Follow live updates from the first T20I between India and New Zealand:
IND: 162/3 (18.5)
Rohit: 50(29) [4s-3 | 6s-4]
Ish Sodhi: 4-0-31-1
India won by 7 wickets
India need 37 runs in 36 balls
Daryl Mitchell to Shankar, out Caught by Southee!
Shankar: 14(8) [4s-1 | 6s-1]
OUT OUT OUT
IND: 107/2 (13 overs)
India need 52 runs in 42 balls
After 10 overs
India- 83/1
Shikhar Dhawan: 28(28) [4s-2]
Rishabh Pant: 1(3)
Rohit c Southee b Ish Sodhi
Rohit 50(29) [4s-3 | 6s-4]
FOW: 79/1 (9.2 overs)
OUT OUT OUT
50 up for skipper Rohit Sharma
Rohit 50*(28) [4s-3 | 6s-4]
50 partnership for Rohit-Dhawan
INDIA 50/0 (6 overs)
Innings Break
NZ 158/8
Colin de Grandhomme: 50(28) [4s-1 | 6s-4]
Krunal Pandya: 4-0-28-3
Hardik Pandya to de Grandhomme [50(28)] out Caught by Rohit Sharma
OUT OUT OUT
After 15 overs
NZ 121/4
de Grandhomme: 47(25) [4s-1 | 6s-4]
Ross Taylor: 24(22) [4s-2]
OUT: Williamson lbw b Krunal Pandya 20(17) [4s-3]
FOW: NZ 50/4 (7.5 overs)
Krunal Pandya at his best, took his third wicket
OUT: Krunal to D. Mitchell out LBW
Mitchell 1(2)
FOW: 43/3 (5.6 overs)
NZ Review: Daryl Mitchell has been given out LBW and he wants a review
Krunal Pandya to Munro, out Caught by Rohit!
Munro 12(12) [6s-1]
FOW: 41/2 (5.2 overs)
OUT OUT OUT
After 5 overs
NZ: 40/1
Bhuvneshwar to Seifert out Caught by Dhoni!
Seifert: 12(12) [4s-1 | 6s-1]
Wicket Wicket Wicket
SIX: Bhuvi to Seifert, six on the mid-on
FOUR: Bhuvi to Seifert, four on the on-side.
11:00 AM IST- New Zealand win the toss and decide to bowl first.
India faced its biggest T20I defeat by runs against New Zealand in the first T20I at Wellington. India will be eager to find their way back and tie the T20I series 1-1 before to keep the series alive until the final match in Hamilton on 10 February.
India were completely outplayed in the first ODI in Wellington as New Zealand defeated the visitors by 80 runs. It was India’s biggest T20I defeat by runs. The ODI series between India and New Zealand may have been a close affair but it surely looks like the T20I series is anything but that.
Team squad:
New Zealand:
Playing XI: Tim Seifert(w), Colin Munro, Kane Williamson(c), Daryl Mitchell, Ross Taylor, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Scott Kuggeleijn, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson.
Tim Seifert(w), Colin Munro, Kane Williamson(c), Daryl Mitchell, Ross Taylor, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Scott Kuggeleijn, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson, James Neesham, Doug Bracewell.
India:
Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c) , Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni, Vijay Shankar, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Yuzvendra Chahal, Khaleel Ahmed, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
Rohit Sharma(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni(w), Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Vijay Shankar, Ravindra Jadeja, K Khaleel Ahmed.