New Zealand vs India Highlights And Cricket Score 1st Match - ODI Commentary
1st Inn
2nd Inn
End of Over : 50.0IND: 347/4
348 to win. 1-0 India? Well, they will certainly believe so. Stay tuned for the reply.
Poor bowling from the Kiwis. Not because they conceded close to 350. But because they conceded 27 extras. Ouch. 20 of those coming in wides and no balls. They never looked in control of the swing and let India get off to a flier. Then, they managed to exert some control but lost it once Rahul arrived. Everyone took a beating but strangely, Ish Sodhi did not get more than 4 overs.
India were going at just over 5 an over when Kohli fell but Rahul came out and just blazed the Kiwi attack. That infused some energy into Iyer who started to come into his own after a poor start. The duo added 136 for the 4th wicket, in just 105 balls which just took the game away from the Kiwis. Ahh... alright. Never judge a pitch till both sides have played on it. The chase is still to begin. But one believes that this partnership took the momentum away at least. Happy? Kedar Jadhav certainly made Indian fans happy as he played an unbelievable cameo of 26 from just 15 balls.
An innings which started like a runaway train, only to get derailed for a while. India raced to 50 without losing a wicket in the 8th over but then lost both openers in quick time. Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer then took control of the reigns, absolutely not fussed about the situation and got a 102-run stand. King Kohli was dismissed but Prince Rahul then arrived and totally changed the complexion of the game.
Commanding. Magnanimous. Huge. Massive. Sure, there will be words to signify large in English but let us stop it at that. From a position where India were looking at PERHAPS 300, they have ALMOST got to 350. 96 in the last 10 overs and the Kiwi bowlers have been killed at the death.
49.61
Hamish Bennett to KL Rahul. Terrific ball. A swinging yorker, on middle, but equally well played too. KL digs it out towards long on. Just a run. INDIA FINISH ON 347/4!
49.51
Hamish Bennett to Kedar Jadhav. Full and outside off, driven through mid off for a single.
49.41
Hamish Bennett to KL Rahul. A low full toss, outside off, Rahul looks to slog but the ball takes the inside edge, hits the pads and rolls to the off side. KL Is searching for the ball, looking at the leg side and stops halfway in the pitch. Then, he realizes where the ball is and resumes running. Bennett is not aware what Rahul is doing, else he could have gone for the run out at the bowler's end.
49.4wd
Hamish Bennett to KL Rahul. WIDE. This is massively far and Rahul himself signals a wide. Not good as per the match referee's books. Might book an appointment tonight.
49.30
Hamish Bennett to KL Rahul. Well outside off, KL leaves it. He expects a wide but the umpire does not signal it. Rahul is not happy but replays show that the ball is an off cutter, coming inside the guideline.
49.21
Hamish Bennett to Kedar Jadhav. Full and outside off, driven through the covers for a single.
49.2wd
Hamish Bennett to Kedar Jadhav. WIDE. Another one way outside off, KJ throws his bat at it but misses again.
49.10
Hamish Bennett to Kedar Jadhav. A dot ball. On a length, outside off, Kedar plays and misses.
49.1wd
Hamish Bennett to Kedar Jadhav. WIDE. Jadhav comes down the track and Bennett bowls it extremely wide. Well outside off.
End of Over : 4914 RunsIND: 340/4
48.66
James Neesham to KL Rahul. SIX! That is a terrific shot! A fuller ball outside off, Rahul reverse whips this over short third man and the ball goes all the way! 14 from the over, 34 from the last 2!
48.51
James Neesham to Kedar Jadhav. On middle, pushed through mid on for a run.
48.40
James Neesham to Kedar Jadhav. A leg cutter, around middle, Kedar looks to heave but gets a thick inside edge onto his pads.
48.4wd
James Neesham to Kedar Jadhav. WIDE. A slower bouncer, around middle, Kedar looks to hook but misses.
48.31
James Neesham to KL Rahul. A short ball, pulled through mid-wicket for a run.
48.21
James Neesham to Kedar Jadhav. A short ball, pulled to deep mid-wicket for a single.
Cover drops back and fine leg comes up.
48.14
James Neesham to Kedar Jadhav. FOUR! That is just unplayable. Jadhav backs away to the leg side and Neesham follows him. It is a length ball on the pads, cramping him for room but Kedar lofts this inside out. Almost clears the ropes at cover!
James Neesham returns. 7-0-38-0 so far.
End of Over : 4820 RunsIND: 326/4
47.64
Tim Southee to KL Rahul. FOUR! 20 from the over! Full and outside off, Rahul reaches out and squeezes it behind point!
47.51
Tim Southee to Kedar Jadhav. Full and outside off, Kedar gets across and drives it straight to Mitchell Santner at cover. KJ is disappointed with himself. Indicates to Rahul that he wanted to go straight again as it was in the slot.
47.44
Tim Southee to Kedar Jadhav. FOUR! What a shot. This is a cameo of terrific proportions from Jadhav. 17 from just 7 balls. Full and outside off, Jadhav gets across and slams it down the ground. There is long off and he races to his right but cannot get there!
We have lost the ball...
47.36
Tim Southee to Kedar Jadhav. SIX! CLUBBED! That is a terrific slog. Full and outside off, Jadhav gets down and mows a slog over mid-wicket!
47.24
Tim Southee to Kedar Jadhav. FOUR! Gets it over! Full and wide outside off, Jadhav reaches out and lofts it over cover. The fielder leaps inside the ring but the ball goes over him to the fence behind!
47.11
Tim Southee to KL Rahul. Yorker outside off, Rahul looks to dig it out but the ball goes off the inside edge past the stumps to fine leg. A single taken.
End of Over : 478 RunsIND: 306/4
46.60
Hamish Bennett to Kedar Jadhav. Yorker, following the batsman down the leg side, dug out back to the bowler.
46.51
Hamish Bennett to KL Rahul. Drives this through mid off for one more.
46.41
Hamish Bennett to Kedar Jadhav. A short ball, pulled to deep mid-wicket for a run.
46.31
Hamish Bennett to KL Rahul. Outside off, punched off the back foot for a single.
46.24
Hamish Bennett to KL Rahul. FOUR! Delightful! Rahul gets across his stumps, takes the ball on the full and laps it over short fine leg. Almost gets it over the ropes! Bounces just inside. 300 UP FOR INDIA!
46.11
Hamish Bennett to Kedar Jadhav. Full and outside off, Jadhav backs away and slaps it through mid off for a single.
End of Over : 467 RunsIND: 298/4
45.61
Tim Southee to Kedar Jadhav. The batsman flicks it away with a wristy shot for a single. 7 runs and a wicket from the over. Southee's figures read 9-1-65-2 so far.
45.51
Tim Southee to KL Rahul. Full on middle, pushed through mid on for a single.
45.44
Tim Southee to KL Rahul. FOUR! Off the top edge. India won't care. A length ball, outside off, Rahul looks to slog this out of the park but gets a top edge which flies over the keeper to the third man fence!
Kedar Jadhav walks in at number 6, replacing Iyer.
45.3W
Tim Southee to Shreyas Iyer. OUT! Caught! Powerfully hit but straight to the fielder. Full and wide outside off, Iyer reaches out and carves it through the covers. But it is straight to Mitchell Santner at the ropes! Iyer cannot believe his luck. He trudges off but it has been one kind of an innings. Poor start but terrific acceleration.
45.20
Tim Southee to Shreyas Iyer. Slower ball, fuller in length, wide outside off, Shreyas gets across and swings hard but does not connect.
45.11
Tim Southee to KL Rahul. Full and wide outside off, Rahul slices it straight to Ross Taylor at point. A meter here and there and it would have been a boundary. A single taken.
Tim Southee is back on. 8-1-58-1 so far.
End of Over : 456 RunsIND: 291/3
44.61
Hamish Bennett to KL Rahul. The batsman works it down the leg side. They pick up a single. Great over from Bennett - just 6 from it.
44.52
Hamish Bennett to KL Rahul. Excellent running. Down the leg side, Rahul whips this through mid-wicket, calls for two and comes back running hard.
Change of bats for KL Rahul.
44.41
Hamish Bennett to Shreyas Iyer. That is a full toss, on the pads, Iyer flicks it in the air and the ball nearly carries to deep mid-wicket. Falls just short of Tom Blundell running in. A run taken.
44.30
Hamish Bennett to Shreyas Iyer. Excellent bowling. Bennett sees Iyer back away down the leg side and fires a yorker on the stumps. Shreyas just about manages to dig it back.
44.21
Hamish Bennett to KL Rahul. Full and straight, hit down the ground for a single.
44.11
Hamish Bennett to Shreyas Iyer. Works this down the leg side for a single.
Hamish Bennett back at the death. Tough evening for him so far. 7-0-56-0 so far.
End of Over : 448 RunsIND: 285/3
43.66
James Neesham to KL Rahul. SIX! Beautiful hands! A full toss, around off, Rahul just swings with ease and the ball flies over mid-wicket! Would have been a terrific over for New Zealand but this big hit spoils it.
43.50
James Neesham to KL Rahul. Full and wide outside off, driven straight to cover.
43.41
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. The batsman has played it towards mid-wicket. One run added to the total.
43.31
James Neesham to KL Rahul. Outside off, punched through the covers for a run.
43.20
James Neesham to KL Rahul. That is a leeway for the bowler. A length ball, outside off, Rahul lets it go, thinking it will be a wide. But the umpire stays put. KL asks the umpire as to why is it not signalled a wide. But gets no favours. Replays show that the ball did go past the wide guideline.
43.10
James Neesham to KL Rahul. Full and outside off, left alone.
End of Over : 436 RunsIND: 277/3
42.61
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Pushed to the cover region by the batsman. They pick up a single.
42.51
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. MAIDEN ODI CENTURY FOR IYER! It has not been a gem of an innings. Yes, it has not been. He struggled at the start but then has accelerated. Full and outside off, driven through mid off for one more.
42.41
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. The batsman has been hit on the pads as he tried to sweep that one. One run added to the total. The umpire signals a leg bye.
42.31
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. Tossed up outside off, eased through the covers for one.
42.21
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Full and on middle, flicked through mid-wicket for a run. Wow. And just like that, he has reached his half century as well!
42.2wd
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. WIDE. Down the leg side, Rahul looks to flick but misses.
42.10
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Full and outside off, driven straight to cover.
End of Over : 4210 RunsIND: 271/3
41.62
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. It's been driven superbly through the covers. They manage to come back for the second.
41.50
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. Wide outside off, left alone.
41.41
James Neesham to KL Rahul. Full and outside off, driven through mid off for a run.
41.31
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. The batsman has pushed it to the cover region. They pick up a single.
41.22
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. Full and outside off, driven through the covers for a couple.
41.14
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. FOUR! Full and outside off, Iyer throws his bat at it and gets a thick outside edge through the third man region. Past the man at short third man.
James Neesham is back on. 5-0-20-0 so far.
End of Over : 4110 RunsIND: 261/3
40.61
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. The batsman has flicked the ball off his pads. One run added to the total.
40.54
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. FOUR! Short and outside off, slapped through backward point for a boundary! The 100-RUN STAND IS UP AS WELL!
40.41
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Full and outside off, driven through the covers for a run.
40.31
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. DROPPED! That should have been taken. Full and outside off, Iyer lofts this down to long off. Colin de Grandhomme gets across for a sitter but cannot hang on! Costly. Shocker. A single taken.
40.21
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Full on middle, pushed through mid on for a run.
40.12
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Short and outside off, cut through point. The fielder races to his left and slides but fumbles. Two runs taken.
POWERPLAY 3 time. 5 fielders allowed outside the 30-yard circle.
End of Over : 4015 RunsIND: 251/3
39.60
Tim Southee to Shreyas Iyer. Landed outside off, dabbed to short third man.
39.51
Tim Southee to KL Rahul. Short and outside off, cut through point for a run.
39.41
Tim Southee to Shreyas Iyer. Full on middle, pushed through mid on for a single.
39.34
Tim Southee to Shreyas Iyer. FOUR! Majestic shot. A length ball, outside off, Iyer lofts it beautifully over covers for a boundary!
39.3wd
Tim Southee to Shreyas Iyer. WIDE. Landed outside off, left alone.
Running repairs for Shreyas Iyer. The left elbow is causing him problems. The physio comes out again.
39.24
Tim Southee to Shreyas Iyer. FOUR! Cheeky! A short ball, outside off, Iyer arches back and deftly guides it over the keeper to the fence behind!
39.14
Tim Southee to Shreyas Iyer. FOUR! Beautifully whipped away! Yes, two contrasting adjectives but we need to use those. Full and on middle, Iyer plays a beautiful whip. But the timing is exquisite and the ball races to the mid-wicket fence.
End of Over : 392 RunsIND: 236/3
38.60
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. The batsman defends it from within the crease.
38.50
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Full and around middle, watchfully blocked out.
38.40
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Arrowed on the pads, worked straight to short mid-wicket.
38.31
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. Fractionally short, outside off, cut to point for a run.
38.21
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Floated around middle, eased down to long off for a single.
38.10
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Short and outside off, punched straight to point.
End of Over : 3814 RunsIND: 234/3
37.61
Tim Southee to KL Rahul. A length ball again, slower in pace, tucked through square leg for a run. 14 from the over, 27 from the last 2!
37.56
Tim Southee to KL Rahul. SIX! CLOBBERED! A length ball, outside off, Rahul swings it over mid-wicket for half a dozen!
37.46
Tim Southee to KL Rahul. SIX! High and handsome! A length ball, outside off, Rahul comes forward, leans into this one and lofts it over long off!
37.31
Tim Southee to Shreyas Iyer. Played to the point region by the batsman. One run added to the total.
37.20
Tim Southee to Shreyas Iyer. Full and around middle, pushed towards mid on.
37.10
Tim Southee to Shreyas Iyer. Around off, punched towards point.
Tim Southee is back on. 6-1-29-1 so far.
End of Over : 3713 RunsIND: 220/3
36.61
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. The batsman has flicked the ball off his pads. One run added to the total.
36.53
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Full and down the leg side, flicked through mid-wicket for three.
36.5wd
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. FIVE WIDES! Down the leg side, Rahul misses his sweep and the ball goes past the keeper to the fine leg fence.
36.41
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. Landed outside off, dabbed to third man for a single.
36.31
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. The batsman appears to have been struck on the thigh pad. The batsmen have run through for a single. Leg bye given by the umpire.
36.21
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. Full on middle, pushed through mid on for a run.
36.11
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Short and outside off, cut through point for a single.
Mitchell Santner returns. 6-0-29-0 so far.
End of Over : 368 RunsIND: 207/3
35.60
Hamish Bennett to Shreyas Iyer. A bouncer now on middle, Shreyas ducks.
35.50
Hamish Bennett to Shreyas Iyer. A length ball, outside off, Iyer looks to play the upper cut but misses.
35.46
Hamish Bennett to Shreyas Iyer. SIX! Up and over! Both the batsmen are teeing off here. Full and around middle, Iyer comes down the track and lofts it over long on! The 50-run stand is up now.
35.4wd
Hamish Bennett to Shreyas Iyer. WIDE. A bouncer now, a bit too high, ducked under.
35.30
Hamish Bennett to Shreyas Iyer. Around off, defended watchfully.
35.21
Hamish Bennett to KL Rahul. Full and outside off, played through point for a single.
35.10
Hamish Bennett to KL Rahul. Around off, defended back to the bowler.
A slight interruption. The physio is out in the middle. Iyer is having his left forearm tended to.
End of Over : 3514 RunsIND: 199/3
34.60
Ish Sodhi to Shreyas Iyer. Landed outside off, played straight to point.
34.51
Ish Sodhi to KL Rahul. Punched off the back foot by the batsman. They pick up a single.
34.40
Ish Sodhi to KL Rahul. Full and around middle, whipped back to the bowler.
34.36
Ish Sodhi to KL Rahul. SIX! Consecutive maximums! Floated on middle, Rahul swings this over long on and gets another biggie!
34.26
Ish Sodhi to KL Rahul. SIX! Is this the time to change gears? India certainly feel so. Full and outside off, Rahul comes down the track and lofts it as clean as a whistle over long off!
34.11
Ish Sodhi to Shreyas Iyer. Full on middle, pushed through mid on for a single.
End of Over : 348 RunsIND: 185/3
33.63
Hamish Bennett to Shreyas Iyer. Full and outside off, Shreyas eases it through the covers. The ball is stopped, thanks to a dive from the man sweeping the ball to his right at the boundary. Three runs taken.
33.54
Hamish Bennett to Shreyas Iyer. FOUR! That will be a boundary. Short and outside off, Iyer throws the bat at it and gets a bit of an outside edge. The ball races to the third man fence.
33.40
Hamish Bennett to Shreyas Iyer. Defended off the back foot by the batsman.
33.30
Hamish Bennett to Shreyas Iyer. Full and straight, pushed towards mid on.
33.20
Hamish Bennett to Shreyas Iyer. Full and outside off, pushed straight to mid off.
33.11
Hamish Bennett to KL Rahul. Short and wide outside off, slapped through the covers for a single.
Hamish Bennett to start the first over after the second Drinks break. 5-0-40-0 so far.
DRINKS BREAK. India cruising through. They lost their way a little bit after a quickfire start but Kohli and Iyer got the innings back on track. 17 overs left and with hitters to come, they will aim for at least 300 from here. Possibly more, if a set batsman stays till the end.
End of Over : 335 RunsIND: 177/3
32.60
Ish Sodhi to Shreyas Iyer. Pushed through quicker outside off, watchfully kept out.
32.51
Ish Sodhi to KL Rahul. Full again, floated outside off, pushed through mid off for one more.
32.41
Ish Sodhi to Shreyas Iyer. Full and outside off, driven through mid off for another single.
32.31
Ish Sodhi to KL Rahul. Floated outside off, eased through the covers for one more.
32.21
Ish Sodhi to Shreyas Iyer. HALF CENTURY FOR SHREYAS IYER. Short and outside off, Iyer rocks back and cuts it through the covers for a run. Did not look settled early on but has matured with time. With Kohli not around, Iyer will aim to bat through till the end of the innings. Might perhaps change gears too.
32.11
Ish Sodhi to KL Rahul. Googly, on middle, Rahul leans and flicks this through mid-wicket for a single.
End of Over : 325 RunsIND: 172/3
31.61
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Short and outside off, Rahul slaps it through the covers for one more. A dot, followed by 5 singles.
