India made four changes to their playing eleven – Virat Kohli, Lokesh Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav, and Jasprit Bumrah made way for Vijay Shankar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Hardik Pandya and Yuzvendra Chahal.
New Zealand made five changes to the eleven that last
played the Indians – Martin Guptill, Glenn Phillips, Henry Nicholls, Tom Bruce
and Trent Boult made way for Tim Seifert (the player of the match), Twenty20
International debutant Daryl Mitchell, Ross Taylor, Scott Kuggeleijn and Lockie
Ferguson.
On winning the toss, Rohit Sharma, inserted the hosts.
The first Powerplay of New Zealand’s
innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the
sixth over. They scored 66, without the loss of a wicket.
New Zealand’s openers put on 50 off 4.4 overs (28
balls). India hadn’t conceded any extras at that point. While Seifert’s
contribution to the partnership was 23, Munro’s Co(li)ntribution to it was 29.
Munro, whose 20-ball innings included a couple of
boundaries and as many sixes, eventually scored 34. Fifty balls into the match,
he was caught by Shankar. Krunal Pandya broke the 86-run partnership.
Seifert’s half-century – which included five
boundaries and three sixes – came off 30 balls.
New Zealand scored 100 off 10.2 overs (62 balls).
India had conceded a couple of extras at that point.
Seifert, whose 43-ball innings included seven
boundaries and half-a-dozen sixes, eventually scored 84. Twenty-six balls after
Munro’s dismissal, Khaleel Ahmed broke the 48-run stand.
New Zealand scored 150 off 14.2 overs (86 balls).
India had conceded three extras at that point.
Mitchell, whose six-ball innings included a boundary,
scored eight. Fourteen balls after Seifert’s dismissal, he was caught by Dinesh
Karthik. Hardik broke the 30-run stand.
The fourth-wicket pair failed to get off the mark.
Williamson, New Zealand’s skipper, scored 34. His 22-ball innings included
three sixes. The (Ka)next ball, he was caught by Hardik off the bowling of
Chahal.
Colin de Grandhomme, who faced four balls, scored
three. Sixteen balls later, he was caught by the substitute, Mohammed Siraj.
Hardik broke the 25-run stand.
Taylor, whose 14-ball innings included a couple of
sixes, scored 23. A couple of balls later, he was caught by Ahmed. Bhuvneshwar
Kumar broke the run-a-ball stand.
Mitchell Santner, whose four-ball innings included a
boundary, had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he was unbeaten, as was
Kuggeleijn, who scored 20. His seven-ball innings included three boundaries and
a six.
India eventually conceded half-a-dozen extras. New
Zealand scored 219 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 20 overs.
Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.
Ahmed, Kumar, Krunal and Chahal picked up a wicket
apiece. They conceded 48, 47, 37, and 35, respectively.
Hardik, who conceded 51, picked up a couple of scalps.
The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the
mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 53,
for the loss of a couple of wickets.
Sharma, who faced five balls, scored a run. Fourteen
balls into the chase, he was caught by Ferguson. Tim Southee broke the 18-run
stand.
India scored 50 off 5.2 overs (32 balls). New Zealand
had conceded three extras at that point.
Shikhar Dhawan, whose 18-ball innings included a
couple of boundaries and three sixes, scored 29. Nineteen balls later, Ferguson
broke the 33-run stand.
Rishabh Pant, who faced 10 balls, scored four.
Seventeen balls later, Santner broke the 13-run stand.
Shankar, whose 18-ball innings included a couple of boundaries
and as many sixes, scored 27. A couple of balls later, he was caught by de
Grandhomme. Santner broke the one-run stand.
Karthik, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored five.
Ten balls later, he was caught by Southee. Needless to say, Ish Sodhi was in
seventh heaven.
Hardik, who faced four balls, scored as many. His runs
came by way of a boundary. Four balls later, he was caught by Southee. Sodhi broke
the five-run stand.
India scored 100 off 14.3 overs (87 balls). New
Zealand had conceded four extras at that point.
The seventh-wicket pair put on 50 off 34 balls. While
Dhoni’s contribution to the partnership was 29, Krunal’s contribution to it was
20. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.
Krunal, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary and
a six, didn’t add to the aforementioned score. Half-a-dozen overs after his
brother’s dismissal, he was caught by Seifert. Southee broke the 52-run
partnership.
Kumar, who faced three balls, scored a run. Five balls
later, he was caught by Seifert. Ferguson broke the three-run stand.
Dhoni, whose 31-ball innings included five boundaries and
a six, eventually scored 39. Seven balls later, he was caught by Ferguson.
Southee broke the four-run stand.
Chahal, who faced three balls, scored a run. A couple
of balls later, Mitchell broke the three-run stand.
Ahmed, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was
unbeaten.
The number of extras they eventually conceded gave
India no reason to be in seventh heaven. India, who were dismissed for 139 off
19.2 overs, lost by 80 runs.
Kuggeleijn bowled two wicketless overs, conceding 34.
Mitchell bowled 2.2 overs, conceding 13. He picked up
a wicket.
Sodhi bowled three overs, conceding 26. He picked up two
wickets, as did Santner and Ferguson, who bowled four overs apiece. While the
former conceded 24, the latter conceded 22.
Southee bowled four overs, conceding 17. He picked up
three scalps.
New Zealand led the three-match series 1-0.
