Matt Henry's Six-Wicket Haul and Will Young's Century Lead New Zealand to Dominant 244-Run Victory Over India

New Zealand secured a crushing 244-run victory over India in the fourth ODI at Mount Maunganui on Friday, driven by a six-wicket haul from Matt Henry and a century from Will Young.

After being asked to bat first, New Zealand posted an imposing total of 333 all out. Will Young was the star of the innings, scoring 125 runs from 108 balls, including 14 fours and four sixes. Young, who survived two early drops by Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan, shared an 85-run opening partnership with Tim Seifert, who contributed a brisk 50 from 39 balls. Following Seifert's dismissal for 58, Nick Kelly and Dean Foxcroft played reckless shots and fell quickly. Young then found support from Finn Allen, who added 41 from 30 deliveries, as the pair put together a 90-run stand in 65 balls.

For India, Axar Patel took 2-39 in 10 overs, while Auqib Nabi took 2-59 and Gurnoor Brar took 2-69.

India's chase of 334 was dismantled by Matt Henry in a devastating opening over. Henry removed Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Shreyas Iyer—all for ducks—in a single over, leaving the Indian top order in ruins. India was eventually rolled for just 89 runs, with Ishan Kishan top-scoring with 27. Matt Henry finished with figures of 6-27, while Matthew Fisher took 3-31.

New Zealand currently trails India 2-1 in the five-match series, unable to win the series, but they can still avoid a series defeat if they win the final match on Sunday at the same venue.