New Zealand crush Kohli-led India

India made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Suryakumar Yadav and Bhuvneshwar Kumar made way for Ishan Kishan and Shardul Thakur.

New Zealand made half-a-dozen changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Colin Munro, Tim Seifert, Tom Bruce, Ross Taylor, Scott Kuggeleijn and Hamish Bennett made way for Kane [who was leading the team, and chose to field (Williams)on winning the toss], Devon Conway, Glenn Phillips, James Mitchell, Adam Milne and Trent Boult.

The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 35, and lost a couple of wickets.

Kishan, who faced eight balls, scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. Seventeen balls later, he was caught by Daryl Mitchell. Boult broke the 11-run stand.

Lokesh Rahul, whose 16-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 18. Eighteen balls later, he was caught by Mitchell. Tim Southee broke the 24-run stand.

Rohit Sharma, whose run-a-ball (Mart)innings included a boundary and a six, scored 14. Eleven balls later, he was caught by Guptill. Ish Sodhi, who was celebrating his 29^th birthday and was the player of the match, broke the five-run stand.

Ten overs into the match, the drinks break was taken. India had scored 48 for the loss of three wickets at that point. While Virat Kohli, India’s skipper, was batting on nine, Rishabh Pant had scored three.

Kohli, who faced 17 balls, failed to add to the aforementioned score. Fifteen balls after Sharma’s dismissal, he was caught by Boult. Sodhi broke the eight-run stand.

India scored 50 off 10.4 overs (64 balls). New Zealand hadn’t conceded any extras at that point.

Pant, who faced 19 balls, eventually scored a dozen. Twenty-six balls after Kohli’s dismissal, Milne broke the 22-run stand.

Eighty-eight balls (14.4 overs) into the match, New Zealand sought a bowling review. Ravindra Jadeja was the batsman. It was struck down by English umpire Richard Kettleborough.

Hardik Pandya, whose 24-ball innings included a boundary, scored 23. Twenty-two balls after Pant’s dismissal, he was caught by Guptill. Boult broke the 24-run stand.

Jadeja, whose 19-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 26. He was unbeaten.

Thakur, who faced three balls, failed to get off the mark. Three dot balls later, he was caught by Guptill off the bowling of Boult.

India scored 100 off 19.1 overs (115 balls). New Zealand had conceded four extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Mohammed Shami, who did not face a ball, was unbeaten.

India scored 110 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs.

Mitchell Santner, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 15.

Milne and Southee bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 30, the latter conceded 26.

Sodhi, who bowled four overs, conceded 17. He picked up a couple of wickets.

Boult, who bowled four overs, conceded 20. He picked up three scalps.

The first Powerplay of New Zealand’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 44, and lost a wicket.

Guptill, whose 17-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 20. Twenty-two balls into the chase, he was caught by Thakur. Jasprit Bumrah broke the 24-run stand.

New Zealand scored 50 off 6.5 overs (41 balls). India had conceded four extras at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 34 balls. While Mitchell’s contribution to the partnership was 37, Williamson’s contribution to it was 13. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

Ten overs into the chase, the drinks break was taken. New Zealand had scored 83 for the loss of a wicket at that point. While Mitchell was batting on 46, Williamson was batting on 13.

Mitchell, whose 35-ball innings included four boundaries and three sixes, eventually scored 49. Fifty-four balls after Guptill’s dismissal, he was caught by Rahul. Bumrah broke the 72-run partnership.

New Zealand scored 100 off 13.4 overs (82 balls). India had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

Williamson, whose 31-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 33. He was unbeaten, as was Conway, who faced four balls, scoring a couple.

The number of extras they eventually conceded gave India no reason to be in seventh heaven. New Zealand, who scored 111 for the loss of a couple of wickets off 14.3 overs, lost by eight wickets with 33 balls to spare.

Shami, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded 11.

Thakur, who bowled nine wicketless balls, conceded 17.

Jadeja and Pandya bowled a couple of wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 23, the latter conceded 17.

Varun Chakravarthy, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 23.

Bumrah, who bowled four overs, conceded 19. He picked up both the wickets that fell.