India with a comfortable win in the end. New Zealand need points as they look to gain an automatic berth for the next year's ODI World Cup in India. That's what gives this series much-needed context. We will be back with game 2 on Sunday (27th). Do join us then. Till then, take care and be well. Bye.

Deepti Sharma | Player of the Match (translated from Hindi): It is important how you start and I had the belief in myself. I had the mindset when I went to bat and even on how to provide the breakthroughs. The bat is new but I played with it during the World Cup, I enjoyed it a lot. As a bowling unit, we concentrated on bowling well and not think about the total we had on the board, we wanted to bowl in partnerships, that's what we did. [on the Devine run-out] I thought throwing was the better option.

Smriti Mandhana | India Women captain: Tough last one-and-half, two months, really happy to start off with a win. [on when they believed that they could win] Right from the first ball, if you don't believe in cricket, you won't be able to do it. We had a good huddle talk, we felt we were under-par and Saima set the tone for us. [on Saima] She has been around with us for the last one-and-half, two months, she has been brilliant throughout, really happy for her and hope this is just the start for her. Whoever batted today, we asked them what is a good length, Deepti is a superstar, she knows what she is doing. Radha and Hema also chipped in, the wicket assisted the spinners in the middle phase.

Sophie Devine | New Zealand Women captain: We did a fantastic job to restrict them. It was a very good cricket wicket, we thought 260-270 was par, we were confident at the innings break but when you lose wickets consistently, it is difficult . When you take wickets it generally slows down the scoring rate, the way India started we thought it was going to be 350-400 but we did well to restrict them to 227. [on Amelia Kerr] She has a tight quad, but she will rest up, have a couple of scans done and fingers crossed she will be fine. Anytime you put on the Silver Ferns cap we expect better of us, we will have a couple of days off and we will try and hit the ground running on Sunday.

Saima Thakor: I have been patient. The best thing is this bunch is amazing. It was a flat wicket. It felt like a dream. I was visualising that (Bates wicket) last night and it felt like a dream when it came true. Jemi has seen me a lot and I couldn't have asked for a better person to receive my maiden cap from.

20:24 Local Time, 14:54 GMT, 20:24 IST: It looked like 227 would not be enough for India at the halfway mark but a brilliant bowling performance has seen them win by 59 runs.

Radha Yadav to Eden Carson, out Eden Carson Run Out!! Eden Carson run out (Rodrigues/Radha Yadav) 0(1)

Radha Yadav to Eden Carson, THATS OUT!! Run Out!!

Eden Carson, right handed bat, comes to the crease

A run-out check sent upstairs. India are confident.

Eden Carson, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Radha Yadav to Molly Penfold, out Bowled!! Molly Penfold b Radha Yadav 1(4)

Radha Yadav to Molly Penfold, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

Radha Yadav to Molly Penfold, no run

Radha Yadav to Molly Penfold, no run