New Zealand Tour Of India 2021: Team India clinch a thriller in the final over against NZ in 1st T20I. They beat Blackcaps by 5 wickets in the 1st T20 at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur. Now I will share the details of this game match in my way.

1st T20 (India Vs New Zealand)
Game Date: 17th November 2021
Details:
Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bowl first in the 1st T20 against New Zealand at. Venkatesh Iyer is debuting for Team India today.

New Zealand scored 164/6 in their 20 overs. NZ finish with a competitive total, but they have fallen short by 15-20 runs in the end. They should have got 175-180 at least, but India pulled things back in the death overs. The Kiwis lost an early wicket in the form of Mitchell, but Chapman and Guptill had a pivotal partnership thereafter. They took their time in the first 10 overs, but following that the duo managed to up the ante as they kept striking the ball to all parts of the ground. Chapman in the process notched up his maiden T20I fifty for New Zealand, but Guptill hit a few lusty blows following the left-hander’s departure, before he was dismissed by Chahar. Ashwin‘s over where he claimed two wickets is where India managed to pull things back. Bhuvneshwar Kumar was impressive with the new ball, and he bowled an economical 19th over where he conceded only 5 runs. Martin Guptill scored 70 of 42 balls and Mark Chapman scored 63 of 50 balls. For India Bhuvi and Ashwin picks 2 wickets each.

Team India chased down the target by scoring 166/5 in 19.4 overs. A quick handshake between Pant and Axar as they trudge off towards the dressing room. Coach Rahul Dravid looks calm and composed, much like his playing days. All smiles. India needed 23 off the last 4 overs with 8 wickets in hand and New Zealand just went onto prove why they have been in the finals of that recently-concluded World Cup. The pace trio of Boult-Ferguson-Southee went 2, 5 & 6 in their respective final overs, picking up two crucial wickets while at it and that meant the game was back in balance at the start of the final over. Unfortunately for New Zealand, none of their main bowlers (pacers) had overs left which prompted Southee to go with the part-time dibbly-dobbly bowling of Daryl Mitchell who had his moments of panic before Pant sealed it with a boundary. Right from toss to death bowling to setting an ideal template to bat in the middle overs, India got everything right bar the finishing touches which is something they might want to address in the next couple of games. Suryakumar Yadav scored 62 of 40 balls and Skipper Rohit Sharma scored 48 of 36 balls. For New Zealand Trent Boult pick 2 wickets for 31 runs in his 4 overs quota.

NZ: 164/6 in 20 Overs
IND: 166/5 in 19.4 overs

Result: India won by 5 wickets
Man of the Match: Suryakumar Yadav

Stats
Most T20Is missed between two appearances (India)
73 Sanju Samson (2015-20)
65 Umesh Yadav (2012-18)
65 R Ashwin (2017-21)
56 Dinesh Karthik (2010-17)
52 Mohammed Siraj (2018-21)

– 109 is the Highest partnership for any wicket for NZ against India in T20Is surpassing 105 between Colin Munro & Martin Guptill in Rajkot, 2017.

India in run chases in home T20Is
21 chases
17 wins
4 defeats (3 vs NZ)

– This is only the second instance of Trent Boult & Lockie Ferguson featuring in the same playing XI in any format for New Zealand since the WC final at Lord’s in 2019.

Rahul – Rohit: last four partnerships
140 vs Afg
70 vs Sco
86 vs Nam
50 vs NZ

– Ninth win in 18 T20Is for India against NZ; before today NZ was the only opponent against whom India had more defeats than wins in the shortest format.

That’s all from the 1st T20 game and hope you all will like this information. We will back with all the details of 2nd game which will played on 19th November. For more updates visit my page on Facebook Durgesh Tiwary’s View and website Cricket Movie Website

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