31.51
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. A short ball, around middle, punched down to long on for another single.
31.41
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Action replay of the previous delivery as Rahul does what his partner does. Punch through mid-wicket for one.
31.31
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. A touch short, arrowed on the pads, worked through mid-wicket for a run again.
31.21
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Full on middle, pushed through mid on for a single.
31.10
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Around off, blocked from the crease.
End of Over : 315 RunsIND: 167/3
30.60
Ish Sodhi to Shreyas Iyer. The batsman shows the full face of the bat and defends the ball off the back foot.
30.51
Ish Sodhi to KL Rahul. Full and outside off, pushed through the covers for one more.
30.41
Ish Sodhi to Shreyas Iyer. Down the leg side, worked through mid-wicket for a run.
30.31
Ish Sodhi to KL Rahul. Full and outside off, eased down to long off for a single.
30.21
Ish Sodhi to Shreyas Iyer. Short and outside off, real hit-me ball, Iyer cuts but finds sweeper cover. Just a run taken.
30.11
Ish Sodhi to KL Rahul. Down the leg side, worked through mid-wicket for a single.
End of Over : 306 RunsIND: 162/3
29.64
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. FOUR! Fine way to end the over. Short and outside off, Iyer rocks back and cuts it to the right of short third man for a boundary!
29.51
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Full and outside off, driven through mid off for a run.
29.40
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Full and outside off, pushed straight to cover.
29.30
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Around off, watchfully defended.
29.20
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat.
29.11
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. Full and outside off, pushed through the covers for a single.
End of Over : 293 RunsIND: 156/3
28.60
Ish Sodhi to KL Rahul. The batsman defends it from within the crease.
28.50
Ish Sodhi to KL Rahul. Short and outside off, punched off the back foot.
KL Rahul walks in at number 5, replacing his skipper.
28.4W
Ish Sodhi to Virat Kohli. OUT! BOWLED! Done in by the googly. This is outside off, Kohli lunges to defend but does not pick the wrong 'un. There is a bit of a gap between bat and pad and the ball goes through the gap and hits the leg stump. Kohli looks stunned. Most batsmen do, when they get beaten. Kuldeep would be licking his lips.
28.31
Ish Sodhi to Shreyas Iyer. Full on middle, pushed through mid on for a single.
28.22
Ish Sodhi to Shreyas Iyer. Short and outside off, cut through the covers for a couple. 100-RUN STAND IS UP! The pair will now look to accelerate.
28.10
Ish Sodhi to Shreyas Iyer. Short and outside off, punched back to the bowler.
Ish Sodhi into the attack now. Pretty late, eh?
End of Over : 284 RunsIND: 153/2
27.61
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. Full and outside off, driven through the covers for one more.
27.50
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. Full and outside off, Iyer goes on the back foot and mistimes his punch back to the bowler.
27.41
Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli. Tossed up again, eased through the covers for one more.
27.31
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. Full and outside off, driven through the covers for a run.
27.21
Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli. 58TH ODI 50 FOR KOHLI! Full on middle, pushed through mid on for a single.
27.10
Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli. Landed outside off, played straight to point.
End of Over : 2710 RunsIND: 149/2
26.64
Hamish Bennett to Shreyas Iyer. FOUR! Slashed away. Short and wide outside off, Iyer lashes out the cut and gets a thick outside edge. There is third man and he moves to his left but cannot get there. 10 from the over, Bennett has gone for 40 in his 5 overs.
26.51
Hamish Bennett to Virat Kohli. Landed outside off, a touch short, extra bounce, Kohli rides the bounce and guides it behind point for a single.
26.40
Hamish Bennett to Virat Kohli. Fullish, around middle, pushed towards mid on.
26.4wd
Hamish Bennett to Virat Kohli. WIDE. A slower bouncer, around middle, Kohli ducks.
26.30
Hamish Bennett to Virat Kohli. Punched off the back foot by the batsman.
26.20
Hamish Bennett to Virat Kohli. Full and around off, watchfully defended.
26.14
Hamish Bennett to Virat Kohli. FOUR! PRISTINE! That is simply gorgeous. Half volley outside off, Kohli leans and drives it through the covers.
End of Over : 265 RunsIND: 139/2
25.60
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. Short and around off, punched towards cover.
25.51
Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli. The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery. They pick up a single.
25.41
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. The batsman works it down the leg side. The batsmen have run through for a single.
25.31
Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli. Full and outside off, driven through the covers for a run.
25.21
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. This is flicked through mid-wicket for a run.
25.11
Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli. Down the leg side, flicked through mid-wicket for a single.
End of Over : 254 RunsIND: 134/2
24.60
Hamish Bennett to Shreyas Iyer. Landed outside off, Iyer throws his bat at it but misses.
24.50
Hamish Bennett to Shreyas Iyer. A short ball, outside off, punched off the back foot.
24.41
Hamish Bennett to Virat Kohli. Landed outside off again, tapped through cover for a quick one.
24.31
Hamish Bennett to Shreyas Iyer. Landed outside off, played through point for a run.
24.21
Hamish Bennett to Virat Kohli. Landed outside off, played through point for a single.
24.2wd
Hamish Bennett to Virat Kohli. WIDE. A short ball, outside off, Kohli throws his bat at it but misses.
24.10
Hamish Bennett to Virat Kohli. On a length ball outside off, left alone.
Hamish Bennett returns. 3-0-26-0 so far.
End of Over : 247 RunsIND: 130/2
23.60
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. The batsman shoulders arms to let that one through.
23.51
Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli. Full and outside off, driven through mid off for a run.
23.40
Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli. Around off, defended watchfully.
23.31
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. Outside off, played through the covers for a single.
23.21
Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli. Pushed to the cover region by the batsman. They pick up a single.
23.14
Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli. FOUR! Graceful shot. Full and outside off, Kohli leans and drives it through the covers for a boundary!
End of Over : 238 RunsIND: 123/2
22.61
Colin de Grandhomme to Virat Kohli. Full and outside off, pushed through the covers for a single.
22.54
Colin de Grandhomme to Virat Kohli. FOUR! Wow. That almost seemed a half pull. A length ball, Kohli just whips it through mid on!
22.41
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. On middle and leg, worked through mid-wicket for a run.
22.30
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. The batsman defends it from within the crease.
22.22
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. Flicks this through mid-wicket for a couple.
22.10
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. Landed outside off, left alone.
End of Over : 222 RunsIND: 115/2
21.61
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. Around off, watchfully tapped away for a run.
21.51
Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli. The batsman has punched the ball off the back foot. One run added to the total.
21.40
Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli. Short and outside off, cut straight to point.
21.30
Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli. The batsman has played that off the front foot and into the ground.
21.20
Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli. Down the leg side, Kohli looks to work it to the leg side but closes his bat-face a touch early. The ball goes to cover.
21.10
Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli. Full and around off, watchfully defended.
Spin time. Mitchell Santner into the attack now.
End of Over : 216 RunsIND: 113/2
20.60
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. The batsman defends it from within the crease.
20.54
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. FOUR! Cracking shot. Short and wide outside off, Iyer slaps it through point and gets a boundary!
20.40
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. Around off, defended watchfully.
20.31
Colin de Grandhomme to Virat Kohli. This time he connects with the pull and gets a single.
20.20
Colin de Grandhomme to Virat Kohli. A short ball, outside off, Kohli looks to pull but misses.
20.11
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. A length ball, around off, Iyer looks to work it straight but the ball takes the inner half of the bat and goes to deep mid-wicket. A single taken.
End of Over : 208 RunsIND: 107/2
19.61
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. The batsman has played it to the point region for a single.
19.52
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. A short ball, outside off, Shreyas backs away and carves it over point. Two runs taken.
19.40
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. A good length ball outside off, watchfully defended.
19.30
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. Defended off the back foot by the batsman.
19.24
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. FOUR LEG BYES. Down the leg side, Iyer looks to flick but the ball goes off his pads to the fine leg fence. 50-RUN STAND IS UP AS WELL.
19.11
James Neesham to Virat Kohli. Full and outside off, pushed through the covers for a single. 100 UP FOR INDIA. Continue to go at a pretty decent rate.
End of Over : 196 RunsIND: 99/2
18.64
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. DROPPED, FOUR! That is twice in 7 balls for Iyer. He is riding his luck. Full and outside off, Shreyas looks to go over mid off but the ball hits the toe end of his bat. It is skewed towards mid off where Tim Southee leaps and gets a hand to it but cannot hold on. The ball races away to the long off fence.
18.50
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. Outside off, guided to point.
18.42
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. A short ball, pulled through mid-wicket for a couple.
18.30
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. Defended off the back foot by the batsman.
18.20
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. Full and outside off, left alone.
18.10
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. A length ball, outside off, pushed straight to point.
End of Over : 183 RunsIND: 93/2
17.61
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. DROPPED! Tough chance for Ross Taylor. Full and wide outside off, Iyer looks to drive but the ball takes the outside edge. Taylor at short third man dives to his right but cannot hang on.
17.50
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. Defended off the back foot by the batsman.
17.40
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. Full and outside off, pushed straight to cover.
17.30
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. The batsman has played that off the front foot and into the ground.
17.21
James Neesham to Virat Kohli. Pushed to the cover region by the batsman. They pick up a single.
17.10
James Neesham to Virat Kohli. Full and outside off, driven straight to mid off.
17.1wd
James Neesham to Virat Kohli. WIDE. 5th of the innings already. Full and down the leg side, Kohli walks across and looks to flick but misses.
End of Over : 177 RunsIND: 90/2
16.60
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. Another slower one, fuller in length outside off, watchfully shouldered arms to.
16.50
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. A slower ball, outside off, Shreyas walks down the track but then lets it go.
16.41
Colin de Grandhomme to Virat Kohli. Full and wide outside off, the skipper reaches out and drives it to sweeper cover for one.
16.31
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. Iyer follows suit now, dabbing it to third man for a run.
16.21
Colin de Grandhomme to Virat Kohli. Just an example of how late he plays the ball. Kohli waits for the ball to come to him and guides it towards third man for a single.
16.14
Colin de Grandhomme to Virat Kohli. FOUR! MARVELLOUS! Half volley outside off, Kohli leans and drives it through the covers. Short extra cover dives to his left but the ball whizzes past him. The stand moves to 33 in 45 balls. The skipper moves to 22 from 30 deliveries.
End of Over : 164 RunsIND: 83/2
15.61
James Neesham to Virat Kohli. Defended off the back foot by the batsman. The batsmen have run through for a single.
15.51
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. Short and outside off, cut through point for a run.
15.40
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. Full and outside off, driven straight to cover.
15.31
James Neesham to Virat Kohli. Outside off, punched through the covers for a single.
15.20
James Neesham to Virat Kohli. Full and outside off, Virat looks to flick but the ball nips in, takes the inside edge and hits him on the right thigh. The skipper limps in pain.
15.10
James Neesham to Virat Kohli. Hits the pitch hard, generates extra bounce, lands it outside off. Kohli reaches out, looking to push it through the covers but the extra bounce makes the ball hit the splice of the bat and go off the inner half of the bat towards mid on.
15.1wd
James Neesham to Virat Kohli. WIDE. Good pace but misdirected. At 137 kph, Neesham is targetting the leg stump but the swing and angle takes it down the leg side, beating Kohli's attempted flick.
End of Over : 159 RunsIND: 79/2
14.61
Colin de Grandhomme to Virat Kohli. Played to the point region by the batsman. The batsmen have run through for a single.
14.51
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. Full and outside off, swinging away, pushed watchfully through the covers for one.
14.5wd
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. WIDE. Iyer is standing with his leg and middle stumps exposed and seeing that, de Grandhomme targets the leg stump. But the swing takes the ball past the leg stump and Shreyas misses his flick. A wide signalled.
14.40
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. Around off, Shreyas taps it towards mid on and sets off for a quick single but Kohli straightaway sends him back. Would have been a suicidal run.
14.34
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. FOUR! MAJESTIC! A full ball wide outside off, Iyer reaches out and drives it through the covers. Finds the gap and gets his first boundary.
14.20
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. A length ball outside off, delivered with a wobbly seam, left alone.
14.11
Colin de Grandhomme to Virat Kohli. A length ball, around off, the skipper taps it with soft hands towards mid on and takes a quick single.
14.1wd
Colin de Grandhomme to Virat Kohli. WIDE. Down the leg side, Kohli misses his flick.
End of Over : 148 RunsIND: 70/2
13.61
James Neesham to Virat Kohli. AARGH! Kohli yells. Because this was a short and wide delivery outside off. He threw his bat at it but could only get it down to third man for a single.
13.54
James Neesham to Virat Kohli. FOUR! A full toss, outside off, Kohli drives this down the ground. Mid off dives to his right but the ball is past him in a flash.
FREE HIT TIME. This is a good opportunity for India to break the shackles.
13.51
James Neesham to Virat Kohli. NO BALL! Did Kohli hear the call early? Perhaps. Because he was straightaway down the track, looking to hit. Neesham tried to bowl it on the pads but misfired it down the leg side. Replays show that his foot landed on the line.
13.41
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. OFF THE MARK ON THE 10TH BALL. Full and outside off, Iyer drives this through the covers. Tim Southee dives to his right at short extra and gets a hand to it. Parries it to the left of mid off and Shreyas gets off the mark with a single.
13.31
James Neesham to Virat Kohli. MISFIELD. Full and outside off, Virat punches it straight to point. But Martin Guptill charging in to stop the ball gets into too much of a hurry and takes his eyes off the ball. It goes off his palms towards third man. A single taken.
13.20
James Neesham to Virat Kohli. Slightly wide outside off, fuller in length, the skipper looks to play away from his body but misses.
13.10
James Neesham to Virat Kohli. Full and around off, Kohli looks to work it to the leg side but he ball straightens, takes the leading edge and goes to mid off.
End of Over : 131 RunsIND: 62/2
12.60
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. Another play and a miss. A length ball outside off, Iyer looks to defend but the ball seams away and beats the outside edge.
12.50
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. Ahhh... nearly nicks this one. A length ball, outside off, Iyer reaches out to play at that, away from his body and almost gets an outside edge behind. Is beaten.
12.40
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. Around middle, flicked straight to short mid-wicket.
12.31
Colin de Grandhomme to Virat Kohli. A length ball outside off, going away again, steered down to third man for a single.
12.20
Colin de Grandhomme to Virat Kohli. A length ball, outside off, moving away, solidly defended.
12.10
Colin de Grandhomme to Virat Kohli. Full and outside off, played straight to point.
Switch of ends for Colin de Grandhomme. Just a little use of the wind and trying to take the ball away from the right-handers. 2-0-4-1 so far.
End of Over : 121 RunsIND: 61/2
11.60
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. Full and outside off, pushed straight to cover. A run from Neesham's first.
11.50
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. Around off, tight line, watchfully defended.
11.41
James Neesham to Virat Kohli. ALMOST A WICKET! Would have been another soft dismissal. A length ball, on middle, VK walks across and flicks it. Hits it too well for his liking and the ball is aerial and nearly straight down the throat of Ish Sodhi at deep backward square leg. Lands short. A run taken.
Slipped our mind but Powerplay 2 was signalled after the 10th over. 4 fielders allowed outside the 30-yard circle till the 40th over.
11.30
James Neesham to Virat Kohli. Full and outside off, driven towards mid off.
11.20
James Neesham to Virat Kohli. This one swings in now. The skipper pushes it towards mid on who is pretty deep. The timing is exquisite and the ball goes pretty quickly. Hence, the single is not taken.
11.10
James Neesham to Virat Kohli. Hint of outswing, outside off, Kohli walks into the shot and drives it to cover.
Jimmy Neesham to bowl now. If the ball continues to swing, he will be a handful.
End of Over : 115 RunsIND: 60/2
10.61
Tim Southee to Virat Kohli. Around off, tapped through mid-wicket for a quick run.
10.50
Tim Southee to Virat Kohli. Still Southee is getting some swing. He gets it into the batsman, the skipper is tight in defense but because of the late swing, the bat turns in his hands and the ball hits the inner half of his bat and drops it down.
10.40
Tim Southee to Virat Kohli. Outside off, driven beautifully but straight to wide mid off.
10.30
Tim Southee to Virat Kohli. Full and around off, watchfully defended.
10.20
Tim Southee to Virat Kohli. A length ball, 6 inches outside off, Virat walks into the shot and then confidently leaves it alone.
10.14
Tim Southee to Virat Kohli. FOUR! BRUTAL! A short ball, outside off, Kohli, not the one to miss out on any scoring opportunity. Pulls it with disdain over mid-wicket.
End of Over : 101 RunsIND: 55/2
9.60
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. Full and outside off, driven straight to mid off. 55/2 IN POWERPLAY 1 for India. Good end to the phase for the Kiwis.
9.50
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. Fuller and around off, well defended.
9.41
Colin de Grandhomme to Virat Kohli. The batsman has played that off the front foot and into the ground. The batsmen have run through for a single.
9.30
Colin de Grandhomme to Virat Kohli. Around off, blocked from the crease.
9.20
Colin de Grandhomme to Virat Kohli. The batsman fails to get bat on that one and is hit on the pad.
9.10
Colin de Grandhomme to Virat Kohli. A length ball, outside off, pushed towards point.
End of Over : 94 RunsIND: 54/2
8.60
Tim Southee to Shreyas Iyer. A length ball, around off, Shreyas looks to defend but gets a thick inside edge onto his pads.
8.50
Tim Southee to Shreyas Iyer. Full and around off, Iyer drives it straight back, only to see it get stopped.
Shreyas Iyer comes out to the middle. Two new batsmen at the crease.
8.4W
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. OUT! CAUGHT! Straight to the man. Agarwal goes too! Two wickets for New Zealand in the span of 5 balls. Not a wicket-taking delivery by any means. Short and outside off, Agarwal throws his bat at it and cuts really hard. But to his hard luck, he finds Tom Blundell at point to perfection. Mayank is in utter dismay. That was a boundary ball. Instead, it turns out to be a wicket delivery. So both the new openers, after looking good, throw their wickets away.
8.30
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. Outside off, left alone.
8.24
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. FOUR! A short ball, around off, Agarwal pulls it over mi-wicket and gets a boundary.
8.10
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. A bouncer on middle, Agarwal ducks.
In comes the skipper, Virat Kohli.
End of Over : 83 RunsIND: 50/1
7.6W
Colin de Grandhomme to Prithvi Shaw. OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! De Grandhomme strikes in his very first over. A length ball, outside off, nipping away, Shaw looks to run it down to third man but only manages to nick it behind. First strike for the Kiwis. Shaw looked good in his brief stay.
