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IND vs NZ 1st T20I Full Highlights: Team India, captained by Suryakumar Yadav, defeated New Zealand by 48 runs in the first ODI on Wednesday (January 21). Batting first in the match, Men in Blue scored 238 runs for 7 wickets on the board in 20 overs. This was India’s highest total in T20 against the Kiwi team. Glenn Phillips played a brilliant innings for New Zealand and scored 78 runs in 40 balls with the help of 4 fours and 6 sixes, but could not help the team cross the victory line.
Abhishek Sharma played the biggest innings for India in the match, scoring 84 runs in 35 balls with the help of 5 fours and 8 sixes. In bowling, Varun Chakraborty and Shivam Dubey did wonders for the team. He took maximum 2-2 wickets.
Indian team missed by 250 runs
In the match, New Zealand won the toss and decided to bowl. Batting first, Team India made a good start and touched the 100-run mark in just 8.4 overs, looking at which it seemed as if the figure of 250 would be easily touched, but it could not happen.
Bad start, New Zealand flop in run chase
The Kiwi team, which came on the field for the run chase, had a very bad start. The team lost its first wicket in the form of Devon Conway (00) on the second ball of the innings itself. The matter was not limited to just the early fall of the first wicket, but the team lost the second wicket in the form of Rachin Ravindra in the very next ball i.e. on the third ball of the second over. Rachin returned to the pavilion after scoring only 01 run.
After this Glenn Phillips took over the innings. The team lost the third wicket in the form of Tim Robinson, who was out after scoring 21 runs. After this, Glenn Phillips, who seemed to be the team’s last hope, returned to the pavilion on the third ball of the 14th over. After Phillips, New Zealand’s defeat was almost certain. Then while moving forward the team lost more wickets. Ultimately, New Zealand could score only 190 runs for 7 wickets on the board in 20 overs in the run chase.