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Kohli gives Henry a jersey after New Zealand’s 244-run win

Published 13 November 2026

Virat Kohli presented New Zealand fast bowler Matt Henry with an India team jersey after Henry’s six-wicket performance helped New Zealand beat India by 244 runs in the fourth one-day international. A video shared by New Zealand Cricket shows Kohli handing Henry the jersey and congratulating him after the match at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui.

Henry finished with figures of six wickets for 27 runs as India were bowled out for 89 while chasing New Zealand’s total of 333 for eight. He took three wickets in the opening over of the chase, dismissing Rohit Sharma, Kohli and Shreyas Iyer without scoring. India did not recover from the early collapse.

Kohli was dismissed for a four-ball duck, bowled by Henry. In the video, the two players speak briefly about the conditions and Kohli’s dismissal before sharing a smile. Accounts of the exchange report Kohli mentioning that the team had not expected the pitch to change during the second innings and that the sun may have affected him.

Henry later said that bowling into the breeze helped simplify his approach, which was to attack the stumps. The fast bowler also described the movement of the ball and the conditions as factors in the...

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