7.51
Colin de Grandhomme to Mayank Agarwal. 50-RUN OPENING STAND IS UP! This is a solid beginning for India. A length ball outside off, Mayank runs it down to third man and gets a single.
7.40
Colin de Grandhomme to Mayank Agarwal. Full and around off, watchfully defended.
7.30
Colin de Grandhomme to Mayank Agarwal. One more leave outside off.
7.20
Colin de Grandhomme to Mayank Agarwal. Landed outside off, left alone.
7.2wd
Colin de Grandhomme to Mayank Agarwal. WIDE. A length ball, pretty wide outside off, Agarwal stays leg side of the ball and chases it, going at it flat-footed but misses.
7.11
Colin de Grandhomme to Prithvi Shaw. A length ball, around off, Shaw flicks it uppishly, but wide of mid on for a single.
Swing on offer. So Colin de Grandhomme comes on as the first change.
End of Over : 710 RunsIND: 47/0
6.60
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. A good length ball outside off, nice line, left alone to end a 10-run over.
6.52
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. Down the leg side, flicked through mid-wicket for a couple.
6.40
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. Fuller and around off, watchfully defended.
6.34
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. FOUR! BOSH! Short and wide outside off, Agarwal slaps it over point for a boundary!
6.20
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. The batsman shows the full face of the bat and defends the ball off the back foot.
6.14
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. FOUR! EDGED AWAY! A length ball, outside off, Agarwal looks to defend but the ball moves away and squares him up. Takes the outside edge but evades second slip and goes to the third man fence.
End of Over : 611 RunsIND: 37/0
5.60
Hamish Bennett to Prithvi Shaw. Outside off, punched sweetly but straight to cover.
5.52
Hamish Bennett to Prithvi Shaw. Down the leg side, Prithvi flicks it through mid-wicket where Neesham gets a hand on it and slows it down. Mid on gets to the ball and keeps the batsmen to a couple.
5.44
Hamish Bennett to Prithvi Shaw. FOUR! BOOM! A short ball, around middle, Shaw pulls it over mid-wicket and gets a boundary!
5.31
Hamish Bennett to Mayank Agarwal. Outside off, dabbed to third man for a single.
5.20
Hamish Bennett to Mayank Agarwal. A length ball, around off, coming in, Mayank looks to tuck but misses and is hit on the pads. Bennett puts in a half-appeal but no one from his own team is even interested.
5.14
Hamish Bennett to Mayank Agarwal. FOUR! Down the leg side, Agarwal tickles it to the fine leg fence.
End of Over : 55 RunsIND: 26/0
4.61
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. Works this wide of mid on for a quick single. There is a shy at the bowler's end but it misses the stumps. Could have been touch and go.
4.54
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. FOUR! MAGNIFICENT! Half volley, outside off, Agarwal leans and drives it through the covers!
4.40
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. NOT OUT. UMPIRE'S CALL! A length ball, around off, Agarwal looks to defend but the ball skids off the deck and hits him on the pads. Southee appeals but the umpire moves away. The bowler immediately asks his keeper who opines that bat might be involved. But Southee is firm that there is no inside edge. Latham then takes the review immediately. Hot Spot proves Southee right but then Ball Tracker arrives, it shows the ball to be clipping the top of the bails. Agarwal survives.
LBW review! Is that bat first? Southee is confident that it is not bat first. Replays confirm that. Nothing on Hot Spot. Will height be an issue? Umpire's call on height!
Believe it or not, we are going to have an 8-1 off side field. Nope. 7-2. No third man. He moves to short mid-wicket.
4.30
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. Outside off, left alone.
4.20
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. Another play and a miss. A length ball, around off, Mayank is squared up again, looking to defend. Beaten once more.
4.10
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. That is a jaffa. On a length outside off, Agarwal walks down the track, looks to defend but the ball moves away and squares him up.
End of Over : 410 RunsIND: 21/0
3.64
Hamish Bennett to Prithvi Shaw. FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries! A length ball, outside off, Shaw gets on top of the bounce and punches it through the covers!
3.54
Hamish Bennett to Prithvi Shaw. FOUR! Beautifully done. Full and around middle, Shaw flicks it through mid-wicket, finds the gap and the fence.
3.41
Hamish Bennett to Mayank Agarwal. Short and outside off, cut behind point for a run.
3.31
Hamish Bennett to Prithvi Shaw. Driven towards the mid on region. They pick up a single.
3.20
Hamish Bennett to Prithvi Shaw. Full and on middle, driven beautifully but straight to mid on.
3.10
Hamish Bennett to Prithvi Shaw. A length ball, around middle, Shaw looks to tuck it to the leg side but misses and is hit on the pads.
End of Over : 35 RunsIND: 11/0
2.60
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. A leave outside off to end the over.
2.50
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. Full on middle, pushed towards mid on.
2.40
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. Full and outside off, let through once again.
2.30
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. Landed outside off, left alone.
2.24
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. FOUR! LOVELY! Overpitched, outside off, Agarwal comes forward, gets to the pitch of the ball and drives this through mid off!
2.11
Tim Southee to Prithvi Shaw. Landed outside off, Shaw punches it through point. The man from point, Jimmy Neesham dives to his right, makes a half-stop while cover-point dives to his left and makes a half-stop as well. A single taken.
End of Over : 26 RunsIND: 6/0
1.62
Hamish Bennett to Mayank Agarwal. Too short and too wide outside off, opportunity for runs and Agarwal does not miss out. Punches it through the covers and gets a couple.
1.51
Hamish Bennett to Prithvi Shaw. The batsman has punched that ball through the off side. They pick up a single.
1.42
Hamish Bennett to Prithvi Shaw. FIRST RUNS OFF THE BAT. A short ball, outside off, Shaw punches it through the covers. The outfield is not the quickest and Tim Southee gets to it from mid off. Two runs taken. Those are the first, of many, for Shaw in ODI cricket.
1.30
Hamish Bennett to Prithvi Shaw. Full and outside off, swinging in, pushed towards cover.
1.20
Hamish Bennett to Prithvi Shaw. Landed outside off, played straight to point.
1.11
Hamish Bennett to Mayank Agarwal. A length ball, down the leg side, Agarwal looks to tuck but misses. The ball goes off his pads towards fine leg. A leg bye taken.
Hamish Bennett to bowl with the second new ball.
End of Over : 10 RunsIND: 0/0
0.60
Tim Southee to Prithvi Shaw. Landed around off, watchfully defended. A MAIDEN TO START OFF PROCEEDINGS.
0.50
Tim Southee to Prithvi Shaw. Fuller and around off, Shaw looks to defend but gets a thick inside edge onto his pads.
0.40
Tim Southee to Prithvi Shaw. Nice curve, fuller in length, swinging away, Prithvi defends it back to the bowler.
0.30
Tim Southee to Prithvi Shaw. A length ball, outside off, Prithvi looks to tuck it to the leg side but gets a thick inside edge onto his hip.
0.20
Tim Southee to Prithvi Shaw. Swing on offer. Full and outside off, swinging away, left alone.
0.10
Tim Southee to Prithvi Shaw. A length ball outside off, moving away, punched sweetly, off the middle of the bat, but straight to cover.
We are all set to begin! The two new openers for India, Mayank Agarwal and Prithvi Shaw make their way out to the middle. The Kiwi players are in a huddle before they take their respective positions in the field. Tim Southee to start off proceedings. Shaw to face. Here we go...
Both teams are out on the field for the respective National Anthems.
PITCH REPORT - Scott Styris says that the soil used is the Mohali soil. VVS Laxman observes that there is no grass cover as the batting of New Zealand is not that strong. Believes that it is a good pitch to bat on and might aid spin later on in the innings. Styris adds that the pitch looks a bit tacky, so the ball might stick on the surface initially but then should come onto the bat as the game goes on.
New Zealand (Playing XI) - Martin Guptill, Henry Nicholls, Tom Latham(C AND WK), Tom Blundell, Ross Taylor, Jimmy Neesham, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi and Hamish Bennett.
India (Playing XI) - Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal, Virat Kohli(C), Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(WK), Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah.
Indian captain, Virat Kohli too, admits he would have bowled first, as it is a short ground and under lights, batting gets easier. But is now looking to bat well, especially in the absence of Rohit Sharma. Is super excited to see a new opening combination in Prithvi Shaw and Mayank Agarwal. Informs that Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant, Shivam Dube, Navdeep Saini and Yuzvendra Chahal are the 5 guys missing out from the squad. Believes that Kuldeep Yadav's variety tips him ahead of Chahal. Feels that at home, they can be dominant as anyone but it is foreign conditions which will test them. Hence, he believes that a 5-0 win in the T20Is puts them in really good perspective. Adds that since this year has a major focus on T20Is, one would see plenty of new faces being tried out in the ODIs.
New Zealand skipper, Tom Latham, says that the reason is due to history where chasing is favoured in the ground as it becomes difficult to defend under lights. Informs Neesham and de Grandhomme are the all-rounders while the seam attack comprises of Tim Southee and Hamish Bennett. Further says that Mitchell Santner and Ish Sodhi would be their spinners. On being asked whether they could take confidence from an ODI which was played as long as 5 months ago, Latham is confident that they can maintain their good run.
TOSS - Latham flips is the coin, Heads is the call from Kohli but it is a Tail. NEW ZEALAND ELECT TO CHASE.
Prithvi Shaw and Mayanak Agarwal are being handed their ODI caps. Good luck to them!
WEATHER - For starters, it is a bright and sunny afternoon in Hamilton. No threat of rain.
New Zealand, on the other hand, are returning to the format post their dramatic World Cup loss against England. They were in a thumping form during the tournament, but here with a few key players from that team missing, they will look to trouble the Indians and make amends to their whitewash in the T20I series. Stay with us to find out how things pan out.
After a thumping victory over the hosts in the 5-match T20I series, the caravan moves to 50-over format. By the looks of things, one can say the story in this format won't be a lot different. Both the teams are marred with injuries to their one of the star players - Rohit Sharma for India and regular skipper Kane Williamson for New Zealand. India are set to hand debuts to Prithvi Shaw and Mayank Agarwal and it will be interesting to see if these prospects shine for the Indians and show their strengthened bench strength in this format.
End of Over : 48.1NZ: 348/6
That's all we have from this contest! It was a high-scoring match but New Zealand scaled down a big target with 11 balls to spare. They have taken a lead in the 3-match series which makes the second ODI in Auckland a must-win for India. Do join us for that on Saturday, 8th February, at 1500 local (0200 GMT). Cheers!
New Zealand skipper, Tom Latham says that it was a great performance by the boys and it's been nice to cross the line. Adds that to have partnerships is always the key and the left-right combination helped them (during the century stand with Taylor). Mentions that to have wickets in hand helped them. On Ross Taylor, Latham says that he has done that for them time and again and it was a fantastic knock. Admits that their bowling is one area he is looking for improvement and hopes to achieve that in the coming games.
Indian skipper, Virat Kohli says that it was an outstanding performance by New Zealand. Adds that they batted outstandingly well. On their bowling show, Kohli replies that they were patient enough to pick wickets and got a run out as well. Admits that Tom Latham's innings took the momentum away from them. Credits the two batsmen (Latham and Taylor) for the way they batted. States that fielding is one area they were decent but it was not their best effort. Tells that the way New Zealand played, you have to admit that overall they were the better side. Praises the new Indian openers and hopes they will continue to do the same. Lauds Shreyas Iyer also for his knock under pressure and adds that KL Rahul was brilliant too. Considers these as positive signs. Feels that sometimes the results don't go your way but if you are playing good cricket, you are in good space.
ROSS TAYLOR IS THE MAN OF THE MATCH! Says that it's been an interesting summer for them and it was nice to cross the line. Mentions about the contribution of the top order and also praises the bowlers for restricting India under 350 which gave them a chance. Lauds Tom Latham for his batting and the way he targeted the short boundaries. Admits that Latham's knock made it easy for him. On completing 2000 international runs at Seddon Park, Taylor smiles and says that it's been a happy hunting ground for him. Hopes to put up a good performance in Eden Park as well. Shares that you try to not take the hangover of the last games and it was nice to stay till the end to finish this match.
India weren't too poor in the field but the dropped catch of Ross Taylor on 10 cost them the match. Their bowlers tried hard on a flat deck but the execution of the plan, especially when the pair of Taylor and Latham was batting, was not up to the mark. They would consider it as a rare off day at work and would look to bounce back in the second ODI. Stay tuned for the presentation...
What a scintillating knock by Ross Taylor! By no means, this was an easy chase. The Kiwi openers provided a decent start but it was not a quickfire one. The asking rate was quite high and the partnership between Ross Taylor and Henry Nicholls didn't take care of it at all. The Men in Blue were on top till the run out of Nicholls and the landscape of this run chase took a complete turn once Tom Latham arrived in the middle. The southpaw batted against his nature and stroked a 48-ball 69. He punished the Indian bowlers in the middle overs and snatched the momentum away from them. Rosco also joined the party and bathed in the light of renewed energy that Latham brought to the crease. Together the pair amassed 138 runs off 80 balls and brought the chase on track. The wickets did fall after that but the presence of Taylor meant that the Black Caps always had the game in their grasp.
New Zealand finally taste success! They have broken the deadlock. The Kiwis came close to winning on so many occasions in the T20I series but failed to cross the final hurdle. But not this time. Ross Taylor was the culprit in the past but he made sure that he stayed till the end to see his side home. This is now New Zealand's highest successful chase in ODIs.
48.11
Mohammed Shami to Ross Taylor. NEW ZEALAND WIN BY 4 WICKETS! Slightly short in length on middle, Taylor swings his bat across the line and sends it behind backward square leg. The fielder stops it from crossing the fence but cannot stop the batsmen from taking the winning run.
End of Over : 4813 RunsNZ: 347/6
47.61
Shardul Thakur to Ross Taylor. Rosco takes one on the body! Thakur surprises the batsman with a short ball. Taylor picks it late and then tries to duck. It brushes his left shoulder and goes behind to the keeper. Santner calls his partner for a quick leg bye. Scores are levelled!
47.51
Shardul Thakur to Mitchell Santner. A mistimed pull shot! Short in length around off, Santner camps back and mistimes his pull shot over the bowler's head. The mid off fielder cuts it off and they cross.
47.44
Shardul Thakur to Mitchell Santner. FOUR! 3 more needed! Fuller length ball around off, angling away, Santner gives it the full whack of his bat and drills it down to long off for a boundary.
47.30
Shardul Thakur to Mitchell Santner. Beaten! Slower one, on a length outside off, Santner pokes at it and misses.
47.26
Shardul Thakur to Mitchell Santner. SIX! Santner has nailed it! Thakur goes short and around off, Santner is on top of the bounce in a trice and pulls it emphatically over mid-wicket. 7 needed more!
47.11
Shardul Thakur to Ross Taylor. Direct hit would have been curtains for Ross Taylor! That would have made this game very interesting. A length ball outside off, Rosco taps it down to point and attempts to steal a run right under Jadeja's nose. Sir misses his shy at the bowler's end and Rosco survives.
14 needed off 18 balls. Shardul Thakur (8-0-68-1) is back on.
End of Over : 473 RunsNZ: 334/6
46.60
Jasprit Bumrah to Mitchell Santner. Play and a miss! Back of a length delivery outside off, Mitchell once again pushes at it and misses. Top over by Bumrah, only 3 runs off it!
46.50
Jasprit Bumrah to Mitchell Santner. Defended off the back foot by the batsman.
46.40
Jasprit Bumrah to Mitchell Santner. Beauty of a delivery! A slower delivery, on the shorter side around off. It lands and grips as it cuts away. Santner pushes inside the line and misses.
46.31
Jasprit Bumrah to Ross Taylor. Width on offer outside off, Taylor moves back and slaps it down to the right of third man for a run.
46.21
Jasprit Bumrah to Mitchell Santner. Bumrah goes short around off, Santner lifts his front leg and pulls it in front of square leg for a run.
46.10
Jasprit Bumrah to Mitchell Santner. Gets behind the line of the delivery and pushes it with soft hands to mid off.
46.1wd
Jasprit Bumrah to Mitchell Santner. Wide! Back of a length delivery angling down the leg side, Santner tries flicking but misses.
Mitchell Santner comes in now. To be part of another choke. Can he do something to stop it? Jasprit Bumrah returns. 9-1-50-0 so far.
End of Over : 464 RunsNZ: 331/6
45.6W
Mohammed Shami to Ross Taylor. OUT! Colin de Grandhomme is well short of the crease. Short in length and around off, Taylor gets on top of the bounce and pulls it all along the ground to deep mid-wicket. He wants the second run and Colin responds but very slowly. Shreyas Iyer sends in a flat throw to the bowler's end where Kohli collects the ball and breaks the stumps. He sets off in celebration as the on-field umpire goes upstairs. The replays spell the end of de Grandhomme. Are we in for a comeback from India?
Appeal for a run out! Virat Kohli is once again sure and runs in celebration. The third umpire is referred...
45.51
Mohammed Shami to Colin de Grandhomme. It's an attempted yorker on middle, de Grandhomme picks the low full toss his pads and flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a run.
45.40
Mohammed Shami to Colin de Grandhomme. Fullish and outside off, driven off the front foot to covers.
45.31
Mohammed Shami to Ross Taylor. Slower delivery outside off, Taylor pushes at it and gets an inside edge. It beats the stumps and rolls towards fine leg for one.
Well, we have been in this scenario before, haven't we? The match heading towards a finish, New Zealand coasting through but stuttering towards the end. Will they choke one more time? Colin de Grandhomme walks in now.
45.2W
Mohammed Shami to James Neesham. OUT! Is there some twist in the tale? 20 needed off 28 balls. Shami delivers a length ball around middle and leg, Neesham attempts to send it over cow corner but gets more height than distance behind his shot. Kedar Jadhav moves across to his left in the deep and takes the skier safely. He's visibly disappointed on his way back.
45.11
Mohammed Shami to Ross Taylor. Short in length on middle, Taylor takes his eyes off the ball as he tries to pull. It deflects off his helmet to fine leg and they cross.
21 needed off 30 balls. Mohammed Shami (8-0-58-0) is back on.
End of Over : 454 RunsNZ: 327/4
44.61
Jasprit Bumrah to Ross Taylor. Yet another slower delivery by Bumrah, on a fuller length close to off, Taylor plays late and guides it to third man for a single.
