So that's all we have from the Dubai International Stadium. Here's the points table for the teams and do wait for stat highlights of the game.
New Zealand wins by 8 wickets. Top class performance by the Kiwis!
Daryl Mitchell goes! Yet another wicket for India. One short of a half-century. Lofts it through the line and gets caught in the deep. Daryl Mitchell OUT on 49.
Thankfully India scalped a wicket to avoid an embarrassing 10 wicket loss. As of now, New Zealand is inching towards a comprehensive win.
At this juncture, what India requires is a couple of wickets to bounce back in the game. They need to build pressure on the opponents to stay in the contest.
Jasprit Bumrah has stuck for the team and he removed Martin Guptill as the Kiwi batsman looks to hit it hard and gets caught inside the circle. Thakur gets him at mid-on.
Martin Guptill and Daryl Mitchell are opening the batting for the team. Varun Chakravarthy was the one who gave away five runs in the first over.
Ravindra Jadeja has contributed a tad bit more than the top-order batsmen. He scored 26 runs and ushered India to a triple-digit score!
Off-cutter once again and Shardu Thakur fails to charge it ahead! Quite a disastrous shot by Shardul Thakur and he only adds on to the woes of the Indians.
Now goes Hardik Pandya! Off-cutter does the magic, Trent Boult bowls smart and Pandya attempts to get a big one only to get caught in the deep. Pandya OUT on 23.
India and New Zealand will be aiming to get back to winning ways when the two face off against each other in match 28 of the ongoing T20 World Cup 2021. The clash will be played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on October 31, 2021 (Sunday). Both teams have hopes of making it to the semi-finals and will aim for maximum points from this encounter. Meanwhile, we bring you the IND vs NZ live score updates from T20 World Cup 2021. ICC T20 World Cup 2021 Points Table, Super 12: England Register a Hat-trick of Wins, Tops Group 1 Points Table.
India were underwhelming in their opening game of the competition against arch-rivals Pakistan as they were handed a 10-wicket defeat, their first against the Men in Green at World T20Is. Virat Kohli’s men will be hoping they can put that results behind them and produce a much better display in this encounter.
Meanwhile, New Zealand suffered a similar fate at the hands of Pakistan as they also ended up on the losing side against the Men in Green. The Black Caps had some positives to take from the game as they pushed the Babar Azam-led outfit to the limit in a low-scoring game and will hope to record their first win in the competition.
This game holds a lot of significance in both teams’ chances of making it to the semi-finals as either of these two along with Pakistan are tipped to advance to the next stage. A win will put the sides right into the qualification scenario while a defeat will make things that much more difficult.