completed first-innings total are the next evidence needed to assess that contest. Subsequent developments and the result belong in an update to this same page.

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