India vs New Zealand 1st T20I: Live Score Updates & Key Moments

Arshdeep again. Santner pulls the slower short ball to deep midwicket for one. Ishan drops a sitter this time. Low full toss, whipped aerially towards midwicket, Kishan can’t hold on. Low full toss to Santner, clipped to midwicket for one. Santner picks up a couple after thumping one down the ground to long off. Bumrah with his third. Rinku almost pulls out a stunner in the deep. Jumps high up and manages to parry it back inside the rope, but it trickles into the fence for four. Bumrah nails the yorker. Mitchell can only get one. Four!! Mitchell plays a reverse ramp through third man for four more. IND vs NZ 1st T20I: Axar Patel goes off the field due to finger injury Attempting a catch off his own bowling, Axar threw his left hand at the ball and was struck on the tip of the his index finger. Arshdeep back into the attack. Mitchell looks to play a lap shot but can only manage a single to the legside. Santner lofts one straight down the ground without much timing, picks up a couple. Slower ball, short of a length, slapped to long off for one. Wide yorker, Mitchell can’t get it away. Four!! Short ball from Arshdeep, Mitchell gets a top edge on his pull shot and it runs away for a boundary. Four!! Second four in succession to round out the over. Axar with his final over. Santner gets a single to long on. Mitchell looks to go big on the legside, doesn’t connect but falls short of Abhishek at deep midwicket. Four!! Straight down the ground from Mitchell, bursts through Axar’s fingers and runs away to the fence. Axar will not be able to finish the over. Abhishek Sharma to finish the remaining three balls. Mitchell picks up a couple after smashing one through the bowler’s fingers again. Varun with his final over. Mitchell mistimes his slog to deep square for a single. Six! Chapman slogs a length ball over the midwicket fence for six! WICKET!! Chapman looks to go big over the legside again, holes out to Abhishek at long on. Chapman c Abhishek Sharma b Varun Chakaravarthy 39(24) Santner in at 7. A single to retain strike. Axar with his third over. Four!! Phillips manages to slap it over extra cover and finds the fence. Six!! Full outside off, lofted over cover for six! WICKET!! Phillips holes out to long on while attempting to clear the fence. Phillips c Shivam Dube b Axar 78(40) Daryl Mitchell in at 6. Varun with his third. Six!! Phillips lofts a length ball over the long on fence for six! Good comeback from Varun after the first-ball six. Just five more in the rest of the over. Dube again. A single to midwicket for Phillips. Six!! Phillips launches the short of a length ball over the midwicket fence for six. Six!! Short ball to Chapman, pulled through the legside for six more! Bumrah back. Rinku drops and absolute sitter! Chapman fails to pick the slower ball and gets a leading edge. Goes straight up and Rinku puts it down at deep square. Slower short ball, Phillips cuts it to deep third for one to bring up his half century! Four!! Slightly short to Chapman, who beats the legside sweeper with his pull shot. Shivam Dube into the attack. Phillips pushes one to midwicket and comes back for two. Would have been a goner at the striker’s end but Sanju doesn’t collect properly. Four!! Short ball, Phillips pulls it past deep square for four. Varun continues. Chapman slaps a short ball to long off for one. Six!! In the slot, Phillips picks up the length and lofts it over long on for a big six. Four!! Chapman gets a thick outside edge on a wide ball outside off, runs away for four. Two runs to wide long off to end the over. Axar continues. Chapman with an attempted swat through fine leg, appeals for caught behind from Sanju and he forces Surya into a review. Flat line on UltraEdge. Another review burned by India. Four!! Chapman comes down the track and lofts a short of a length ball over midwicket for four. Two singles to follow. Make that three. Andhra Cricket Association has announced the dates for the ticket sales for the fourth IND vs NZ T20I to be held in Visakhapatnam on January 28. The online will commence at 5:00 p.m. on January 23 via the District by Zomato app. Varun Chakaravarthy into the attack. Two singles to start the over. WICKET!! Robinson mistimes a lofted shot straight down the throat of a straight short midwicket. Tim Robinson c Shivam Dube b Varun Chakaravarthy 21(15) Mark Chapman in at 5. Gets a single to long on off his first ball. Axar Patel into the attack. Full on the stumps, whipped through wide mid on for one by Robinson. Rinku does well on the boundary line to prevent a boundary through deep midwicket. Six!! Phillips stays on the backfoot and connects with his lofted shot over midwicket. Bumrah into the attack. Length ball on the stumps, pushed to mid on. Phillips dabs one to point for a single. Robinson taps one to the legside for one. Four!! Overpitched