44.51
Jasprit Bumrah to James Neesham. Well played! Slower delivery, on a length around middle, Neesham picks it and opens the face of his bat to guide it behind backward point. They pick up a single.
44.40
Jasprit Bumrah to James Neesham. Bumrah switches to 'round the wicket and spears in a very full ball on middle, Neesham digs it out back to the bowler.
44.31
Jasprit Bumrah to Ross Taylor. Slower delivery induces a false shot! On a length outside off, Taylor pushes at it and the ball takes the inside half of his blade. It rolls towards square leg for one.
44.21
Jasprit Bumrah to James Neesham. Angling down the leg side, it's nudged through square leg for one.
44.10
Jasprit Bumrah to James Neesham. Fuller length ball around off, slower in pace, Neesham flicks it towards mid-wicket.
End of Over : 444 RunsNZ: 323/4
43.60
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat. 10-0-84-2, expensive Kuldeep has bowled out!
43.51
Kuldeep Yadav to James Neesham. Driven towards the mid off region. They pick up a single.
43.41
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. Short and wide outside off, Taylor cuts it wide of point for a run.
43.31
Kuldeep Yadav to James Neesham. Full and flighted around middle, Neesham mistimes his shot in the air and Kuldeep tries to get across to his left to stop the ball. Fails to do so and it travels to long on. They cross.
43.20
Kuldeep Yadav to James Neesham. Beaten! This one goes straight on outside off, Neesham pushes inside the line and misses.
43.11
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. HUNDRED FOR TAYLOR! What a knock by the experienced campaigner under pressure! A wrong 'un on the shorter side around off, Taylor moves back and pulls it behind square leg for a single. Marvelous knock by Rosco, brought all his experience into play and has now put New Zealand on the cusp of a record win!
End of Over : 438 RunsNZ: 319/4
42.61
Mohammed Shami to Ross Taylor. Taylor moves to 99! Fuller length ball outside off, Ross drives it through cover-point for one.
42.6wd
Mohammed Shami to James Neesham. Two wides! Shami slips a length ball down the leg side, Neesham tries to flick but misses. Rahul fumbles and the batsmen cross to add more incentive to the bonus.
42.50
Mohammed Shami to James Neesham. Slower length ball on middle, Neesham delays his shot and pushes it towards point.
42.40
Mohammed Shami to James Neesham. Another bouncer, around middle and leg, Neesham ducks.
42.4wd
Mohammed Shami to James Neesham. Wide called for height! Shami bangs in a short ball around off, Neesham tries to pull but it bounces over his bat. A stifled appeal for a caught behind by the keeper but nothing doing.
42.30
Mohammed Shami to James Neesham. A length ball on middle and off, Neesham sticks back and pushes it with an angled bat to point. Wait is the call from Neesh!
42.24
Mohammed Shami to James Neesham. FOUR! Lucky boundary for Neesham! Shami digs in a short ball around off, James tries to pull but the bounce gets big on him and it flies off the top edge. The ball falls in no man's land and crosses the fine leg fence. A needless diving effort there by Kuldeep, could have hurt himself in the process.
42.10
Mohammed Shami to James Neesham. Shami begins with a short delivery outside off, Neesham leans back and sways away from the line.
Mohammed Shami is back for another spell. 7-0-50-0 are his figures so far.
End of Over : 424 RunsNZ: 311/4
41.61
Kuldeep Yadav to James Neesham. Wrong 'un from Kuldeep! Around middle, Neesham gets forward to defend but it takes the inner half and rolls behind square leg for a run. 4 runs and a wicket from the over!
41.51
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. The batsman works it down the leg side. They pick up a single.
James Neesham arrives in the middle. Time to Unleash the Neesh!
41.4W
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Latham. OUT! Latham holes out but he has done his job here! Full and flighted delivery, landing outside off and spinning away slightly, Latham shimmies down the track and tries to pump it over long on. But it comes off the bottom part of his bat and flies straight down the throat of Shami in the deep. End of a fabulous knock and partnership for the Kiwis. 39 needed from 50!
41.31
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. Tossed up ball around leg, swept behind square leg for a run.
41.20
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. Flatter and a touch shorter on off, Taylor hangs back and helps it to mid-wicket. Straight to the fielder.
41.11
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Latham. Full and flighted outside off, Latham reaches out for the sweep shot but fails to middle it. It goes off the bottom edge towards backward square leg and they cross for a run.
End of Over : 4115 RunsNZ: 307/3
40.60
Jasprit Bumrah to Ross Taylor. Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat. 37 runs from the last two overs, 41 needed more off 54 balls.
40.52
Jasprit Bumrah to Ross Taylor. Pitches it up and outside off, Taylor drives it through covers and collects a couple of runs.
40.41
Jasprit Bumrah to Tom Latham. Driven towards the mid on region. One run added to the total.
40.34
Jasprit Bumrah to Tom Latham. FOUR! Shami should have done better there! Short in length and outside off, Latham uses the angle of the bowler and runs it down to third man. Shami moves across to his left from third man, puts in a late dive and the ball goes through. Bumrah is disappointed with the effort.
40.21
Jasprit Bumrah to Ross Taylor. On a length and close to off, Taylor taps it down to covers and crosses for a quick run. 2000 international runs at Seddon Park for Rosco! 300 comes up for New Zealand!
40.2wd
Jasprit Bumrah to Ross Taylor. Wide! A length ball on middle and leg, angling down further, Ross tries to flick but misses.
40.2wd
Jasprit Bumrah to Ross Taylor. FIVE WIDES! India are leaking runs. In full charity mood. Bumrah digs in a bouncer, Taylor allows it through. Rahul jumps to collect but it brushes his gloves and travels behind for a boundary.
40.11
Jasprit Bumrah to Tom Latham. Fuller length ball on middle and leg, it's been clipped through square leg for a single.
POWERPLAY 3 time. 5 fielders allowed outside the 30-yard circle, till the end.
End of Over : 4022 RunsNZ: 292/3
39.64
Shardul Thakur to Ross Taylor. FOUR! Poor, very poor bowling by Thakur. He continues to bowl short and wide, Taylor has no qualms in putting it away to the point fence. 22 from the over, the RRR has dropped under 6 now. New Zealand's game to lose from here.
39.54
Shardul Thakur to Ross Taylor. FOUR! Streaky! Short in length and wide outside off, Taylor stands tall to slam it over point but it takes the outside edge and runs down to third man for a boundary.
39.46
Shardul Thakur to Ross Taylor. SIX! A flat hit! Thakur overpitches it outside off, Rosco attacks it with all his might and spanks it over point for a biggie.
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39.41
Shardul Thakur to Ross Taylor. Oversteps and bowls a no ball. Fullish and around off, Taylor drives it towards mid off. Thakur will have to bowl this one again.
39.31
Shardul Thakur to Tom Latham. Played to the mid-wicket region by the batsman. One run added to the total.
39.26
Shardul Thakur to Tom Latham. SIX! Latham has rifled it into the stands. A slower good length ball around off, Tom reads it early and dispatches it over mid-wicket for a maximum. That one travelled from the sweet spot of his blade. 100-run stand comes up!
39.10
Shardul Thakur to Tom Latham. Starts his new spell with a fuller length ball outside off, Latham reaches out for it and drives it slightly uppishly towards mid off. Kuldeep collects it and has a needless shy at the bowler's end but misses.
Shardul Thakur returns in action. 7-0-46-1 are his figures.
End of Over : 399 RunsNZ: 270/3
38.61
Jasprit Bumrah to Tom Latham. On a length and around off, Latham taps it down towards backward point and hurries to the other end as Jadeja attacks the ball. 78 needed off 66 balls.
38.51
Jasprit Bumrah to Ross Taylor. Too full in length around off, Taylor knocks it down to long on for one.
38.40
Jasprit Bumrah to Ross Taylor. A length ball around off, angling in, Taylor remains on the back foot and defends it near his body.
38.31
Jasprit Bumrah to Tom Latham. The batsman works it down the leg side. They pick up a single.
38.24
Jasprit Bumrah to Tom Latham. FOUR! Timing and placement of the highest order. Latham brings up his 16th ODI fifty! Short in length and outside off, Tom hangs on the back foot and guides it with fine timing to the third man fence.
38.12
Jasprit Bumrah to Tom Latham. Back of a length ball around off, Latham punches it through wide mid off and Kuldeep gives the chase. He slides in the deep to stop the ball and saves a couple of runs.
Jasprit Bumrah (6-1-22-0) is back into the attack.
End of Over : 3811 RunsNZ: 261/3
37.60
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. Is that dropped? Not sure. Fuller delivery around middle and off, Taylor tries his reverse-batted sweep but fails to connect properly. It goes behind, Rahul reacts to his right but fails to hold onto the ball to his left. Not sure whether it kissed the bat or went over it.
37.54
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. FOUR! Conventional sweep and it's a boundary. Tossed up ball landing full around middle and leg, Taylor goes down and sweeps it fine down the leg side for a boundary.
37.43
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Latham. Up and over the infield! Full and flighted outside off, Latham skips down the track for a big shot but it spins away slightly from his bat. As a result, the timing is not perfect. Still it loops over mid off and races towards the fence. Iyer chases it down and saves a run for his team.
37.32
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Latham. Full and outside off, Latham gathers it from there and sweeps it to deep mid-wicket for two.
37.21
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. Fuller and on middle, Taylor reverse sweeps it towards short third man for one.
37.11
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Latham. Goes on the back foot and punches it to sweeper cover for a run.
Kuldeep Yadav (7-0-65-1) is back on.
End of Over : 3715 RunsNZ: 250/3
36.64
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. FOUR! Runs coming thick and fast, the Indian bowlers are looking clueless at the moment. Another slog sweep from the bat of Ross Taylor and it has gone flat over mid-wicket to find the fence. The RRR is now 7.53!
36.50
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. Flatter and shorter outside off, cut towards point.
36.46
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. SIX! Into the crowd! Taylor unfurls his favourite slog sweep. Fetches a full ball from around off and smokes it over mid-wicket for a biggie.
36.31
Ravindra Jadeja to Tom Latham. Charges down the track and helps it to mid-wicket for a single.
36.20
Ravindra Jadeja to Tom Latham. Skidding away from the batsman outside off, Latham tries to play late but fails to put bat on ball.
36.14
Ravindra Jadeja to Tom Latham. FOUR! Innovation! Flatter and fuller ball around off, Latham brings out the reverse-batted shot and nails it behind backward point for a boundary.
Ravindra Jadeja is back into the attack. 9-0-49-0 are his figures.
End of Over : 3613 RunsNZ: 235/3
35.60
Mohammed Shami to Ross Taylor. Very full in length around off, Rosco jams it out to point where the fielder misfields but the batsmen decide not to cross. 13 from the over and the Black Caps are in with a shout now.
35.52
Mohammed Shami to Ross Taylor. A full toss around off, Taylor strokes it with good timing and it beats Kohli inside the ring at covers. The long off fielder runs across to his left to pull it back and the batsmen collect a brace.
35.44
Mohammed Shami to Ross Taylor. FOUR! Smashed away! Poor bowling. Short and wide outside off, begging to be hit, Taylor latches onto it and smashes it through backward point.
35.31
Mohammed Shami to Tom Latham. The batsman guides it to third man. They pick up a single.
35.21
Mohammed Shami to Ross Taylor. Shortish and around off, Taylor tries working it on the leg side but gets an inside edge onto the pads. It rolls near the surface on the off side and they pinch a single.
35.2wd
Mohammed Shami to Ross Taylor. Wide! A bouncer which has gone well over the head of the batsman.
35.14
Mohammed Shami to Ross Taylor. FOUR OVERTHROWS! But had Pandey (sub) hit, Latham would have been short. Shortish delivery around off, Rosco plays a mistimed pull towards mid-wicket and Latham eyes a single. He is sent back but would have been gone for all money had the fielder found the stumps with his throw. No one is backing that throw and the ball runs away to the cover fence. Bonus runs for the Kiwis.
Mohammed Shami (6-0-37-0) is back into the attack. 126 needed off 90 balls.
End of Over : 3512 RunsNZ: 222/3
34.64
Shardul Thakur to Tom Latham. FOUR! Another short ball, another pull shot, another boundary. Latham is showing his hitting prowess. Shardul again dares to bowl a half-tracker at his pace, it's around off and pulled behind square leg for a boundary. 50-run stand comes up between the current pair!
34.54
Shardul Thakur to Tom Latham. FOUR! This is turning out to be a gem of an innings by Latham. He rides the shorter length ball after giving the charge and pulls it over mid-wicket for a boundary.
34.41
Shardul Thakur to Ross Taylor. Edgy! Pitches it up and outside off, Taylor tries to blaze his drive through covers but it takes the outer half of his willow and runs down to third man for a single.
34.31
Shardul Thakur to Tom Latham. Width on offer outside off, Latham guides it to third man for a run.
34.21
Shardul Thakur to Ross Taylor. Driven through mid on by the batsman. They pick up a single.
34.2wd
Shardul Thakur to Ross Taylor. Wide! Thakur serves it on a shortish length but way wide outside off, Taylor allows it through.
34.10
Shardul Thakur to Ross Taylor. Shout for a caught behind! The umpire stays still. Kohli has a chat with his keeper and bowler before turning down the option for a DRS. A 140 kph fuller length delivery outside off, Taylor tries to drive it through the line but fails to middle his shot. There is some sound as it goes behind to the keeper and they appeal. Nothing from the umpire and the replays later on finds that it was due to the bat hitting the turf. Good decision.
End of Over : 3414 RunsNZ: 210/3
33.64
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Latham. FOUR! Bang! Flatter and quicker around off, fuller in length, Latham dances down the track and hammers it to the long off fence for a boundary. 14 from the over and Yadav continues to prove expensive.
33.51
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. FIFTY! 51st ODI fifty for Ross Taylor! Yadav tosses it up in the air and gets it to spin away from around off, Rosco taps it down towards backward point for one. A valuable knock from the experienced batsman but his team needs him to last the distance.
33.41
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Latham. Another sweep shot from Latham, this time in the gap at mid-wicket and he rotates the strike.
33.36
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Latham. SIX! Against the spin but it has travelled the distance! Too full in length on middle, turning away slightly, Latham goes down on one knee and muscles it over square leg.
33.21
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. Nicely played! Flighted and full around leg, Taylor reverse sweeps it from the back of his bat towards short third man. They cross for a single.
33.11
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Latham. Jumps down the track to take it on the full and works it through square leg for a single.
End of Over : 337 RunsNZ: 196/3
32.66
Shardul Thakur to Ross Taylor. SIX! Boom! Thakur delivers a full ball around off, Taylor gets across the stumps a bit and heaves it over mid-wicket for a biggie.
32.51
Shardul Thakur to Tom Latham. Hangs on the back foot and guides a shortish delivery to third man for a run.
32.40
Shardul Thakur to Tom Latham. Play and a miss! Shortish delivery and outside off, Latham pushes inside the line and misses.
32.30
Shardul Thakur to Tom Latham. Back of a length ball around off, Latham tries glancing but misses. It takes his thigh pad and goes towards backward point.
32.20
Shardul Thakur to Tom Latham. Swing and a miss, once again by Latham. This time he gives the charge to a length ball outside off and tries to heave it over mid-wicket but misses. This is not Tom's game. He should look to rotate the strike and let Taylor do the hitting job.
32.10
Shardul Thakur to Tom Latham. Flashes and misses! Thakur offers width wide outside off, Tom throws his bat at it but only to get beaten.
Shardul Thakur is back for another burst. 5-0-27-1 are his figures so far.
End of Over : 3211 RunsNZ: 189/3
31.61
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Latham. Latham uses his feet on this occasion and forces a full ball down to long on for one. 11 runs from the over, New Zealand need many more like this one!
31.54
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Latham. FOUR! Almost the action replay of the previous shot! Once again Kuldeep serves it slow and full around off, Latham kneels and sweeps to send it past the deep backward square leg fence.
31.44
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Latham. FOUR! Latham finds the gap with his sweep shot! Kuldeep tosses it up around off and lands it full, Tom is down on one knee in a flash and sweeps it firmly behind square leg.
31.31
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. Slower through the air, a full ball on middle, Taylor paddles it towards fine leg and collects one.
31.21
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Latham. Gets down on one knee to a full ball and sweeps it through square leg for a single.
31.10
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Latham. Flighted full ball landing around off, Latham goes down and paddle sweeps it behind. Not much timing and the keeper runs across to his right to collect the ball.
DRINKS BREAK. The game has swung again. 170 needed from 114 balls. Taylor and Latham are known to forge partnerships but this one looks too difficult even for them.
End of Over : 313 RunsNZ: 178/3
30.61
Jasprit Bumrah to Tom Latham. Uses the angle of the bowler and runs it down to third man for a run. Tidy stuff continues from Bumrah.
30.50
Jasprit Bumrah to Tom Latham. Shortish and around off, Tom bottom edges his attempted pull shot towards mid off.
30.5wd
Jasprit Bumrah to Tom Latham. Wide! Good length ball down the leg side, Latham fails to get any bat behind it.
30.40
Jasprit Bumrah to Tom Latham. Identical to the last delivery, this time Latham tries to put bat to ball but it takes the outer half of his blade and rolls to point.
30.30
Jasprit Bumrah to Tom Latham. Beautifully bowled slower delivery. It's on a length around middle and off, cutting away after landing, Latham withdraws his bat from inside the line at the last moment.
30.20
Jasprit Bumrah to Tom Latham. Back of a length delivery around off, angling away with extra bounce, Latham leans back and allows it through to the keeper.
30.10
Jasprit Bumrah to Tom Latham. Slower one from Bumrah, around leg, Tom tries to flick but misses and wears it on his thigh pad.
30.1wd
Jasprit Bumrah to Tom Latham. Wide! A length delivery down the leg side, Latham tries to flick but misses.
End of Over : 304 RunsNZ: 175/3
29.61
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Latham. Goes down on one knee and sweeps it through square leg for one. Much better over by the Chinaman!
29.51
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. Floated on middle, Taylor sits down on one knee for the paddle sweep and Kohli anticipates it from first slip. As soon as Rosco works it towards short fine leg, Kohli is on his bike. They take a single.
29.40
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. Leading edge! Once again Kuldeep bowls it slower through the air and gets some turn from the surface. Taylor attempts to flick but closes the face of the bat early. It takes the leading edge but safely goes to covers.
29.31
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Latham. Flighted and full on off, Latham sweeps it through square leg and rotates the strike.
29.20
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Latham. Beaten all ends up! Latham was completely at sea there. Kuldeep dishes out a googly and bowls it slower through the air. It lands and breaks back in slightly, Latham stands back inside the crease, probably waiting to play it with the turn but it spins back in and beats the inside edge. Not far away from the off pole.
29.11
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. Flighted ball on middle, turning back in, Taylor moves back and works it towards backward square leg for a run
Kuldeep Yadav returns in action. He has been expensive in his 4 overs so far, going for 36 runs but has picked one wicket too.
End of Over : 297 RunsNZ: 171/3
28.60
Jasprit Bumrah to Tom Latham. Fuller and on off, driven off the front foot to mid off. A successful over for India!
28.50
Jasprit Bumrah to Tom Latham. Tom has played that off the front foot and into the ground.
28.40
Jasprit Bumrah to Tom Latham. Good length ball outside off, angling away, Latham taps it down to point.
Tom Latham is the new batsman.
28.3W
Jasprit Bumrah to Ross Taylor. OUT! Fantastic athleticism shown by the Indian skipper and that has resulted in a run out. The set batsman is out of here and India have broken the nagging 62-run stand. Bumrah delivers a slower length ball around off. It cuts back into the batsman as Taylor attempts to work it on the leg side. It drops in the cover region off his thigh pad and they attempt to steal a leg bye. But Kohli is very active, anticipates the moment, charges towards the ball, picks it up and dives forward to score a direct hit. Nicholls also dives in but the Indian players are sure that Henry is short. The square leg umpire confirms it from the third umpire before giving the marching orders. 177 needed off 129 balls.
Direct hit! Kohli is pumped up. Is Nicholls gone? Referred upstairs and replays show that Henry's dive has not saved him! Big break for India.
28.3wd
Jasprit Bumrah to Ross Taylor. Wide! Sliding down the leg side, on a good length, Taylor tries flicking but misses.
28.26
Jasprit Bumrah to Ross Taylor. SIX! Dismissed! Not an easy shot to play against Bumrah. Taylor gives a little bit of charge and smokes a length ball over mid-wicket for a maximum.
28.10
Jasprit Bumrah to Ross Taylor. Starts his new spell by angling in a full length ball around off, Taylor covers the line and blocks it back.
Jasprit Bumrah is back into the attack.
End of Over : 283 RunsNZ: 164/2
27.60
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. A length ball, outside off, Nicholls looks to defend but the ball sneaks in and goes between bat and pad.
27.51
Mohammed Shami to Ross Taylor. Walks down the track and works it towards mid on for a run.
27.40
Mohammed Shami to Ross Taylor. Outside off, a play and a miss.
27.31
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. A length ball, down the leg side, Henry looks to flick but misses and is hit on the pads. A single taken, no signal, must have been an inside edge.
27.20
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. That has gone a long way. The off cutter, outside off, Nicholls looks to steer it to third man but misses as the ball 'SPINS' away. Lands in front of the keeper.
27.11
Mohammed Shami to Ross Taylor. A short ball, pulled through mid-wicket for a single.
End of Over : 275 RunsNZ: 161/2
26.60
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. Full and down the leg side, sweep shot attempted but missed. Hit on the pads and Jadeja appeals. Wonder why.
26.51
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. On middle and leg, flicked through mid-wicket for a single.
26.40
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. NOT OUT. Full and outside off, Rosco tried another slog but missed. Rahul whipped the bails off and appealed. It was referred upstairs but replays showed that the foot, even though got lifted, was back in.
Stumping appeal referred upstairs. Looks safe, does Rosco. Is safe, as confirmed by the third umpire.
26.34
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. FOUR! CLOUT! Full and outside off, Taylor gets down and mows a slog sweep over mid-wicket and finds the fence!
26.20
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. Down the leg side, flicked towards mid-wicket.
26.10
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. Full and outside off, pushed towards cover.
End of Over : 269 RunsNZ: 156/2
25.64
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. FOUR! PRISTINE! Full and outside off, Nicholls leans and drives it between mid off and cover!
25.50
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. Full and down the leg side, flicked through mid-wicket where Virat Kohli dives to his left and makes a stunning stop.
25.40
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. Landed outside off, pushed straight to point.
25.34
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. FOUR! That is played beautifully off the hips. Henry just directs it to the mid-wicket fence.
25.20
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. Outside off, played straight to point.
25.11
Mohammed Shami to Ross Taylor. Outside off, punched through the covers for a single.
Mohammed Shami returns. 4-0-25-0 so far.
End of Over : 257 RunsNZ: 147/2
24.61
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. That has been played off the back of the bat. The ball dribbles towards short third man. A single taken.
24.50
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. Full and on middle, flicked straight to short mid-wicket.
24.42
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. Full and outside off, driven past the man at cover for a couple.
24.30
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. Full and outside off, driven straight to cover.
24.20
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. Outside off, punched straight to cover.
24.14
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. FOUR! All of a sudden, a stream of boundaries. Landed outside off, Taylor rocks back and cuts it late, past first slip and earns a boundary.
End of Over : 2415 RunsNZ: 140/2
23.64
Kuldeep Yadav to Henry Nicholls. FOUR! That is short and outside off, Nicholls drags it wide of mid-wicket and finds the fence. 15 from the over!
23.52
Kuldeep Yadav to Henry Nicholls. Another paddle played, this time on the full, paddled through fine leg for a brace.
23.44
Kuldeep Yadav to Henry Nicholls. FOUR! Full and down the leg side, Nicholls paddles it to the fine leg fence.
23.30
Kuldeep Yadav to Henry Nicholls. Full and outside off, Nicholls looks to play the slog but gets a thick inside edge. Luckily for him, it hits the pads.
23.21
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. Played through mid-wicket by the batsman. They pick up a single.
23.14
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. FOUR! Full and outside off, Taylor leans and drives it through the covers.
End of Over : 233 RunsNZ: 125/2
22.60
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. The batsman has played that off the front foot and into the ground.
22.50
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. Around middle, worked straight to short mid-wicket.
22.41
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. Full and outside off, driven through the covers for a run.
22.32
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. TOP EDGE, DROPPED! Lost it in the lights. Full and outside off, Taylor looks to slog but gets a top edge. The ball is high in the air and swirling. Kuldeep Yadav runs to his left from fine leg but then loses the ball in the lights. Stops a touch before resuming running. In the end, he is far from the ball and when he attempts the catch, the ball bursts through his fingers. Two runs taken.
22.20
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. This is 96 kph, but has plenty of flight. So, it arrives slowly and Rosco defends.
22.10
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. Ripper. Flighted outside off, coming in at 94 kph, then ripping away from the batsman as Taylor looks to defend. Beaten.
End of Over : 227 RunsNZ: 122/2
21.61
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. A short ball, another googly, skids through. Rosco looks to pull but the ball nearly goes through. Somehow, he pulls it away towards deep square leg for a run.
21.54
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. FOUR! Short and outside off, the wrong 'un, Taylor goes back and cuts it really late, past Kohli at first slip and finds the third man fence.
21.40
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. The googly, around off, pushed back to the bowler.
21.30
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. On middle, pushed back to the bowler.
21.21
Kuldeep Yadav to Henry Nicholls. Full and outside off, swept through square leg for a run.
21.11
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. Short and outside off, cut through point for a single.
End of Over : 215 RunsNZ: 115/2
20.61
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. Around off and middle, worked through mid-wicket again for one more.
20.51
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. The batsman has flicked the ball off his pads. They pick up a single.
20.41
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. Full on middle, pushed through mid on for a single.
20.30
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. Around off and middle, well defended.
20.21
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. Outside off, short in length, punched through point for a run.
20.11
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. Full and around middle, flicked through mid-wicket for a single.
End of Over : 201 RunsNZ: 110/2
19.61
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. Nicholls survives a run out scare. Full and outside off, Taylor pushes it towards point and sets off for a single. But Nicholls is not sure. He takes a start and then stops. Seeing that, Rosco stutters and eventually, both batsmen are stranded in the middle of the pitch. Now, the batsmen start to run as Kohli gets to the ball from first slip. He has a split second to decide which end to throw at. Chooses the striker's end but he has to back-flick the ball. Does so but the throw is wide. Rahul reaches out, collects to his right and disturbs the stumps. The appeal is referred upstairs but replays show that Henry is in. Perhaps, if Kohli had chosen the bowler's end, Taylor would have been a goner.
19.50
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat.
19.40
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. Full and outside off, pushed straight to mid off.
19.30
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. Outside off, dabbed towards third man but first slip stops it.
19.20
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. The googly, to a new batsman, Taylor looks to defend but is comprehensively beaten.
Ross Taylor walks in at number 4, replacing Blundell.
19.1W
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Blundell. OUT! STUMPED! Blundell departs now. Flighted beautifully outside off, the wrong 'un, Blundell gets down and looks to hit it through the off side but misses. Rahul is quick as lightning to whip the bails off and does not even bother appealing. Straightaway celebrates. The square leg umpire takes it upstairs. Replays show that while playing the shot, Blundell lost his balance and his foot got dragged out. Never came back in. Two quick wickets for India.
End of Over : 195 RunsNZ: 109/1
18.61
Ravindra Jadeja to Tom Blundell. Outside off, punched off the back foot for a single.
18.50
Ravindra Jadeja to Tom Blundell. Full and around middle, pushed back to the bowler.
18.41
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. Works this through mid-wicket for a run.
18.30
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. Full on middle, played straight to short mid-wicket. There is a rocket throw fired at the stumps to the keeper who does not collect. But it is backed up at short third man.
18.22
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. A short ball, around middle, pulled through mid-wicket for a couple.
18.11
Ravindra Jadeja to Tom Blundell. Full and outside off, driven through mid off for a single.
End of Over : 1813 RunsNZ: 104/1
17.61
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Blundell. On middle and leg, flicked away for a run.
17.54
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Blundell. FOUR! Full and outside off, Blundell reaches out and drives it through the covers! 100 UP FOR NEW ZEALAND.
17.5wd
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Blundell. WIDE. Down the leg side, Blundell looks to paddle but misses.
17.41
Kuldeep Yadav to Henry Nicholls. Pushes this through mid on for a run.
17.34
Kuldeep Yadav to Henry Nicholls. FOUR! MISFIELD FROM SHAMI. Kuldeep is not impressed. Short and outside off, Nicholls punches it through the covers. Shami gets across to his left, sticks out his left leg but the ball deflects off his right leg back into the fence.
17.20
Kuldeep Yadav to Henry Nicholls. Outside off, short in length again, Henry looks to cut but the ball sticks on the surface and takes the bottom edge back to the bowler.
17.12
Kuldeep Yadav to Henry Nicholls. Short and outside off, cut through point for a couple.
Kuldeep Yadav comes on to make it spin from both ends.
End of Over : 175 RunsNZ: 91/1
16.60
Ravindra Jadeja to Tom Blundell. Full and straight, Blundell looks to flick but gets a leading edge which goes on the ground straightaway, back to the bowler.
16.51
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. Floated outside off, driven through mid off for another single.
16.41
Ravindra Jadeja to Tom Blundell. Carbon copy of the previous shot.
16.31
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. On middle and leg, tucked through mid-wicket for one more.
16.21
Ravindra Jadeja to Tom Blundell. Down the leg side, flicked through mid-wicket for a run.
16.11
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. Down the leg side, flicked through mid-wicket for a single.
End of Over : 163 RunsNZ: 86/1
15.60
Shardul Thakur to Tom Blundell. Outside off, played straight to point.
15.51
Shardul Thakur to Henry Nicholls. Almost two in two! Full and outside off, Nicholls reaches out to drive but the ball takes the inside edge and goes past the leg stump towards fine leg! A run taken.
Tom Blundell walks in at number 3, replacing Guptill.
15.4W
Shardul Thakur to Martin Guptill. OUT! Upper cut played but it finds the man! Guppy goes. A short ball, outside off, Martin arches back and looks to play the upper cut. But he ends up hitting it much squarer than he intended to. The ball goes towards backward point where Kedar Jadhav covers good ground to his left and takes a nice catch. The 85-run opening stand is broken.
15.30
Shardul Thakur to Martin Guptill. Down the leg side, played straight to short mid-wicket.
15.21
Shardul Thakur to Henry Nicholls. Landed outside off, played through point for a run.
15.11
Shardul Thakur to Martin Guptill. Landed outside off, dabbed to third man for a single.
DRINKS BREAK. No wickets lost but New Zealand look way behind the 8-ball. The run rate is just shy of 6 while the required rate is creeping up towards 8.
End of Over : 1512 RunsNZ: 83/0
14.61
Ravindra Jadeja to Martin Guptill. Full and outside off, driven through mid off for a run.
14.50
Ravindra Jadeja to Martin Guptill. How did that miss the stumps? The arm ball, outside off, Martin looks to defend but the ball skids on, goes straight through, beats the bat and almost takes the off stump out!
14.41
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. The batsman rocks onto the back foot and punches the ball. The batsmen have run through for a single.
14.4wd
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. APPEAL FOR A CATCH, WIDED! Full and down the leg side, Nicholls looks to paddle but misses. Rahul appeals and seeing that Jadeja joins him. However, the umpire stretches his arms. India do not take the review. However, Ultra Edge later on indicates that there is a deflection as the ball passes the bat!
14.34
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. FOUR! Full and down the leg side, swept through fine leg for a boundary!
14.21
Ravindra Jadeja to Martin Guptill. Outside off, punched through the covers for a single.
14.14
Ravindra Jadeja to Martin Guptill. FOUR! Tough luck for Thakur. A short ball, outside off, Guptill rocks back and punches it behind point. The ball almost trickles into the ropes but Thakur gets across from deep point. Slides and tries to stop the ball, but it rolls off his body. He slips and then tries to push the ball back but it rolls back into the ropes. He throws it back into play but the umpires check it upstairs and replays confirm the worst for the fielder.
End of Over : 145 RunsNZ: 71/0
13.61
Shardul Thakur to Martin Guptill. A short ball, around off, dabbed to the off side for a quick run.
13.51
Shardul Thakur to Henry Nicholls. A short ball, down the leg side, pulled to deep mid-wicket for a quick single.
13.41
Shardul Thakur to Martin Guptill. Around off, tapped beside the pitch for a quick one.
13.31
Shardul Thakur to Henry Nicholls. Outside off, tapped to the off side for a run.
13.21
Shardul Thakur to Martin Guptill. Outside off, tapped through point for a single.
13.10
Shardul Thakur to Martin Guptill. A short ball, around middle, Guptill looks to play the upper cut but misses.
End of Over : 133 RunsNZ: 66/0
12.61
Ravindra Jadeja to Martin Guptill. Tossed up outside off, eased through mid off for one more.
12.50
Ravindra Jadeja to Martin Guptill. Punched off the back foot by the batsman.
12.41
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. Full and down the leg side, swept through fine leg for a run.
12.30
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. Full on middle, flicked straight to short mid-wicket.
12.20
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. The batsman rocks onto the back foot and punches the ball.
12.11
Ravindra Jadeja to Martin Guptill. Outside off, punched through the covers for a single.
End of Over : 124 RunsNZ: 63/0
11.60
Shardul Thakur to Henry Nicholls. Played to the point region by the batsman.
11.51
Shardul Thakur to Martin Guptill. The batsman flicks it away with a wristy shot for a single.
11.42
Shardul Thakur to Martin Guptill. Down the leg side, Guppy flicks it through square leg. The fielder in the deep dives to his right and keeps the batsmen to a couple.
11.30
Shardul Thakur to Martin Guptill. A short ball, outside off, Guptill sways away.
11.21
Shardul Thakur to Henry Nicholls. A length ball, outside off, steered behind point for a single.
11.10
Shardul Thakur to Henry Nicholls. Full and outside off, driven straight to wide mid off.
End of Over : 115 RunsNZ: 59/0
10.61
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. Down the leg side, helped through square leg for one more. 289 more needed from 234 balls.
10.51
Ravindra Jadeja to Martin Guptill. Outside off, pushed through point for a run.
10.41
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. Full and down the leg side, Henry looks to flick but misses and is hit on the pads. The ball dribbles towards square leg and a single is taken. Leg bye signalled.
10.30
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. Arrowed on the pads, Nicholls looks to flick but misses and is hit. There is a mild appeal for LBW but it is turned down.
10.21
Ravindra Jadeja to Martin Guptill. Outside off, punched off the back foot for a single.
10.11
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. Down the leg side, flicked through mid-wicket for a single.
Spin time. Ravindra Jadeja into the attack.
End of Over : 109 RunsNZ: 54/0
9.61
Shardul Thakur to Henry Nicholls. Full and outside off, Nicholls drives it wide of mid off for a run. 54/0 in Powerplay 1, India were 55/2 at the same stage.
9.54
Shardul Thakur to Henry Nicholls. FOUR! A short ball, down the leg side, Nicholls pulls it to the left of short fine leg! 50-RUN OPENING STAND IS UP.
9.41
Shardul Thakur to Martin Guptill. Outside off, steered to third man for one more.
A man drops back to backward square leg now.
9.32
Shardul Thakur to Martin Guptill. A short ball, outside off, Guptill looks to hook but there is extra bounce on this one. A top edge is induced and it flies in the air but there is no one in the deep. Two runs taken as the ball lands and then stops.
9.21
Shardul Thakur to Henry Nicholls. Landed outside off, Nicholls looks to guide it to third man but gets a thick outside edge to that region. A single is taken.
9.10
Shardul Thakur to Henry Nicholls. Full on middle, pushed straight to mid on.
Shardul Thakur returns. 1-0-6-0 so far.
End of Over : 91 RunsNZ: 45/0
8.60
Mohammed Shami to Martin Guptill. Fractionally short outside off, slapped straight to cover.
8.50
Mohammed Shami to Martin Guptill. Landed outside off, punched straight to cover.
8.41
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. Half volley outside off, pushed through the covers for a single.
8.30
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. Outside off, on a length, Nicholls looks to drive but there is no feet movement and he is beaten.
8.20
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. Full and outside off, driven straight back to the bowler.
8.10
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. Full and outside off, pushed straight to cover.
End of Over : 81 RunsNZ: 44/0
7.60
Jasprit Bumrah to Martin Guptill. The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery.
7.50
Jasprit Bumrah to Martin Guptill. A length ball, around middle, Guppy looks to tuck but misses and is hit on the pads.
7.40
Jasprit Bumrah to Martin Guptill. Outside off, a push and a miss.
