(Ki)Win eludes Dhoni-led India again

India made no changes to their playing eleven.

New Zealand made seven changes to their playing (Dani)eleven – Rob Nicol, Brendon McCullum, James Franklin, Jacob Oram, Vettori, Ronnie Hira and Kyle Mills made way for Colin Munro, Corey Anderson, Mitchell Santner (the player of the match), Grant Elliott, Luke Ronchi, Nathan McCullum and Ish Sodhi.   

On winning the toss, Kane Williamson, New Zealand’s skipper, chose to bat.

The Powerplay of New Zealand’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 33, and lost a couple of wickets.

Guptill, who faced a couple of balls, scored half-a-dozen. His runs came by way of a six. A couple of balls (Mart)into the match, he was trapped leg before wicket by Ravichandran Ashwin broke the six-run stand.

Although his six-ball innings included a six, Munro had no reason to be in seventh heaven – seven balls later, he was caught by Hardik Pandya. Ashish Nehra broke the run-a-ball stand.

Williamson, whose 16-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. Thirty-two balls later, he was stumped by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India’s skipper. Suresh Raina broke the 22-run stand.

New Zealand scored 50 off 9.1 overs (55 balls). India had conceded an extra at that point.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 26. Ross Taylor, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. Twenty-eight balls after Williamson’s dismissal, Raina ran him out.

Anderson, whose 42-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 34. Twenty-five balls later, Jasprit Bumrah broke the 28-run stand.

Santner, whose 17-ball innings included a couple of bonudaries, scored 18. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was caught by the man from Ranchi. Ravindra Jadeja broke the (Dho)nine-run stand.

New Zealand scored 100 off 17.2 overs (104 balls). India had conceded 13 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

The seventh-wicket pair put on 16. Elliott, who faced a dozen balls, scored nine. Fifteen balls later, Shikhar Dhawan and Nehra ran him out.

Ronchi, whose 11-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 21. He was unbeaten, as was Nathan, who didn’t face a ball.

New Zealand scored 126 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs. Pandya, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded 10. Nehra bowled three overs, including a maiden. He conceded 20, picking up a wicket. Ashwin, Raina, Jadeja and Bumrah bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. They conceded 32, 26, 16, and 15, respectively.

The Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 29, and lost four wickets.

Dhawan, who faced three balls, scored a run. Five balls into the chase, he was trapped leg before wicket by Nathan, who broke the run-a-ball stand.

Rohit Sharma had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored five. Nine balls later, he was stumped by Ronchi. Santner broke the five-run stand.

Raina, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. Three balls later, he was caught by Guptill. Santner broke the two-run stand.

Yuvraj Singh, who faced five balls, scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. A dozen balls later, he was caught by Nathan, who broke the 14-run stand.

Virat Kohli, whose 27-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 23. Twenty balls later, he was caught by Ronchi. Sodhi broke the 13-run stand.

Pandya had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored just a run. Nine balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Santner, who broke the three-run stand.

Jadeja, who faced three balls, didn’t get off the mark. Four balls later, he was caught by Santner, who broke the one-run stand.

India scored 50 off 12.1 overs (74 balls). New Zealand had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Ashwin, who faced 20 balls, scored 10. Thirty-seven balls later, he was stumped by Ronchi. Sodhi broke the 30-run stand.

Dhoni, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary and the only six of the innings, scored 30. Seven balls later, he was caught by Nathan. Santner broke the six-run stand.

The last-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Nehra, who faced four balls, didn’t open his account. Four balls later, he was dismissed by Adam Milne.

Bumrah, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. He was unbeaten.

New Zealand eventually conceded four extras at that point. India, who were bundled out for 79 off 18.1 overs, lost by 47 runs. Elliott, who bowled two overs, conceded nine. He was wicketless, as was Anderson, who bowled three overs, conceded 18.

Milne, who bowled 13 balls, conceded eight. He picked up a wicket. Nathan, who bowled three overs, conceded 15. He picked up two wickets. Sodhi, who bowled four overs, conceded 18. He picked up three wickets. Santner, who bowled four overs, conceded 11. He picked up four scalps.