outside off, driven past short cover for four. Short ball, Phillips fails to get bat on his attempt to guide it over the keeper. Hardik to Robinson. Short ball first up, called a wide. Four!! Full and wide, Robinson gets a thick outside edge that runs past the slip fielder for four. Six!! Short ball, Robinson moves legside and pulls it over wide mid on for six! A quick single to cover follows. Four!! Full and wide, Robinson finds the gap through cover to pick up a boundary. Arshdeep to Phillips. Four!! Inswinger into the stumps, driven past mid on for the innings’ first boundary. Almost a suicidal run from Robinson, dabs it to the legside and sets off. A direct hit from Kishan would have been curtains. Six!! Arshdeep goes full, Phillips goes down the ground and clears the fence. Hardik from the other end. Full outside off, Rachin pushes to short cover. WICKET!! Rachin looks to come down the track and make something happen, gets an outside edge that is pouched by first slip. Ravindra c Abhishek Sharma b Hardik Pandya 1(5) Glenn Phillips in at 4. Gets off the mark with a quick single to mid off. Robinson looks to loft an outswinging ball over the offside, just falls beyond the reach of the backtracking mid off fielder. Devon Conway and Tim Robinson open for the Kiwis. Arshdeep with the first over. First ball is down legside but within the red line. Not called a wide. WICKET!! Full and wide, Conway throws his hands at it and gets a thick edge. A stunning full length dive from Samson to complete the catch. Conway c Samson b Arshdeep Singh 0(2) Rachin in at 3. Wide of off, guides it to deep third for one. Full, swinging in to Robinson. Arshdeep appeals but the umpire says no. India opts to review. Going down leg, the umpire’s decision stands. What is the highest successful run chase in T20Is in India? India set New Zealand a target of 239 runs in the first T20I at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur on Wednesday. Mitchell to bowl the last over. Six!! Rinku moves across and lofts the length ball straight back over the bowler’s head for six. Six!! In the slot, Rinku smokes it over midwicket for six more! Mitchell goes round the wicket and bowls a wide. Four!! Slower short ball, Rinku adjusts and pulls it past fine leg for a boundary. Four!! Mitchell goes for the double bluff after bringing square leg in. Rinku pulls the slower ball over the fielder’s head and picks up four more. Duffy to Rinku. Starts with a wide outside off. Full toss on the pads, clipped to deep square for one. Arshdeep beaten by a pacy delivery outside off. Again. Slower ball this time, Arshdeep once again makes no contact. Four!! Connects this time, and the ball has enough to run to he fence straight down the ground. Six off the penultimate over. Clarke starts with a slower one outside off, Axar picks a single to the offside. Six!! Short slower ball on the stumps, Rinku gleefully pulls it over short fine for a six. Four!! Full and wide, Rinku reaches out and finds the gap on the offside for four more. WICKET!! Axar looks to loft one over wide long off, holes out to the fielder in the deep. Axar c Mitchell b Kristian Clarke 5(5) Arshdeep in at 9. Gets a top edge on an attempted pull, picks up a couple as short fine pulls it back. Jamieson to bowl out. Rinku picks up a couple after a push to midwicket. Four!! Overpitched with mid off in the ring, easy pickings for Rinku who drives it straight down the ground. Rinku almost holes out to deep square with a wristy flick, falls short of the fielder. Full on the stumps, Axar drives to midwicket for two. Similar length, similar shot but just a single this time. Duffy back for his third. Hardik picks up one to midwicket. Duffy falls down in his follow-through while delivering a short ball that Rinku guides to third man for one. In the blockhole this time, Hardik digs it out, back to the bowler. WICKET!! Hardik looks to loft a length balll over midwicket, Chapman holds on to a good catch over his head in the deep. Hardik Pandya c Chapman b Jacob Duffy 25(16) Axar Patel in at 8. Guides a short of a length ball to short third for one. Sodhi dives full stretch and manages to get a hand at short third to prevent a boundary. Santner with his third over. Rinku chops one to third man to pick up one. Four!! Short and slightly wide, Hardik brings out his new bat and slashes it past long off for a boundary. Six!! Straight down the ground this time, past the boundary rope. Thrown wide of off, Hardik adjusts and slaps it to deep cover for one. Rinku picks a single to midwicket. A single for Hardik to complete the over. Jamieson back. Hardik welcomes him with a powerful lofted shot down the ground. No chance for long off making his way across. Full on the stumps, drilled back down the ground for one. Six!! Short to Dube, pulls it over the head of the square leg fielder for six. WICKET!! Dube gets a leading edge and Jamieson completes the simplest of caught and bowled chances. Shivam Dube c and b Jamieson 9(4) Rinku in at 7. Tries to pull a shortish ball, doesn’t make contact and cops one to his chest. Full and straight, guided to deep midwicket for one. Shivam Dube joins Hardik in the middle. Clarke returns. Hardik picks up a single with a drive to long on. Dube drives uppishly, just past short cover to pick up a couple. Slower bouncer, guided to deep midwicket for one. Short ball again, Hardik pulls to deep midwicket for one. Just five runs from the over. Four!! Full outside off, Abhishek takes a step down the ground and lofts it back over the bowler’s head for four. Six!! Walks down again and Mitchell almost picks a blinder, the ball falls back on the boundary cushion and that will be six. Six!! In the slot from over the wicket, lofted over midwicket for a huge six. Slightly shorter, picks a single to deep square with a back-foot whip. WICKET!! Abhishek finally mistimes an attempted lofted shot down the ground and holes out to long on. Abhishek Sharma c Jamieson b Ish Sodhi 84(35) Surya mistimes the first ball of Santner’s over but it falls short of the fielder. Six!! Abhishek connects again, lofts one over long on for six more. Mistimes his next attempted lofted shot, takes the edge of the bat but falls well short of a long off hurrying in from the deep. WICKET!! Surya holes out to long on with a slightly mistimed lofted shot down the ground. Suryakumar Yadav c Tim Robinson b Santner 32(22) Hardik Pandya in at 5. Walks down the track and smokes the first ball down the ground for four. The umpire had to scramble to get out of the way. Sodhi again. Surya picks up a single to long on. Abhishek hangs back and whips a slightly fuller one to long on for one run. Four!! Surya gets into the position early and plays a fine sweep over the head of short fine. Back of a length, Surya finds the gap through midwicket for four more. A single to long off to follow. Santner into the attack. Full on the stumps, Abhishek clips to midwicket for one. In the blockhole, driven to short cover by Surya. Overpitched again, he’ll get a single this time. Six!! Abhishek picks up a full ball and launches it into the stands over square leg. A good effort from the point fielder keeps the next ball to one. Surya looks to loft one over cover, gets an inside edge to fine leg for one. A misfield at deep cover hands Abhishek a boundary. Clarke failed to account for the spin on the ball. Four!! Wide from Phillips, Abhishek cuts it past point to collect another four. Four!! Clarke again. Beaten by the bounce again after Abhishek lofts one through extra cover against the off-spinner. A single to long on brings up Abhishek’s fifty. Just 22 balls for the landmark. Quick single after Surya pushes one to short third. Wide down the legside, beats the keeper and runs away for four extra runs. Single to complete an expensive over. IND 96/2 in 8 overs. First over of spin. Surya pushes Sodhi’s first ball to long on for one. Abhishek hangs on the backfoot and picks a single to long off. Surya gets an inside edge through square leg for one. Four!! Abhishek cuts a wide one past point to pick up four. Yorker length from Sodhi, pushed to long off for one. Six!! Abhishek unleashes a powerful slash over cover to begin Clark’s over with a six. Short ball following the batter who looked to make room again, guided to third man for one. Six!! Surya brings his trademark lofted shot over deep square to pick up his first six. A whip of the wrists is enough to take it over the fence. Slower ball on off, swatted to deep square for one. Abhishek gets a faint edge on the delivery going down leg. Goes on the bounce to the keeper. Six!! Abhishek lofts the first ball of the over from Jamieson over long off for six! Clips one square leg to get off strike. Full and wide, Surya drives to deep cover point for a single. Six!! Abhishek hangs back and lofts the short of a length ball over midwicket. Single off the last ball helps Abhishek retain strike. Kristian Clarke in to the attack. Abhishek lofts a length ball outside off over cover but doesn’t have enough legs to reach the boundary. A couple taken. A single to deep square follows. Surya does well to keep out a length ball on off stump that kept very low. Comes down the track and caresses a drive past short extra cover. Will get four more. Abhishek picks a quick single against Duffy after pushing one to the legside. Kishan beaten on the outside edge with a ball going away with the angle. Four!! Short of length, plays a short-arm jab to loft it over the midwicket region for four more. WICKET!! A flurry of boundaries is broken by another wicket. Kishan holes out to short cover. Good catch over the head. Ishan Kishan c Chapman b Jacob Duffy 8(5) Suryakumar Yadav in at 4. Four! Gets off the mark with a drive past cover for four. Jamieson from the other end. Four!! Short ball on the stumps, Samson pulls it through deep square leg for a boundary. Full on the stumps, Samson guides it through midwicket for a couple. Four!! Short of length, Samson waits on his backfoot and lofts it over mid on for a boundary. WICKET!! Full on the pads, Samson flicks it straight to the fielder at short midwicket. A wicket out of nowhere for the Kiwis. Samson c Ravindra b Jamieson 10(7) Ishan Kishan in at 3. His first game since late 2022. Four!! Starts with an exquisite loft over the bowler’s head for four. Pure timing. Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma walk out to open. Jacob Duffy with the ball in hand. Full on the stumps, swinging away a touch, Samson defends to point. Down the leg side, clips Samson’s pads and the first runs of the innings come via legbyes. Abhishek comes down the track, making room on the legside. The ball is full and wide and is past his reach. Called a wide by the umpire. Full on the stumps, Abhishek defends to short midwicket. Short ball next up, Abhishek lets it go. Six!! Abhishek lofts a length ball straight down the ground for six! Spoils the over for Duffy. Suryakumar Yadav becomes 4th Indian to play 100 T20I matches Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Hardik Pandya are the others to complete the milestone before Suryakumar. India: Sanju Samson(WK), Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav(C), Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh New Zealand: Tim Robinson, Devon Conway(WK), Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner(C), Kristian Clarke, Kyle Jamieson, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy New Zealand has won the toss and opts to bowl first. “Looks like a good wicket. Last week was special (ODI series win), but it’s a new series. We have five tough games ahead. No better preparation than playing India at home before a World Cup. Kristian Clarke will make his T20I debut,” says Mitch Santner. “We were looking to bowl too but happy to bat first. Some dew comes in after 8:30 pm. No Harshit and Kuldeep in the Playing XI,” says Suryakumar Yadav. ​​​ Suryakumar Yadav vows to stick with proven methods to recover batting form Suryakumar Yadav — who will play his 100th T20I when he leads the Indian side in the first match against New Zealand — was his joyous self while fielding pointed questions about his dwindling returns. ​​​ Suryakumar Yadav (Capt.), Axar Patel (Vice-capt.), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ishan Kishan (wk) and Ravi Bishnoi. Mitchell Santner (Capt.), Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway (wk), Jacob Duffy, Zak Foulkes, Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, Bevon Jacobs, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Tim Robinson, Ish Sodhi and Kristian Clarke. This is the season of model examinations. Just as students across the country brace for their upcoming boards, India and New Zealand have their own mock tests lined up ahead of the all-important T20 World Cup. The five-match T20I series, starting at the VCA Stadium on Wednesday, serves as the ideal dress rehearsal for Suryakumar Yadav’s Men in Blue and Mitchell Santner’s Black Caps. With the 20-team extravaganza barely three weeks away, both sides — armed with almost full-strength squads — will want to dot their i’s and cross their t’s, much like studious students revising the chapters. Coach Gautam Gambhir, though, will have to make some revisions to his original plan due to injuries to Tilak Varma (sidelined for the first three matches) and Washington Sundar (ruled out of the series). India will field its strongest available XI, which means pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah and talismanic all-rounder Hardik Pandya will be seen in action. Wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson, after a rather tumultuous period, will want to use these five games to solidify his spot at the top of the order. - Sankar Narayanan E. H. Read the full preview by clicking on the image below ​​ IND vs NZ, 1st T20: India, New Zealand hope to make most of final rehearsal before World Cup With the 20-team extravaganza barely three weeks away, both sides — armed with almost full-strength squads — will want to dot their i’s and cross their t’s. ​​ Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the first T20I between India and New Zealand at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur. Five matches stand between India and the start of the T20 World Cup, where the team will defend its title. Skipper Suryakumar Yadav’s form has been of some concern over the last six months, and the Mumbai batter will look to get back into form and remind everyone of his pedigree in the format. The Kiwis welcome back a handful of players who were rested for the ODI leg and will be eyeing a series win across the third format over the last two years.