7.30
Jasprit Bumrah to Martin Guptill. A yorker outside off, dug out back to the bowler.
7.20
Jasprit Bumrah to Martin Guptill. Full and around off, Guppy looks to flick but gets a leading edge towards cover.
7.11
Jasprit Bumrah to Henry Nicholls. A length ball, down the leg side, Nicholls looks to flick but misses and is hit on the shoes. The ball deflects away and a leg bye is taken.
Bumrah is back on.
End of Over : 710 RunsNZ: 43/0
6.61
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. Full and outside off, Nicholls drives it through the covers. Kuldeep Yadav fires a direct hit at the bowler's end and there is a run out appeal which is referred upstairs. Replays show that Henry is home.
6.50
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. Defended off the back foot by the batsman.
6.44
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. FOUR! CLUNK! A short ball, Nicholls pulls it through mid-wicket for a boundary!
6.34
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. EDGED, FOUR! A length ball, outside off, Nicholls looks to run it down to third man. But there is extra bounce on that one which takes the outside edge. Flies past the diving man at wide slip, Virat Kohli and races to the third man fence.
6.20
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat.
6.11
Mohammed Shami to Martin Guptill. A length ball outside off, Guptill looks to drive but gets a thick outside edge which flies down to third man. A single taken.
Change of ends for Shami. 2-0-14-0 so far.
End of Over : 66 RunsNZ: 33/0
5.63
Shardul Thakur to Martin Guptill. Full and outside off, Guppy drives it through the covers where Prithvi Shaw misfields with a dive. The ball goes through and by the time it is retrieved, the third is taken. Interestingly, when the throw comes to Shardul, Guptill is home but Nicholls is just past the halfway mark. However, Thakur is not quite upto that fact and just keeps the ball in his hands. By the time he realizes, Nicholls makes it home.
5.50
Shardul Thakur to Martin Guptill. Outside off, punched off the back foot.
5.42
Shardul Thakur to Martin Guptill. Outstanding stop. Full and outside off, Guptill leans and drives it through the covers. But Virat Kohli gets across to his left from wide mid off, dives and half-stops it. Keeps the batsmen to a couple.
5.30
Shardul Thakur to Martin Guptill. A short ball outside off, would have been another wide but Guptill throws his bat at it and gets an underedge to cover.
5.3wd
Shardul Thakur to Martin Guptill. WIDE. Well outside off, left alone.
5.20
Shardul Thakur to Martin Guptill. Outside off, punched straight to cover.
5.10
Shardul Thakur to Martin Guptill. Landed outside off, fuller in length, left alone.
Shardul Thakur to bowl now.
End of Over : 54 RunsNZ: 27/0
4.60
Jasprit Bumrah to Henry Nicholls. The batsman has played it to the point region.
4.54
Jasprit Bumrah to Henry Nicholls. FOUR! Full and outside off, Nicholls leans and lofts it over cover for a boundary!
4.40
Jasprit Bumrah to Henry Nicholls. Short and outside off, Nicholls looks to pull but the ball takes the underedge and goes on the bounce to the keeper.
4.30
Jasprit Bumrah to Henry Nicholls. Outside off, a push and a miss.
4.20
Jasprit Bumrah to Henry Nicholls. The batsman flicks it away with a wristy shot.
4.20
Jasprit Bumrah to Henry Nicholls. Flicks this straight to mid-wicket.
4.10
Jasprit Bumrah to Henry Nicholls. The batsman fails to put bat on ball.
End of Over : 411 RunsNZ: 23/0
3.64
Mohammed Shami to Martin Guptill. FOUR RUNNING RUNS! A length ball, on middle, Guptill flicks it towards square leg. Mayank Agarwal dives to his left but the ball lands short. It bursts through his hand and reaches the ropes almost but Agarwal gets to it after the ball stops. Slides and returns the ball but the batsmen run all four.
3.51
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. Lazy from India. Nicholls works it straight to Ravindra Jadeja at short mid-wicket. He returns the throw to KL Rahul but the keeper is not ready at all. The ball goes to third man and now the batsmen take a single. Kohli is not happy.
3.44
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. FOUR! A length ball, around off, Nicholls walks across, looks to work it through mid-wicket but the ball nips in, goes of the inner half of the bat and escapes through square leg.
3.4wd
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. WIDE. This is on the other side. Left alone outside off.
3.4wd
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. WIDE. A short ball, down the leg side, Nicholls looks to pull but misses.
3.30
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. NOT OUT. Decision overturned. A length ball, around off, Nicholls looks to flick but misses and is hit on the pads. There is an appeal and the umpire gives it out after a delay. Not sure whether it is for LBW or caught as gully came across to catch. Nicholls has a chat with his partner and then reviews. Ball Tracker confirms it to be going over the top. In the first look itself, it is clear that there is no wood involved.
Given out LBW! Nicholls has reviewed it through. Seems pretty confident. Here comes Ball Tracker. Going over the stumps.
3.20
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. Stays behind and defends.
3.10
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. A length ball, outside off, Nicholls flays hard but misses.
End of Over : 31 RunsNZ: 12/0
2.61
Jasprit Bumrah to Henry Nicholls. The batsman has flicked the ball off his pads. One run added to the total.
2.50
Jasprit Bumrah to Henry Nicholls. A length ball, pretty straight, watchfully defended.
2.40
Jasprit Bumrah to Henry Nicholls. Short and wide outside off, Henry throws his bat at it but misses.
2.30
Jasprit Bumrah to Henry Nicholls. This time he drives but finds cover.
2.20
Jasprit Bumrah to Henry Nicholls. Landed on off, Nicholls looks to drive but misses.
2.10
Jasprit Bumrah to Henry Nicholls. Full and outside off, pushed straight to cover.
End of Over : 24 RunsNZ: 11/0
1.60
Mohammed Shami to Martin Guptill. Brave leave. On a length outside off, Guptill shoulders arms. The ball comes in with the angle and just about misses off stump!
1.51
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. A length ball, outside off, Nicholls throws his bat at it but gets a thick outside edge through the vacant gully region to third man. A run taken.
1.41
Mohammed Shami to Martin Guptill. Played to the point region by the batsman. They pick up a single.
1.31
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. A length ball, down the leg side, Nicholls looks to flick but misses. The ball goes off his pads to the leg side and a leg bye is taken.
1.20
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. The batsman defends it from within the crease.
1.2wd
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. WIDE. A length ball, outside off, Nicholls throws his bat at it but the ball swings a long way away and beats the outside edge. The ball almost goes to first slip!
1.10
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. A length ball, outside off, coming in, Nicholls looks to tuck it to the leg side but misses and is hit on the pads.
Mohammed Shami to bowl with the second new ball.
End of Over : 17 RunsNZ: 7/0
0.60
Jasprit Bumrah to Martin Guptill. Landed outside off, left alone.
0.51
Jasprit Bumrah to Henry Nicholls. Direct hit could have had Nicholls. A length ball, around middle, Henry tucks it towards mid-wicket and sets off. Mayank Agarwal gets to the ball, looks to pick it up on the run and throw but misses his shy at the bowler's end.
0.5wd
Jasprit Bumrah to Henry Nicholls. ANOTHER WIDE. This one is down the leg side now.
0.5wd
Jasprit Bumrah to Henry Nicholls. WIDE. Well outside off, left alone.
0.40
Jasprit Bumrah to Henry Nicholls. Down the leg side gain, worked straight to short mid-wicket.
0.32
Jasprit Bumrah to Henry Nicholls. A length ball, on middle, tucked through mid-wicket for a couple.
0.21
Jasprit Bumrah to Martin Guptill. A length ball, around off, Guptill looks to tuck it to the leg side but gets a thick inside edge onto his pads. The ball dribbles towards backward point. Ravindra Jadeja gets across and casually under-arms his flick at the striker's end. The ball deflects towards fine leg and now the Kiwis run.
0.2wd
Jasprit Bumrah to Martin Guptill. WIDE. Miles outside off, let through.
0.10
Jasprit Bumrah to Martin Guptill. A gentle loosener. A length ball, outside off, left alone.
The players are back out in the middle. Jasprit Bumrah is already ready to bowl. Martin Guptill and Henry Nicholls are the openers. Guppy to face.
New Zealand vs India Highlights And Cricket Score 1st Match - ODI Commentary
348 to win. 1-0 India? Well, they will certainly believe so. Stay tuned for the reply.
Poor bowling from the Kiwis. Not because they conceded close to 350. But because they conceded 27 extras. Ouch. 20 of those coming in wides and no balls. They never looked in control of the swing and let India get off to a flier. Then, they managed to exert some control but lost it once Rahul arrived. Everyone took a beating but strangely, Ish Sodhi did not get more than 4 overs.
India were going at just over 5 an over when Kohli fell but Rahul came out and just blazed the Kiwi attack. That infused some energy into Iyer who started to come into his own after a poor start. The duo added 136 for the 4th wicket, in just 105 balls which just took the game away from the Kiwis. Ahh... alright. Never judge a pitch till both sides have played on it. The chase is still to begin. But one believes that this partnership took the momentum away at least. Happy? Kedar Jadhav certainly made Indian fans happy as he played an unbelievable cameo of 26 from just 15 balls.
An innings which started like a runaway train, only to get derailed for a while. India raced to 50 without losing a wicket in the 8th over but then lost both openers in quick time. Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer then took control of the reigns, absolutely not fussed about the situation and got a 102-run stand. King Kohli was dismissed but Prince Rahul then arrived and totally changed the complexion of the game.
Commanding. Magnanimous. Huge. Massive. Sure, there will be words to signify large in English but let us stop it at that. From a position where India were looking at PERHAPS 300, they have ALMOST got to 350. 96 in the last 10 overs and the Kiwi bowlers have been killed at the death.
Hamish Bennett to KL Rahul. Terrific ball. A swinging yorker, on middle, but equally well played too. KL digs it out towards long on. Just a run. INDIA FINISH ON 347/4!
Hamish Bennett to Kedar Jadhav. Full and outside off, driven through mid off for a single.
Hamish Bennett to KL Rahul. A low full toss, outside off, Rahul looks to slog but the ball takes the inside edge, hits the pads and rolls to the off side. KL Is searching for the ball, looking at the leg side and stops halfway in the pitch. Then, he realizes where the ball is and resumes running. Bennett is not aware what Rahul is doing, else he could have gone for the run out at the bowler's end.
Hamish Bennett to KL Rahul. WIDE. This is massively far and Rahul himself signals a wide. Not good as per the match referee's books. Might book an appointment tonight.
Hamish Bennett to KL Rahul. Well outside off, KL leaves it. He expects a wide but the umpire does not signal it. Rahul is not happy but replays show that the ball is an off cutter, coming inside the guideline.
Hamish Bennett to Kedar Jadhav. Full and outside off, driven through the covers for a single.
Hamish Bennett to Kedar Jadhav. WIDE. Another one way outside off, KJ throws his bat at it but misses again.
Hamish Bennett to Kedar Jadhav. A dot ball. On a length, outside off, Kedar plays and misses.
Hamish Bennett to Kedar Jadhav. WIDE. Jadhav comes down the track and Bennett bowls it extremely wide. Well outside off.
James Neesham to KL Rahul. SIX! That is a terrific shot! A fuller ball outside off, Rahul reverse whips this over short third man and the ball goes all the way! 14 from the over, 34 from the last 2!
James Neesham to Kedar Jadhav. On middle, pushed through mid on for a run.
James Neesham to Kedar Jadhav. A leg cutter, around middle, Kedar looks to heave but gets a thick inside edge onto his pads.
James Neesham to Kedar Jadhav. WIDE. A slower bouncer, around middle, Kedar looks to hook but misses.
James Neesham to KL Rahul. A short ball, pulled through mid-wicket for a run.
James Neesham to Kedar Jadhav. A short ball, pulled to deep mid-wicket for a single.
Cover drops back and fine leg comes up.
James Neesham to Kedar Jadhav. FOUR! That is just unplayable. Jadhav backs away to the leg side and Neesham follows him. It is a length ball on the pads, cramping him for room but Kedar lofts this inside out. Almost clears the ropes at cover!
James Neesham returns. 7-0-38-0 so far.
Tim Southee to KL Rahul. FOUR! 20 from the over! Full and outside off, Rahul reaches out and squeezes it behind point!
Tim Southee to Kedar Jadhav. Full and outside off, Kedar gets across and drives it straight to Mitchell Santner at cover. KJ is disappointed with himself. Indicates to Rahul that he wanted to go straight again as it was in the slot.
Tim Southee to Kedar Jadhav. FOUR! What a shot. This is a cameo of terrific proportions from Jadhav. 17 from just 7 balls. Full and outside off, Jadhav gets across and slams it down the ground. There is long off and he races to his right but cannot get there!
We have lost the ball...
Tim Southee to Kedar Jadhav. SIX! CLUBBED! That is a terrific slog. Full and outside off, Jadhav gets down and mows a slog over mid-wicket!
Tim Southee to Kedar Jadhav. FOUR! Gets it over! Full and wide outside off, Jadhav reaches out and lofts it over cover. The fielder leaps inside the ring but the ball goes over him to the fence behind!
Tim Southee to KL Rahul. Yorker outside off, Rahul looks to dig it out but the ball goes off the inside edge past the stumps to fine leg. A single taken.
Hamish Bennett to Kedar Jadhav. Yorker, following the batsman down the leg side, dug out back to the bowler.
Hamish Bennett to KL Rahul. Drives this through mid off for one more.
Hamish Bennett to Kedar Jadhav. A short ball, pulled to deep mid-wicket for a run.
Hamish Bennett to KL Rahul. Outside off, punched off the back foot for a single.
Hamish Bennett to KL Rahul. FOUR! Delightful! Rahul gets across his stumps, takes the ball on the full and laps it over short fine leg. Almost gets it over the ropes! Bounces just inside. 300 UP FOR INDIA!
Hamish Bennett to Kedar Jadhav. Full and outside off, Jadhav backs away and slaps it through mid off for a single.
Tim Southee to Kedar Jadhav. The batsman flicks it away with a wristy shot for a single. 7 runs and a wicket from the over. Southee's figures read 9-1-65-2 so far.
Tim Southee to KL Rahul. Full on middle, pushed through mid on for a single.
Tim Southee to KL Rahul. FOUR! Off the top edge. India won't care. A length ball, outside off, Rahul looks to slog this out of the park but gets a top edge which flies over the keeper to the third man fence!
Kedar Jadhav walks in at number 6, replacing Iyer.
Tim Southee to Shreyas Iyer. OUT! Caught! Powerfully hit but straight to the fielder. Full and wide outside off, Iyer reaches out and carves it through the covers. But it is straight to Mitchell Santner at the ropes! Iyer cannot believe his luck. He trudges off but it has been one kind of an innings. Poor start but terrific acceleration.
Tim Southee to Shreyas Iyer. Slower ball, fuller in length, wide outside off, Shreyas gets across and swings hard but does not connect.
Tim Southee to KL Rahul. Full and wide outside off, Rahul slices it straight to Ross Taylor at point. A meter here and there and it would have been a boundary. A single taken.
Tim Southee is back on. 8-1-58-1 so far.
Hamish Bennett to KL Rahul. The batsman works it down the leg side. They pick up a single. Great over from Bennett - just 6 from it.
Hamish Bennett to KL Rahul. Excellent running. Down the leg side, Rahul whips this through mid-wicket, calls for two and comes back running hard.
Change of bats for KL Rahul.
Hamish Bennett to Shreyas Iyer. That is a full toss, on the pads, Iyer flicks it in the air and the ball nearly carries to deep mid-wicket. Falls just short of Tom Blundell running in. A run taken.
Hamish Bennett to Shreyas Iyer. Excellent bowling. Bennett sees Iyer back away down the leg side and fires a yorker on the stumps. Shreyas just about manages to dig it back.
Hamish Bennett to KL Rahul. Full and straight, hit down the ground for a single.
Hamish Bennett to Shreyas Iyer. Works this down the leg side for a single.
Hamish Bennett back at the death. Tough evening for him so far. 7-0-56-0 so far.
James Neesham to KL Rahul. SIX! Beautiful hands! A full toss, around off, Rahul just swings with ease and the ball flies over mid-wicket! Would have been a terrific over for New Zealand but this big hit spoils it.
James Neesham to KL Rahul. Full and wide outside off, driven straight to cover.
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. The batsman has played it towards mid-wicket. One run added to the total.
James Neesham to KL Rahul. Outside off, punched through the covers for a run.
James Neesham to KL Rahul. That is a leeway for the bowler. A length ball, outside off, Rahul lets it go, thinking it will be a wide. But the umpire stays put. KL asks the umpire as to why is it not signalled a wide. But gets no favours. Replays show that the ball did go past the wide guideline.
James Neesham to KL Rahul. Full and outside off, left alone.
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Pushed to the cover region by the batsman. They pick up a single.
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. MAIDEN ODI CENTURY FOR IYER! It has not been a gem of an innings. Yes, it has not been. He struggled at the start but then has accelerated. Full and outside off, driven through mid off for one more.
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. The batsman has been hit on the pads as he tried to sweep that one. One run added to the total. The umpire signals a leg bye.
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. Tossed up outside off, eased through the covers for one.
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Full and on middle, flicked through mid-wicket for a run. Wow. And just like that, he has reached his half century as well!
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. WIDE. Down the leg side, Rahul looks to flick but misses.
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Full and outside off, driven straight to cover.
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. It's been driven superbly through the covers. They manage to come back for the second.
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. Wide outside off, left alone.
James Neesham to KL Rahul. Full and outside off, driven through mid off for a run.
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. The batsman has pushed it to the cover region. They pick up a single.
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. Full and outside off, driven through the covers for a couple.
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. FOUR! Full and outside off, Iyer throws his bat at it and gets a thick outside edge through the third man region. Past the man at short third man.
James Neesham is back on. 5-0-20-0 so far.
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. The batsman has flicked the ball off his pads. One run added to the total.
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. FOUR! Short and outside off, slapped through backward point for a boundary! The 100-RUN STAND IS UP AS WELL!
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Full and outside off, driven through the covers for a run.
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. DROPPED! That should have been taken. Full and outside off, Iyer lofts this down to long off. Colin de Grandhomme gets across for a sitter but cannot hang on! Costly. Shocker. A single taken.
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Full on middle, pushed through mid on for a run.
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Short and outside off, cut through point. The fielder races to his left and slides but fumbles. Two runs taken.
