India, Nov. 4 -- Virat Kohli struck a fluent 74 as India defeated New Zealand by five wickets in the rain-interrupted first ODI of the five-match series on Wednesday.

Kohli's innings marked his 80th half-century in the 50-over format and came a day before his 38th birthday. Chasing a revised target of 143 in 32 overs under the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method, India reached 143 for five in 22.4 overs.

Kohli and Shubman Gill, who scored 37, anchored the chase with a 113-run partnership for the second wicket. India, however, lost a few wickets towards the end before completing the chase.

Earlier, India's pace attack exploited the overcast conditions to bowl New Zealand out for 185 in 40.2 overs. Arshdeep Singh led the attack with figur...