Follow live updates from the first T20I between India and New Zealand:
Match Ended!
India Innings 139 (19.2)
Dhoni: 39(31) [4s- 5; 6s-1]
Tim Southee: 4-0-17-3
Two wickets in an over for Ish Sodhi!
Ish Sodhi to Hardik Pandya OUT caught by Daryl Mitchell 4(4) [4s-1]
OUT: Karthik c Southee b Ish Sodhi 5(6)
10 over complete!
IND: 72/4
Two wickets in an over
Santner to Shankar out Caught by de Grandhomme! Shankar: 27(18) [4s-2 6s-2]
Santner to Pant out Bowled! Pant: 4(10)
Innings Break!
New Zealand: 219/6 (20 overs)
200 up for New Zealand
201/6 (18.5)
End of Over 17: Taylor hits a massive six over sweeper cover off Bhuvneshwar.
NZ 180/4
OUT: Chahal to Williamson, out Caught by Hardik Pandya! Williamson 34(22) [6s-3]
OUT: Hardik Pandya to Daryl Mitchell, out Caught by Karthik! Mitchell 8(6) [4s-1]
NZ 164/3 (15 overs)
Williamson: 34(21) [4s-0 | 6s-3]
100 up for NZ
NZ 104/1 (10.2)
10 overs gone!
NZ: 97/1
Finally, Breakthrough for India
Krunal Pandya to Munro, OUT Caught by Shankar!
Munro: 34(20) [4s-2 | 6s-2]
NZ: 86/1 (8.2 overs)
End of powerplay!
After 6 overs, New Zealand are 66/0. New Zealand openers have toiled with the Indian bowlers and they have gone hammer and tongs against the seamers.
Fifty Partnership: Seifert and Munro bring up the fifty partnership between the duo. It’s 54/0 after 5 overs.
NZ: 44-0 | Overs: 4
Last over: 16 runs
Batting:
Colin Munro: 29(13) [4s-2| 6s-2]
Tim Seifert: 15(11) [4s-1 | 6s-1]
Bowling:
Khaleel Ahmed [2-0-19-0]
SIX: Khaleel Ahmed to Munro [3.2 over]; consecutive sixes for Colin Munro
SIX: Khaleel Ahmed to Munro [3.1 over]
NZ: 28-0 | Overs: 3
Colin Munro: 16(10) [4s-2]
Tim Seifert: 12(8) [4s-1 | 6s-1]
Four: Bhuvneshwar to Seifert [2.5 over]
SIX: Bhuvneshwar to Seifert [2.3 over]
NZ: 13-0 | Overs: 2
Colin Munro: 11(8) [4s-2]
Tim Seifert: 2(4)
Over 1.3- Khaleel Ahmed to Munro, Four.
Back to back boundaries for Munro
Over 1.2- Khaleel Ahmed to Munro, Four.
Four Four Four
Seifert and Munro are at the crease, Seifert on strike. Bhuvneshwar will open the attack.
12:00 PM IST- India have won the toss and decided to bowl first.
India has had a very successful last few months with a historic Test series win in Australia followed by back-to-back ODI series victories and would be keen to finish off the long tour on a winning note. Team India will face New Zealand for the first T20 match at the Westpac Stadium in Wellington on Wednesday.
India will be fancying another series win when they clash with under-pressure hosts New Zealand in the opening T20 International. Rohit Sharma will lead the team in the absence of Indian skipper Virat Kohli. India team is playing with three wicketkeeper-batsmen; MS Dhoni, Dinesh Karthik and Rishabh Pant.
Slow left-arm chinaman Kuldeep Yadav has been rested for the first T20I and he has been replaced by slow left-arm orthodox Krunal Pandya. Indian left-arm medium pacer Khaleel Ahmed was selected over Siddarth Kaul for the first T20I against New Zealand at the Westpac Stadium in Wellington.
Team squad:
New Zealand:
Playing XI: Colin Munro, Kane Williamson(c), Ross Taylor, Tim Siefert(wk), Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner, Colin de Grandhomme, Lockie Ferguson, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Scott Kuggeleijn.
James Neesham, Colin Munro, Tim Siefert(WK), Kane Williamson (C), Ross Taylor, Daryl Mitchell, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Scott Kuggeleijn, Doug Bracewell, Blair Tickner, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson, Ish Sodhi.
India:
Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Vijay Shankar, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni(w), Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Krunal Pandya, Khaleel Ahmed.
Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, MS Dhoni(WK), Rishabh Pant, Kedhar Jadhav, Vijay Shankar, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Sidharth Kaul and Khaleel Ahmed.
India vs New Zealand, 1st T20I: Playing XI predictions, fantasy cricket tips