POWERPLAY 3 time. 5 fielders allowed outside the 30-yard circle.
Tim Southee to Shreyas Iyer. Landed outside off, dabbed to short third man.
Tim Southee to KL Rahul. Short and outside off, cut through point for a run.
Tim Southee to Shreyas Iyer. Full on middle, pushed through mid on for a single.
Tim Southee to Shreyas Iyer. FOUR! Majestic shot. A length ball, outside off, Iyer lofts it beautifully over covers for a boundary!
Tim Southee to Shreyas Iyer. WIDE. Landed outside off, left alone.
Running repairs for Shreyas Iyer. The left elbow is causing him problems. The physio comes out again.
Tim Southee to Shreyas Iyer. FOUR! Cheeky! A short ball, outside off, Iyer arches back and deftly guides it over the keeper to the fence behind!
Tim Southee to Shreyas Iyer. FOUR! Beautifully whipped away! Yes, two contrasting adjectives but we need to use those. Full and on middle, Iyer plays a beautiful whip. But the timing is exquisite and the ball races to the mid-wicket fence.
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. The batsman defends it from within the crease.
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Full and around middle, watchfully blocked out.
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Arrowed on the pads, worked straight to short mid-wicket.
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. Fractionally short, outside off, cut to point for a run.
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Floated around middle, eased down to long off for a single.
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Short and outside off, punched straight to point.
Tim Southee to KL Rahul. A length ball again, slower in pace, tucked through square leg for a run. 14 from the over, 27 from the last 2!
Tim Southee to KL Rahul. SIX! CLOBBERED! A length ball, outside off, Rahul swings it over mid-wicket for half a dozen!
Tim Southee to KL Rahul. SIX! High and handsome! A length ball, outside off, Rahul comes forward, leans into this one and lofts it over long off!
Tim Southee to Shreyas Iyer. Played to the point region by the batsman. One run added to the total.
Tim Southee to Shreyas Iyer. Full and around middle, pushed towards mid on.
Tim Southee to Shreyas Iyer. Around off, punched towards point.
Tim Southee is back on. 6-1-29-1 so far.
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. The batsman has flicked the ball off his pads. One run added to the total.
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Full and down the leg side, flicked through mid-wicket for three.
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. FIVE WIDES! Down the leg side, Rahul misses his sweep and the ball goes past the keeper to the fine leg fence.
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. Landed outside off, dabbed to third man for a single.
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. The batsman appears to have been struck on the thigh pad. The batsmen have run through for a single. Leg bye given by the umpire.
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. Full on middle, pushed through mid on for a run.
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Short and outside off, cut through point for a single.
Mitchell Santner returns. 6-0-29-0 so far.
Hamish Bennett to Shreyas Iyer. A bouncer now on middle, Shreyas ducks.
Hamish Bennett to Shreyas Iyer. A length ball, outside off, Iyer looks to play the upper cut but misses.
Hamish Bennett to Shreyas Iyer. SIX! Up and over! Both the batsmen are teeing off here. Full and around middle, Iyer comes down the track and lofts it over long on! The 50-run stand is up now.
Hamish Bennett to Shreyas Iyer. WIDE. A bouncer now, a bit too high, ducked under.
Hamish Bennett to Shreyas Iyer. Around off, defended watchfully.
Hamish Bennett to KL Rahul. Full and outside off, played through point for a single.
Hamish Bennett to KL Rahul. Around off, defended back to the bowler.
A slight interruption. The physio is out in the middle. Iyer is having his left forearm tended to.
Ish Sodhi to Shreyas Iyer. Landed outside off, played straight to point.
Ish Sodhi to KL Rahul. Punched off the back foot by the batsman. They pick up a single.
Ish Sodhi to KL Rahul. Full and around middle, whipped back to the bowler.
Ish Sodhi to KL Rahul. SIX! Consecutive maximums! Floated on middle, Rahul swings this over long on and gets another biggie!
Ish Sodhi to KL Rahul. SIX! Is this the time to change gears? India certainly feel so. Full and outside off, Rahul comes down the track and lofts it as clean as a whistle over long off!
Ish Sodhi to Shreyas Iyer. Full on middle, pushed through mid on for a single.
Hamish Bennett to Shreyas Iyer. Full and outside off, Shreyas eases it through the covers. The ball is stopped, thanks to a dive from the man sweeping the ball to his right at the boundary. Three runs taken.
Hamish Bennett to Shreyas Iyer. FOUR! That will be a boundary. Short and outside off, Iyer throws the bat at it and gets a bit of an outside edge. The ball races to the third man fence.
Hamish Bennett to Shreyas Iyer. Defended off the back foot by the batsman.
Hamish Bennett to Shreyas Iyer. Full and straight, pushed towards mid on.
Hamish Bennett to Shreyas Iyer. Full and outside off, pushed straight to mid off.
Hamish Bennett to KL Rahul. Short and wide outside off, slapped through the covers for a single.
Hamish Bennett to start the first over after the second Drinks break. 5-0-40-0 so far.
DRINKS BREAK. India cruising through. They lost their way a little bit after a quickfire start but Kohli and Iyer got the innings back on track. 17 overs left and with hitters to come, they will aim for at least 300 from here. Possibly more, if a set batsman stays till the end.
Ish Sodhi to Shreyas Iyer. Pushed through quicker outside off, watchfully kept out.
Ish Sodhi to KL Rahul. Full again, floated outside off, pushed through mid off for one more.
Ish Sodhi to Shreyas Iyer. Full and outside off, driven through mid off for another single.
Ish Sodhi to KL Rahul. Floated outside off, eased through the covers for one more.
Ish Sodhi to Shreyas Iyer. HALF CENTURY FOR SHREYAS IYER. Short and outside off, Iyer rocks back and cuts it through the covers for a run. Did not look settled early on but has matured with time. With Kohli not around, Iyer will aim to bat through till the end of the innings. Might perhaps change gears too.
Ish Sodhi to KL Rahul. Googly, on middle, Rahul leans and flicks this through mid-wicket for a single.
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Short and outside off, Rahul slaps it through the covers for one more. A dot, followed by 5 singles.
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. A short ball, around middle, punched down to long on for another single.
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Action replay of the previous delivery as Rahul does what his partner does. Punch through mid-wicket for one.
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. A touch short, arrowed on the pads, worked through mid-wicket for a run again.
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Full on middle, pushed through mid on for a single.
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Around off, blocked from the crease.
Ish Sodhi to Shreyas Iyer. The batsman shows the full face of the bat and defends the ball off the back foot.
Ish Sodhi to KL Rahul. Full and outside off, pushed through the covers for one more.
Ish Sodhi to Shreyas Iyer. Down the leg side, worked through mid-wicket for a run.
Ish Sodhi to KL Rahul. Full and outside off, eased down to long off for a single.
Ish Sodhi to Shreyas Iyer. Short and outside off, real hit-me ball, Iyer cuts but finds sweeper cover. Just a run taken.
Ish Sodhi to KL Rahul. Down the leg side, worked through mid-wicket for a single.
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. FOUR! Fine way to end the over. Short and outside off, Iyer rocks back and cuts it to the right of short third man for a boundary!
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Full and outside off, driven through mid off for a run.
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Full and outside off, pushed straight to cover.
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Around off, watchfully defended.
Mitchell Santner to KL Rahul. Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat.
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. Full and outside off, pushed through the covers for a single.
Ish Sodhi to KL Rahul. The batsman defends it from within the crease.
Ish Sodhi to KL Rahul. Short and outside off, punched off the back foot.
KL Rahul walks in at number 5, replacing his skipper.
Ish Sodhi to Virat Kohli. OUT! BOWLED! Done in by the googly. This is outside off, Kohli lunges to defend but does not pick the wrong 'un. There is a bit of a gap between bat and pad and the ball goes through the gap and hits the leg stump. Kohli looks stunned. Most batsmen do, when they get beaten. Kuldeep would be licking his lips.
Ish Sodhi to Shreyas Iyer. Full on middle, pushed through mid on for a single.
Ish Sodhi to Shreyas Iyer. Short and outside off, cut through the covers for a couple. 100-RUN STAND IS UP! The pair will now look to accelerate.
Ish Sodhi to Shreyas Iyer. Short and outside off, punched back to the bowler.
Ish Sodhi into the attack now. Pretty late, eh?
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. Full and outside off, driven through the covers for one more.
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. Full and outside off, Iyer goes on the back foot and mistimes his punch back to the bowler.
Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli. Tossed up again, eased through the covers for one more.
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. Full and outside off, driven through the covers for a run.
Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli. 58TH ODI 50 FOR KOHLI! Full on middle, pushed through mid on for a single.
Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli. Landed outside off, played straight to point.
Hamish Bennett to Shreyas Iyer. FOUR! Slashed away. Short and wide outside off, Iyer lashes out the cut and gets a thick outside edge. There is third man and he moves to his left but cannot get there. 10 from the over, Bennett has gone for 40 in his 5 overs.
Hamish Bennett to Virat Kohli. Landed outside off, a touch short, extra bounce, Kohli rides the bounce and guides it behind point for a single.
Hamish Bennett to Virat Kohli. Fullish, around middle, pushed towards mid on.
Hamish Bennett to Virat Kohli. WIDE. A slower bouncer, around middle, Kohli ducks.
Hamish Bennett to Virat Kohli. Punched off the back foot by the batsman.
Hamish Bennett to Virat Kohli. Full and around off, watchfully defended.
Hamish Bennett to Virat Kohli. FOUR! PRISTINE! That is simply gorgeous. Half volley outside off, Kohli leans and drives it through the covers.
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. Short and around off, punched towards cover.
Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli. The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery. They pick up a single.
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. The batsman works it down the leg side. The batsmen have run through for a single.
Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli. Full and outside off, driven through the covers for a run.
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. This is flicked through mid-wicket for a run.
Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli. Down the leg side, flicked through mid-wicket for a single.
Hamish Bennett to Shreyas Iyer. Landed outside off, Iyer throws his bat at it but misses.
Hamish Bennett to Shreyas Iyer. A short ball, outside off, punched off the back foot.
Hamish Bennett to Virat Kohli. Landed outside off again, tapped through cover for a quick one.
Hamish Bennett to Shreyas Iyer. Landed outside off, played through point for a run.
Hamish Bennett to Virat Kohli. Landed outside off, played through point for a single.
Hamish Bennett to Virat Kohli. WIDE. A short ball, outside off, Kohli throws his bat at it but misses.
Hamish Bennett to Virat Kohli. On a length ball outside off, left alone.
Hamish Bennett returns. 3-0-26-0 so far.
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. The batsman shoulders arms to let that one through.
Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli. Full and outside off, driven through mid off for a run.
Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli. Around off, defended watchfully.
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. Outside off, played through the covers for a single.
Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli. Pushed to the cover region by the batsman. They pick up a single.
Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli. FOUR! Graceful shot. Full and outside off, Kohli leans and drives it through the covers for a boundary!
Colin de Grandhomme to Virat Kohli. Full and outside off, pushed through the covers for a single.
Colin de Grandhomme to Virat Kohli. FOUR! Wow. That almost seemed a half pull. A length ball, Kohli just whips it through mid on!
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. On middle and leg, worked through mid-wicket for a run.
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. The batsman defends it from within the crease.
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. Flicks this through mid-wicket for a couple.
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. Landed outside off, left alone.
Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer. Around off, watchfully tapped away for a run.
Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli. The batsman has punched the ball off the back foot. One run added to the total.
Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli. Short and outside off, cut straight to point.
Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli. The batsman has played that off the front foot and into the ground.
Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli. Down the leg side, Kohli looks to work it to the leg side but closes his bat-face a touch early. The ball goes to cover.
Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli. Full and around off, watchfully defended.
Spin time. Mitchell Santner into the attack now.
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. The batsman defends it from within the crease.
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. FOUR! Cracking shot. Short and wide outside off, Iyer slaps it through point and gets a boundary!
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. Around off, defended watchfully.
Colin de Grandhomme to Virat Kohli. This time he connects with the pull and gets a single.
Colin de Grandhomme to Virat Kohli. A short ball, outside off, Kohli looks to pull but misses.
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. A length ball, around off, Iyer looks to work it straight but the ball takes the inner half of the bat and goes to deep mid-wicket. A single taken.
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. The batsman has played it to the point region for a single.
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. A short ball, outside off, Shreyas backs away and carves it over point. Two runs taken.
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. A good length ball outside off, watchfully defended.
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. Defended off the back foot by the batsman.
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. FOUR LEG BYES. Down the leg side, Iyer looks to flick but the ball goes off his pads to the fine leg fence. 50-RUN STAND IS UP AS WELL.
James Neesham to Virat Kohli. Full and outside off, pushed through the covers for a single. 100 UP FOR INDIA. Continue to go at a pretty decent rate.
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. DROPPED, FOUR! That is twice in 7 balls for Iyer. He is riding his luck. Full and outside off, Shreyas looks to go over mid off but the ball hits the toe end of his bat. It is skewed towards mid off where Tim Southee leaps and gets a hand to it but cannot hold on. The ball races away to the long off fence.
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. Outside off, guided to point.
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. A short ball, pulled through mid-wicket for a couple.
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. Defended off the back foot by the batsman.
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. Full and outside off, left alone.
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. A length ball, outside off, pushed straight to point.
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. DROPPED! Tough chance for Ross Taylor. Full and wide outside off, Iyer looks to drive but the ball takes the outside edge. Taylor at short third man dives to his right but cannot hang on.
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. Defended off the back foot by the batsman.
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. Full and outside off, pushed straight to cover.
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. The batsman has played that off the front foot and into the ground.
James Neesham to Virat Kohli. Pushed to the cover region by the batsman. They pick up a single.
James Neesham to Virat Kohli. Full and outside off, driven straight to mid off.
James Neesham to Virat Kohli. WIDE. 5th of the innings already. Full and down the leg side, Kohli walks across and looks to flick but misses.
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. Another slower one, fuller in length outside off, watchfully shouldered arms to.
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. A slower ball, outside off, Shreyas walks down the track but then lets it go.
Colin de Grandhomme to Virat Kohli. Full and wide outside off, the skipper reaches out and drives it to sweeper cover for one.
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. Iyer follows suit now, dabbing it to third man for a run.
Colin de Grandhomme to Virat Kohli. Just an example of how late he plays the ball. Kohli waits for the ball to come to him and guides it towards third man for a single.
Colin de Grandhomme to Virat Kohli. FOUR! MARVELLOUS! Half volley outside off, Kohli leans and drives it through the covers. Short extra cover dives to his left but the ball whizzes past him. The stand moves to 33 in 45 balls. The skipper moves to 22 from 30 deliveries.
James Neesham to Virat Kohli. Defended off the back foot by the batsman. The batsmen have run through for a single.
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. Short and outside off, cut through point for a run.
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. Full and outside off, driven straight to cover.
James Neesham to Virat Kohli. Outside off, punched through the covers for a single.
James Neesham to Virat Kohli. Full and outside off, Virat looks to flick but the ball nips in, takes the inside edge and hits him on the right thigh. The skipper limps in pain.
James Neesham to Virat Kohli. Hits the pitch hard, generates extra bounce, lands it outside off. Kohli reaches out, looking to push it through the covers but the extra bounce makes the ball hit the splice of the bat and go off the inner half of the bat towards mid on.
James Neesham to Virat Kohli. WIDE. Good pace but misdirected. At 137 kph, Neesham is targetting the leg stump but the swing and angle takes it down the leg side, beating Kohli's attempted flick.
Colin de Grandhomme to Virat Kohli. Played to the point region by the batsman. The batsmen have run through for a single.
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. Full and outside off, swinging away, pushed watchfully through the covers for one.
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. WIDE. Iyer is standing with his leg and middle stumps exposed and seeing that, de Grandhomme targets the leg stump. But the swing takes the ball past the leg stump and Shreyas misses his flick. A wide signalled.
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. Around off, Shreyas taps it towards mid on and sets off for a quick single but Kohli straightaway sends him back. Would have been a suicidal run.
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. FOUR! MAJESTIC! A full ball wide outside off, Iyer reaches out and drives it through the covers. Finds the gap and gets his first boundary.
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. A length ball outside off, delivered with a wobbly seam, left alone.
Colin de Grandhomme to Virat Kohli. A length ball, around off, the skipper taps it with soft hands towards mid on and takes a quick single.
Colin de Grandhomme to Virat Kohli. WIDE. Down the leg side, Kohli misses his flick.
James Neesham to Virat Kohli. AARGH! Kohli yells. Because this was a short and wide delivery outside off. He threw his bat at it but could only get it down to third man for a single.
James Neesham to Virat Kohli. FOUR! A full toss, outside off, Kohli drives this down the ground. Mid off dives to his right but the ball is past him in a flash.
FREE HIT TIME. This is a good opportunity for India to break the shackles.
James Neesham to Virat Kohli. NO BALL! Did Kohli hear the call early? Perhaps. Because he was straightaway down the track, looking to hit. Neesham tried to bowl it on the pads but misfired it down the leg side. Replays show that his foot landed on the line.
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. OFF THE MARK ON THE 10TH BALL. Full and outside off, Iyer drives this through the covers. Tim Southee dives to his right at short extra and gets a hand to it. Parries it to the left of mid off and Shreyas gets off the mark with a single.
James Neesham to Virat Kohli. MISFIELD. Full and outside off, Virat punches it straight to point. But Martin Guptill charging in to stop the ball gets into too much of a hurry and takes his eyes off the ball. It goes off his palms towards third man. A single taken.
James Neesham to Virat Kohli. Slightly wide outside off, fuller in length, the skipper looks to play away from his body but misses.
James Neesham to Virat Kohli. Full and around off, Kohli looks to work it to the leg side but he ball straightens, takes the leading edge and goes to mid off.
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. Another play and a miss. A length ball outside off, Iyer looks to defend but the ball seams away and beats the outside edge.
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. Ahhh... nearly nicks this one. A length ball, outside off, Iyer reaches out to play at that, away from his body and almost gets an outside edge behind. Is beaten.
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. Around middle, flicked straight to short mid-wicket.
Colin de Grandhomme to Virat Kohli. A length ball outside off, going away again, steered down to third man for a single.
Colin de Grandhomme to Virat Kohli. A length ball, outside off, moving away, solidly defended.
Colin de Grandhomme to Virat Kohli. Full and outside off, played straight to point.
Switch of ends for Colin de Grandhomme. Just a little use of the wind and trying to take the ball away from the right-handers. 2-0-4-1 so far.
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. Full and outside off, pushed straight to cover. A run from Neesham's first.
