India vs New Zealand 1st T20 Live: In the first T20 match played in Jaipur, Team India defeated New Zealand by 5 wickets, registering a thrilling victory. Playing first after losing the toss, New Zealand scored 164 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. Martin Guptill (70) and Mark Chapman (63) scored an innings of runs. R Ashwin and Bhuvneshwar Kumar were successful in taking 2 wickets each for India.
The target of 165 runs was achieved by Rohit and Co in the game of 19.4 overs at the loss of just 5 wickets. With the win in the match, the Indian team took a 1-0 lead in the three-match T20I series. The second match will be played on November 19 in Ranchi. With this victory the era of Rahul-Rohit has started. For the first time since the departure of Ravi Shastri and Virat Kohli, both of them have taken the command of the team’s coach and captain on their shoulders and led the team to success in the very first match.
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Great innings by Rohit-Surya
Chasing Target, India got off to a good start. Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul added 50 runs in 31 balls for the first wicket. The break on this pair was put by Mitchell Santner by dismissing Rahul (15). NZ bowlers had to struggle again for the second wicket. Rohit and Suryakumar Yadav added 59 runs in 49 balls. This partnership was broken by Boult by taking the wicket of Rohit (48). The third wicket for NZ also came in Boult’s account. He bowled Suryakumar Yadav (62). Tim Southee took the wicket of Shreyas Iyer (5). In the last over, Venkatesh Iyer (4) was dismissed by Daryl Mitchell.
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Rohit Sharma scored 48 runs in 36 balls with the help of 5 fours and two sixes. This was the third half-century of Suryakumar Yadav (62) in the seventh T20I innings. Trent Boult took 2 wickets for 31 runs in 4 overs. This was Tim Southee’s third consecutive loss as captain against India. This was India’s 50th win in T20Is chasing the target. India vs New Zealand 1st T20.
New Zealand’s Batting, Chapman-Guptill’s Half Century
The Kiwi team, who came out to bat after losing the toss against India, had a poor start. Darryl Mitchell was clean bowled by Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the third ball of the first over. After playing 3 balls, he had to return without opening the account. In the powerplay, New Zealand team scored 41 runs for the loss of 1 wicket. Chapman along with Guptill handled the innings. He completed his second half-century in T20 Internationals, hitting four fours and two sixes in 45 balls.
Ashwin sent Chapman back after bowling him for 63 runs. Soon after, he dismissed Glenn Phillips lbw. Guptill was dismissed after playing an innings of 70 runs off 42 balls off Deepak Chahar. Shreyas Iyer caught his catch. Tim Seifert made 12 runs off Bhuvneshwar Kumar and gave the ball to Suryakumar Yadav. The team lost its sixth wicket in the form of Rachit Ravindra.
Both Team Playing XI
IND – Rohit Sharma (capt), KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Mohammad Siraj
NZ – Martin Guptill, Daryl Mitchell, Mark Chapman, Glenn Phillips, Tim Seifert (wk), Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee (c), Todd Astle, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult
