India made a couple of changes to their playing (Pat)eleven – Axar and Jasprit Bumrah made way for Harshit Rana and Kuldeep Yadav.
New Zealand made three changes to the eleven that last
played the Indians – Tim Robinson, Kristian Clarke, and Kyle Jamieson made way
for Tim Seifert, Zak Foulkes, and Matt Henry.
On winning the toss, Suryakumar Yadav, India’s skipper,
elected to field.
The first Powerplay of New Zealand’s innings – which
was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They
scored 64, and lost a couple of wickets.
Devon Conway, whose nine-ball innings included three
boundaries and a six, scored 19. Twenty balls into the match, he was caught by
Hardik Pandya. Harshit broke the 43-run stand.
The second-wicket pair did not get off the mark.
Seifert, whose 13-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 24.
Half-a-dozen balls later, he was caught by Ishan Kishan, the player of the
match, off the bowling of Varun Chakravarthy.
New Zealand scored 50 off 5.2 overs (32 balls). India had
not conceded any extras at that point.
The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 24 balls. While
Rachin Ravindra’s contribution to the partnership was 35, Glenn Phillips’
contribution to it was 15. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.
Phillips, whose 13-ball innings included a couple of
boundaries and a six, eventually scored 19. Twenty-seven balls after Seifert’s
dismissal, he was caught by Hardik. Kuldeep broke the 55-run partnership.
New Zealand scored 100 off 9.1 overs (55 balls). India
had conceded an extra at that point.
Ten overs into the match, the drinks break was taken.
New Zealand had scored 111 for the loss of three wickets at that point. While
Ravindra had scored 36, Daryl Mitchell had scored a dozen.
Sixty-five balls (10.5 overs) into the match, India sought a bowling
review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Daryl Mitchell was the
batter. It was struck down by umpire J Madanagopal.
Daryl Mitchell, whose 11-ball innings included three boundaries,
eventually scored 18. Sixteen balls after Phillips’ dismissal, he was caught by
Hardik. Shivam Dube broke the 27-run stand.
Ravindra, whose 26-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and four
sixes, eventually missed his half-century by half-a-dozen runs. Half-a-dozen
balls later, he was caught by Arshdeep Singh. Kuldeep broke the four-run stand.
New Zealand scored 150 off 14.5 overs (89 balls).
India had conceded three extras at that point.
Mark Chapman, who faced 13 balls, scored 10.
Twenty-six balls after Ravindra’s dismissal, he was caught by Abhishek Sharma.
Hardik broke the 32-run stand.
Between the 19th and the 20th over of the match, a
slow over-rate penalty was imposed on India, because there was an extra fielder
inside the circle.
New Zealand scored 200 off 19.5 overs (119 balls).
India had conceded a dozen extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the
number of extras they eventually conceded.
Mitchell Santner, New Zealand’s skipper, scored 47 off
27-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six. He was unbeaten, as
was Foulkes, who scored 15 off eight balls, which included a couple of
boundaries and a six.
New Zealand scored 208 for the loss of half-a-dozen
wickets off 20 overs.
Abhishek, who bowled an over, conceded a dozen. He was wicketless, as
was Arshdeep, who bowled four overs, conceding 53.
Dube, who bowled an over, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he picked
up a wicket.
Harshit and Hardik bowled three overs each, picking up a wicket apiece.
While the former, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 35, the latter
conceded 25.
Chakravarthy, who bowled four overs, conceded 35. He picked up a wicket.
Kuldeep, who bowled four overs, conceded 35. He 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 75,
and lost a couple of wickets.
Sanju Samson’s five-ball innings included a six. But
he did not add to that. Half-a-dozen balls into the chase, he was caught by
Ravindra. Henry broke the six-run stand.
The second-wicket pair did not get off the mark.
Abhishek, who faced a ball, did not open his account. A couple of balls later, he
was caught by Conway off the bowling of Jacob Duffy.
India scored 50 off 4.5 overs (30 balls). New Zealand had
conceded four extras at that point.
The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 25 balls. While Kishan’s
contribution to the partnership was 41, Suryakumar’s contribution to it was seven.
Extras’ contribution to the partnership was four.
Kishan’s half-century – which included nine boundaries
and a couple of sixes – came off 21 balls.
India scored 100 off 7.5 overs (48 balls). New Zealand
had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.
The third-wicket pair put on 100 off 43 balls. While Kishan’s
contribution to the partnership was 76, Suryakumar’s contribution to it was 19.
Extras’ contribution to the partnership was half-a-dozen.
Kishan, whose 32-ball innings included 11 boundaries
and four sixes, eventually scored 76. Forty-eight balls after Abhishek’s
dismissal, he was caught by Henry. Ish Sodhi broke the 122-run partnership.
At that point, the drinks break was taken. Suryakumar
had scored 39.
Suryakumar’s half-century – which included half-a-dozen
boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 23 balls.
India scored 150 off 11.1 overs (68 balls). The number
of extras they had conceded at that point gave New Zealand no reason to be in
seventh heaven.
Seventy balls (11.3 overs) into the chase, New Zealand sought a bowling
review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Dube was the batter. It was struck
down by umpire K N Ananthapadmanabhan.
The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 23 balls. While the
contributions of Suryakumar and Dube to the partnership were 25 apiece, extras
did not contribute to the partnership.
India scored 200 off 14.2 overs (87 balls). New Zealand
had conceded eight extras at that point.
Suryakumar, whose 37-ball innings included nine
boundaries and four sixes, eventually scored 82. He was unbeaten, as was Dube,
who eventually scored 36 off 18 balls, which included a boundary and three sixes.
New Zealand eventually conceded nine extras. India,
who scored 209 for the loss of three wickets off 15.2 overs, had a reason to be
in seventh heaven – they won with 28 balls to spare.
Daryl Mitchell bowled two wicketless balls, conceding
as many.
Santner bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceding
27.
Foulkes bowled three wicketless overs, conceding 67.
Henry and Sodhi bowled three overs each. While the former conceded 41,
the latter conceded 34. They picked up a wicket apiece, as did Duffy, who
bowled four overs, conceding 38.
India led the five-match series 2-0.
