Virat Kohli struck a sparkling century Sunday to help India secure a 40-run victory over New Zealand in the first limited-overs international.

Kohli's knock of 105 came with the help of 10 fours off 104 balls and made up for a lack of big contributions from other batsmen. India mustered a fighting total of 276 after being asked to bat first at the Nehru Stadium.

New Zealand could only manage 236 in reply after a strong display by the Indian bowlers in the first of a five-match series. Jaipur, Baroda, Bangalore and Chennai will host the remaining matches.

India had won the preceding three-match test series 1-0.

Scoreboard:

India:
Murali Vijay c Hopkins b Tuffey        29
Gautam Gambhir c How b McKay           38
Virat Kohli c How b McKay             105
Yuvraj Singh c Hopkins b Tuffey        42
Suresh Raina c How b Mills             13
Yusaf Pathan c Taylor b Mills          29
Wriddhiman Saha c Hopkins b McKay       4
Ravichandran Ashwin c and b McKay       0
Ashish Nehra run out Taylor             0
Shanthakumaran Sreesanth c How b Mills  4
Munaf Patel not out                     1
Extras (b1, lb1, w8, nb1)              11
Total (all out, 49.0 overs)           276
Fall of wickets: 1-44 (Vijay), 2-92 (Gambhir), 3-180 (Yuvraj Singh), 4-220 (Raina), 5-250 (Kohli), 6-256 (Saha), 7-256 (Ashwin), 8-257 (Nehra), 9-275 (Pathan), 10-276 (Sreesanth).
Bowling: Mills 10-0-42-3, Tuffey 8-0-56-2 (1nb, 2w), McKay 10-1-62-4 (5w), Elloitt 5-0-24-0, McCullum 9-0-53-0 (1w), Styris 6-0-26-0, Williamson 1-0-11-0.

New Zealand:
Jamie How c Vijay b Nehra                9
Martin Guptill c Patel b Ashwin         30
Kane Williamson c Saha b Yuvraj Singh   25
Ross Taylor c Patel b Ashwin            66
Scott Styris c Pathan b Yuvraj Singh    10
Grant Elliott c Pathan b Sreesanth       5
Daryl Tuffey c Raina b Yuvraj Singh      4
Gareth Hopkins c Pathan b Ashwin        16
Nathan McCullum c Gambhir b Sreesanth   35
Kyle Mills c Saha b Sreesanth           32
Andy McKay not out                       0
Extras (lb1, w3)                         4
Total (all out, 45.2 overs)            236
Fall of wickets: 1-32 (How), 2-46 (Guptill), 3-113 (Williamson), 4-131 (Styris), 5-136 (Elliott), 6-144 (Tuffey), 7-157 (Taylor), 8-169 (Hopkins), 9-236 (McCullum), 10-236 (Mills)

Bowling: Nehra 9-0-44-1 (1w), S Sreesanth 5.2-0-30-3 (1w), Ashwin 10-1-50-3 (1w), Patel 8-0-39-0, Yuvraj Singh 10-0-43-3, Pathan 2-0-24-0, Raina 1-0-5-0

India won by 40 runs
Toss: New Zealand
Umpires: Nigel Llong (ENG) and Shavir Tarapore (IND)
TV umpire: Sanjay Hazare (IND)
Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (SRI)
Next match on Wednesday.