India made three changes to their playing (Pat)eleven – Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav and Kuldeep Yadav made way for Twenty20 International debutant Shreyas Iyer, Axar and Ashish Nehra.
New Zealand made half-a-dozen changes to the eleven
that last played the Indians – Corey Anderson, Ross Taylor, Grant Elliott, Luke
Ronchi, Nathan McCullum and Adam Milne made way for the Toms (Latham and Bruce),
Colin de Grandhomme, Henry Nicholls, Tim Southee and Trent Boult.
On winning the toss, Kane Williamson, New Zealand’s
skipper, inserted the hosts.
The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the
mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 46,
without the loss of a wicket.
India’s openers put on 50 off 6.4 overs (40 balls). New
Zealand had conceded a couple of extras at that point. While Rohit Sharma’s contribution
to the partnership was 17, the contribution of Shikhar Dhawan, the player of
the match, to it was 33.
Dhawan’s half-century – which included seven boundaries
– came off 37 balls.
India’s openers put on 100 off a dozen overs (74 balls).
New Zealand had conceded eight extras at that point. While Sharma’s contribution
to the partnership was 40, Dhawan’s contribution to it was 52.
Sharma’s half-century – which included a couple of boundaries
and three sixes – came off 42 balls.
India’s openers put on 150 off 15.3 overs (95 balls).
New Zealand had conceded eight extras at that point. While Sharma’s contribution
to the partnership was 68, Dhawan’s contribution to it was 75.
Dhawan, whose 52-ball innings included 10 boundaries
and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 80. Ninety-eight balls into the match,
he was caught by Latham. Ish Sodhi broke the 158-run partnership.
The second-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Hardik
Pandya, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. A couple of balls
later, he was caught by Latham off the bowling of Sodhi.
Nineteen overs into the match, New Zealand sought a
bowling review. It was upheld by umpire Nitin Menon. Sharma, the batter, eventually
scored 80 off 55 balls, which included half-a-dozen boundaries and four sixes.
Fourteen balls later, he was caught by Latham. Boult broke the 17-run stand.
India scored 200 off 19.5 overs (121 balls). New
Zealand had conceded nine extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the
number of extras they eventually conceded.
Virat Kohli, India’s skipper, scored 26 off 11 balls,
which included three boundaries. He was unbeaten, as was Mahendra Singh Dhoni,
who had a reason to be in seventh heaven – his two-ball innings included a six.
India eventually scored 202 for the loss of three
wickets off 20 overs.
Colin Munro, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded
14. De Grandhomme, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 34. Southee and
Mitchell Santner bowled four wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded
44, the latter conceded 30.
Boult, who bowled four overs, conceded 49. He picked
up a wicket. Sodhi, who bowled four overs, conceded 25. He picked up a couple
of wickets.
The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the
mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 33,
for the loss of a couple of wickets.
Guptill, who faced eight balls, scored four. His runs
came by way of a boundary. Nine balls (Mart)into the chase, he was caught by
Pandya. Yuzvendra Chahal broke the six-run stand.
Munro, who faced eight ball, had no reason to be in
seventh heaven – 13 balls later, Bhuvneshwar Kumar broke the 12-run stand.
New Zealand scored 50 off 8.3 overs (52 balls). India had
conceded five extras at that point.
Williamson, whose 24-ball innings included a boundary
and a six, scored 28. Thirty-three balls after Munro’s D(hon)ismissal, he was
caught behind. Pandya broke the 36-run stand.
Bruce, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary,
scored 10. Twenty-one balls later, he was caught by Sharma. Patel broke the
29-run stand.
De Grandhomme, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the
mark. A couple of balls later, he was caught by Dhawan. Patel broke the one-run
stand.
The sixth-wicket pair put on 10. Although his innings
included a boundary, Nicholls had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored
half-a-dozen. Ten balls later, Kohli ran him out.
Latham, whose 36-ball innings included three
boundaries and a six, scored 39. Five balls later, he was stumped by Dhoni. Chahal
broke the run-a-ball stand.
New Zealand scored 100 off 15.4 overs (95 balls). India
had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.
Santner, whose 14-ball innings included a couple of
boundaries and as many sixes, scored 27. He was unbeaten.
Southee, who faced four balls, scored eight. His runs
came by way of boundaries. Seven balls after Latham’s D(hon)ismissal, he was
caught behind. Jasprit Bumrah broke the 12-run stand.
Sodhi, whose nine-ball innings included a couple of
boundaries, scored 11. He was unbeaten.
India eventually conceded nine extras. New Zealand,
who scored 149 for the loss of eight wickets off 20 overs, lost by 53 runs.
Nehra, who never represented India in any form of
cricket again, bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 53.
Pandya bowled an over, conceding 11. He picked up a
wicket. Kumar bowled three overs, conceding 23. He picked up three wickets. Bumrah
bowled four overs, conceding 37. He picked up a wicket.
Chahal and Patel bowled four overs each, picking up
two scalps apiece. While the former conceded 26, the latter conceded 20.
India led the three-match series 1-0.