James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer. Around off, tight line, watchfully defended.
James Neesham to Virat Kohli. ALMOST A WICKET! Would have been another soft dismissal. A length ball, on middle, VK walks across and flicks it. Hits it too well for his liking and the ball is aerial and nearly straight down the throat of Ish Sodhi at deep backward square leg. Lands short. A run taken.
Slipped our mind but Powerplay 2 was signalled after the 10th over. 4 fielders allowed outside the 30-yard circle till the 40th over.
James Neesham to Virat Kohli. Full and outside off, driven towards mid off.
James Neesham to Virat Kohli. This one swings in now. The skipper pushes it towards mid on who is pretty deep. The timing is exquisite and the ball goes pretty quickly. Hence, the single is not taken.
James Neesham to Virat Kohli. Hint of outswing, outside off, Kohli walks into the shot and drives it to cover.
Jimmy Neesham to bowl now. If the ball continues to swing, he will be a handful.
Tim Southee to Virat Kohli. Around off, tapped through mid-wicket for a quick run.
Tim Southee to Virat Kohli. Still Southee is getting some swing. He gets it into the batsman, the skipper is tight in defense but because of the late swing, the bat turns in his hands and the ball hits the inner half of his bat and drops it down.
Tim Southee to Virat Kohli. Outside off, driven beautifully but straight to wide mid off.
Tim Southee to Virat Kohli. Full and around off, watchfully defended.
Tim Southee to Virat Kohli. A length ball, 6 inches outside off, Virat walks into the shot and then confidently leaves it alone.
Tim Southee to Virat Kohli. FOUR! BRUTAL! A short ball, outside off, Kohli, not the one to miss out on any scoring opportunity. Pulls it with disdain over mid-wicket.
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. Full and outside off, driven straight to mid off. 55/2 IN POWERPLAY 1 for India. Good end to the phase for the Kiwis.
Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer. Fuller and around off, well defended.
Colin de Grandhomme to Virat Kohli. The batsman has played that off the front foot and into the ground. The batsmen have run through for a single.
Colin de Grandhomme to Virat Kohli. Around off, blocked from the crease.
Colin de Grandhomme to Virat Kohli. The batsman fails to get bat on that one and is hit on the pad.
Colin de Grandhomme to Virat Kohli. A length ball, outside off, pushed towards point.
Tim Southee to Shreyas Iyer. A length ball, around off, Shreyas looks to defend but gets a thick inside edge onto his pads.
Tim Southee to Shreyas Iyer. Full and around off, Iyer drives it straight back, only to see it get stopped.
Shreyas Iyer comes out to the middle. Two new batsmen at the crease.
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. OUT! CAUGHT! Straight to the man. Agarwal goes too! Two wickets for New Zealand in the span of 5 balls. Not a wicket-taking delivery by any means. Short and outside off, Agarwal throws his bat at it and cuts really hard. But to his hard luck, he finds Tom Blundell at point to perfection. Mayank is in utter dismay. That was a boundary ball. Instead, it turns out to be a wicket delivery. So both the new openers, after looking good, throw their wickets away.
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. Outside off, left alone.
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. FOUR! A short ball, around off, Agarwal pulls it over mi-wicket and gets a boundary.
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. A bouncer on middle, Agarwal ducks.
In comes the skipper, Virat Kohli.
Colin de Grandhomme to Prithvi Shaw. OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! De Grandhomme strikes in his very first over. A length ball, outside off, nipping away, Shaw looks to run it down to third man but only manages to nick it behind. First strike for the Kiwis. Shaw looked good in his brief stay.
Colin de Grandhomme to Mayank Agarwal. 50-RUN OPENING STAND IS UP! This is a solid beginning for India. A length ball outside off, Mayank runs it down to third man and gets a single.
Colin de Grandhomme to Mayank Agarwal. Full and around off, watchfully defended.
Colin de Grandhomme to Mayank Agarwal. One more leave outside off.
Colin de Grandhomme to Mayank Agarwal. Landed outside off, left alone.
Colin de Grandhomme to Mayank Agarwal. WIDE. A length ball, pretty wide outside off, Agarwal stays leg side of the ball and chases it, going at it flat-footed but misses.
Colin de Grandhomme to Prithvi Shaw. A length ball, around off, Shaw flicks it uppishly, but wide of mid on for a single.
Swing on offer. So Colin de Grandhomme comes on as the first change.
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. A good length ball outside off, nice line, left alone to end a 10-run over.
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. Down the leg side, flicked through mid-wicket for a couple.
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. Fuller and around off, watchfully defended.
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. FOUR! BOSH! Short and wide outside off, Agarwal slaps it over point for a boundary!
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. The batsman shows the full face of the bat and defends the ball off the back foot.
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. FOUR! EDGED AWAY! A length ball, outside off, Agarwal looks to defend but the ball moves away and squares him up. Takes the outside edge but evades second slip and goes to the third man fence.
Hamish Bennett to Prithvi Shaw. Outside off, punched sweetly but straight to cover.
Hamish Bennett to Prithvi Shaw. Down the leg side, Prithvi flicks it through mid-wicket where Neesham gets a hand on it and slows it down. Mid on gets to the ball and keeps the batsmen to a couple.
Hamish Bennett to Prithvi Shaw. FOUR! BOOM! A short ball, around middle, Shaw pulls it over mid-wicket and gets a boundary!
Hamish Bennett to Mayank Agarwal. Outside off, dabbed to third man for a single.
Hamish Bennett to Mayank Agarwal. A length ball, around off, coming in, Mayank looks to tuck but misses and is hit on the pads. Bennett puts in a half-appeal but no one from his own team is even interested.
Hamish Bennett to Mayank Agarwal. FOUR! Down the leg side, Agarwal tickles it to the fine leg fence.
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. Works this wide of mid on for a quick single. There is a shy at the bowler's end but it misses the stumps. Could have been touch and go.
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. FOUR! MAGNIFICENT! Half volley, outside off, Agarwal leans and drives it through the covers!
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. NOT OUT. UMPIRE'S CALL! A length ball, around off, Agarwal looks to defend but the ball skids off the deck and hits him on the pads. Southee appeals but the umpire moves away. The bowler immediately asks his keeper who opines that bat might be involved. But Southee is firm that there is no inside edge. Latham then takes the review immediately. Hot Spot proves Southee right but then Ball Tracker arrives, it shows the ball to be clipping the top of the bails. Agarwal survives.
LBW review! Is that bat first? Southee is confident that it is not bat first. Replays confirm that. Nothing on Hot Spot. Will height be an issue? Umpire's call on height!
Believe it or not, we are going to have an 8-1 off side field. Nope. 7-2. No third man. He moves to short mid-wicket.
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. Outside off, left alone.
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. Another play and a miss. A length ball, around off, Mayank is squared up again, looking to defend. Beaten once more.
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. That is a jaffa. On a length outside off, Agarwal walks down the track, looks to defend but the ball moves away and squares him up.
Hamish Bennett to Prithvi Shaw. FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries! A length ball, outside off, Shaw gets on top of the bounce and punches it through the covers!
Hamish Bennett to Prithvi Shaw. FOUR! Beautifully done. Full and around middle, Shaw flicks it through mid-wicket, finds the gap and the fence.
Hamish Bennett to Mayank Agarwal. Short and outside off, cut behind point for a run.
Hamish Bennett to Prithvi Shaw. Driven towards the mid on region. They pick up a single.
Hamish Bennett to Prithvi Shaw. Full and on middle, driven beautifully but straight to mid on.
Hamish Bennett to Prithvi Shaw. A length ball, around middle, Shaw looks to tuck it to the leg side but misses and is hit on the pads.
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. A leave outside off to end the over.
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. Full on middle, pushed towards mid on.
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. Full and outside off, let through once again.
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. Landed outside off, left alone.
Tim Southee to Mayank Agarwal. FOUR! LOVELY! Overpitched, outside off, Agarwal comes forward, gets to the pitch of the ball and drives this through mid off!
Tim Southee to Prithvi Shaw. Landed outside off, Shaw punches it through point. The man from point, Jimmy Neesham dives to his right, makes a half-stop while cover-point dives to his left and makes a half-stop as well. A single taken.
Hamish Bennett to Mayank Agarwal. Too short and too wide outside off, opportunity for runs and Agarwal does not miss out. Punches it through the covers and gets a couple.
Hamish Bennett to Prithvi Shaw. The batsman has punched that ball through the off side. They pick up a single.
Hamish Bennett to Prithvi Shaw. FIRST RUNS OFF THE BAT. A short ball, outside off, Shaw punches it through the covers. The outfield is not the quickest and Tim Southee gets to it from mid off. Two runs taken. Those are the first, of many, for Shaw in ODI cricket.
Hamish Bennett to Prithvi Shaw. Full and outside off, swinging in, pushed towards cover.
Hamish Bennett to Prithvi Shaw. Landed outside off, played straight to point.
Hamish Bennett to Mayank Agarwal. A length ball, down the leg side, Agarwal looks to tuck but misses. The ball goes off his pads towards fine leg. A leg bye taken.
Hamish Bennett to bowl with the second new ball.
Tim Southee to Prithvi Shaw. Landed around off, watchfully defended. A MAIDEN TO START OFF PROCEEDINGS.
Tim Southee to Prithvi Shaw. Fuller and around off, Shaw looks to defend but gets a thick inside edge onto his pads.
Tim Southee to Prithvi Shaw. Nice curve, fuller in length, swinging away, Prithvi defends it back to the bowler.
Tim Southee to Prithvi Shaw. A length ball, outside off, Prithvi looks to tuck it to the leg side but gets a thick inside edge onto his hip.
Tim Southee to Prithvi Shaw. Swing on offer. Full and outside off, swinging away, left alone.
Tim Southee to Prithvi Shaw. A length ball outside off, moving away, punched sweetly, off the middle of the bat, but straight to cover.
We are all set to begin! The two new openers for India, Mayank Agarwal and Prithvi Shaw make their way out to the middle. The Kiwi players are in a huddle before they take their respective positions in the field. Tim Southee to start off proceedings. Shaw to face. Here we go...
Both teams are out on the field for the respective National Anthems.
PITCH REPORT - Scott Styris says that the soil used is the Mohali soil. VVS Laxman observes that there is no grass cover as the batting of New Zealand is not that strong. Believes that it is a good pitch to bat on and might aid spin later on in the innings. Styris adds that the pitch looks a bit tacky, so the ball might stick on the surface initially but then should come onto the bat as the game goes on.
New Zealand (Playing XI) - Martin Guptill, Henry Nicholls, Tom Latham(C AND WK), Tom Blundell, Ross Taylor, Jimmy Neesham, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi and Hamish Bennett.
India (Playing XI) - Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal, Virat Kohli(C), Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(WK), Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah.
Indian captain, Virat Kohli too, admits he would have bowled first, as it is a short ground and under lights, batting gets easier. But is now looking to bat well, especially in the absence of Rohit Sharma. Is super excited to see a new opening combination in Prithvi Shaw and Mayank Agarwal. Informs that Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant, Shivam Dube, Navdeep Saini and Yuzvendra Chahal are the 5 guys missing out from the squad. Believes that Kuldeep Yadav's variety tips him ahead of Chahal. Feels that at home, they can be dominant as anyone but it is foreign conditions which will test them. Hence, he believes that a 5-0 win in the T20Is puts them in really good perspective. Adds that since this year has a major focus on T20Is, one would see plenty of new faces being tried out in the ODIs.
New Zealand skipper, Tom Latham, says that the reason is due to history where chasing is favoured in the ground as it becomes difficult to defend under lights. Informs Neesham and de Grandhomme are the all-rounders while the seam attack comprises of Tim Southee and Hamish Bennett. Further says that Mitchell Santner and Ish Sodhi would be their spinners. On being asked whether they could take confidence from an ODI which was played as long as 5 months ago, Latham is confident that they can maintain their good run.
TOSS - Latham flips is the coin, Heads is the call from Kohli but it is a Tail. NEW ZEALAND ELECT TO CHASE.
Prithvi Shaw and Mayanak Agarwal are being handed their ODI caps. Good luck to them!
WEATHER - For starters, it is a bright and sunny afternoon in Hamilton. No threat of rain.
New Zealand, on the other hand, are returning to the format post their dramatic World Cup loss against England. They were in a thumping form during the tournament, but here with a few key players from that team missing, they will look to trouble the Indians and make amends to their whitewash in the T20I series. Stay with us to find out how things pan out.
After a thumping victory over the hosts in the 5-match T20I series, the caravan moves to 50-over format. By the looks of things, one can say the story in this format won't be a lot different. Both the teams are marred with injuries to their one of the star players - Rohit Sharma for India and regular skipper Kane Williamson for New Zealand. India are set to hand debuts to Prithvi Shaw and Mayank Agarwal and it will be interesting to see if these prospects shine for the Indians and show their strengthened bench strength in this format.
That's all we have from this contest! It was a high-scoring match but New Zealand scaled down a big target with 11 balls to spare. They have taken a lead in the 3-match series which makes the second ODI in Auckland a must-win for India. Do join us for that on Saturday, 8th February, at 1500 local (0200 GMT). Cheers!
New Zealand skipper, Tom Latham says that it was a great performance by the boys and it's been nice to cross the line. Adds that to have partnerships is always the key and the left-right combination helped them (during the century stand with Taylor). Mentions that to have wickets in hand helped them. On Ross Taylor, Latham says that he has done that for them time and again and it was a fantastic knock. Admits that their bowling is one area he is looking for improvement and hopes to achieve that in the coming games.
Indian skipper, Virat Kohli says that it was an outstanding performance by New Zealand. Adds that they batted outstandingly well. On their bowling show, Kohli replies that they were patient enough to pick wickets and got a run out as well. Admits that Tom Latham's innings took the momentum away from them. Credits the two batsmen (Latham and Taylor) for the way they batted. States that fielding is one area they were decent but it was not their best effort. Tells that the way New Zealand played, you have to admit that overall they were the better side. Praises the new Indian openers and hopes they will continue to do the same. Lauds Shreyas Iyer also for his knock under pressure and adds that KL Rahul was brilliant too. Considers these as positive signs. Feels that sometimes the results don't go your way but if you are playing good cricket, you are in good space.
ROSS TAYLOR IS THE MAN OF THE MATCH! Says that it's been an interesting summer for them and it was nice to cross the line. Mentions about the contribution of the top order and also praises the bowlers for restricting India under 350 which gave them a chance. Lauds Tom Latham for his batting and the way he targeted the short boundaries. Admits that Latham's knock made it easy for him. On completing 2000 international runs at Seddon Park, Taylor smiles and says that it's been a happy hunting ground for him. Hopes to put up a good performance in Eden Park as well. Shares that you try to not take the hangover of the last games and it was nice to stay till the end to finish this match.
India weren't too poor in the field but the dropped catch of Ross Taylor on 10 cost them the match. Their bowlers tried hard on a flat deck but the execution of the plan, especially when the pair of Taylor and Latham was batting, was not up to the mark. They would consider it as a rare off day at work and would look to bounce back in the second ODI. Stay tuned for the presentation...
What a scintillating knock by Ross Taylor! By no means, this was an easy chase. The Kiwi openers provided a decent start but it was not a quickfire one. The asking rate was quite high and the partnership between Ross Taylor and Henry Nicholls didn't take care of it at all. The Men in Blue were on top till the run out of Nicholls and the landscape of this run chase took a complete turn once Tom Latham arrived in the middle. The southpaw batted against his nature and stroked a 48-ball 69. He punished the Indian bowlers in the middle overs and snatched the momentum away from them. Rosco also joined the party and bathed in the light of renewed energy that Latham brought to the crease. Together the pair amassed 138 runs off 80 balls and brought the chase on track. The wickets did fall after that but the presence of Taylor meant that the Black Caps always had the game in their grasp.
New Zealand finally taste success! They have broken the deadlock. The Kiwis came close to winning on so many occasions in the T20I series but failed to cross the final hurdle. But not this time. Ross Taylor was the culprit in the past but he made sure that he stayed till the end to see his side home. This is now New Zealand's highest successful chase in ODIs.
Mohammed Shami to Ross Taylor. NEW ZEALAND WIN BY 4 WICKETS! Slightly short in length on middle, Taylor swings his bat across the line and sends it behind backward square leg. The fielder stops it from crossing the fence but cannot stop the batsmen from taking the winning run.
Shardul Thakur to Ross Taylor. Rosco takes one on the body! Thakur surprises the batsman with a short ball. Taylor picks it late and then tries to duck. It brushes his left shoulder and goes behind to the keeper. Santner calls his partner for a quick leg bye. Scores are levelled!
Shardul Thakur to Mitchell Santner. A mistimed pull shot! Short in length around off, Santner camps back and mistimes his pull shot over the bowler's head. The mid off fielder cuts it off and they cross.
Shardul Thakur to Mitchell Santner. FOUR! 3 more needed! Fuller length ball around off, angling away, Santner gives it the full whack of his bat and drills it down to long off for a boundary.
Shardul Thakur to Mitchell Santner. Beaten! Slower one, on a length outside off, Santner pokes at it and misses.
Shardul Thakur to Mitchell Santner. SIX! Santner has nailed it! Thakur goes short and around off, Santner is on top of the bounce in a trice and pulls it emphatically over mid-wicket. 7 needed more!
Shardul Thakur to Ross Taylor. Direct hit would have been curtains for Ross Taylor! That would have made this game very interesting. A length ball outside off, Rosco taps it down to point and attempts to steal a run right under Jadeja's nose. Sir misses his shy at the bowler's end and Rosco survives.
14 needed off 18 balls. Shardul Thakur (8-0-68-1) is back on.
Jasprit Bumrah to Mitchell Santner. Play and a miss! Back of a length delivery outside off, Mitchell once again pushes at it and misses. Top over by Bumrah, only 3 runs off it!
Jasprit Bumrah to Mitchell Santner. Defended off the back foot by the batsman.
Jasprit Bumrah to Mitchell Santner. Beauty of a delivery! A slower delivery, on the shorter side around off. It lands and grips as it cuts away. Santner pushes inside the line and misses.
Jasprit Bumrah to Ross Taylor. Width on offer outside off, Taylor moves back and slaps it down to the right of third man for a run.
Jasprit Bumrah to Mitchell Santner. Bumrah goes short around off, Santner lifts his front leg and pulls it in front of square leg for a run.
Jasprit Bumrah to Mitchell Santner. Gets behind the line of the delivery and pushes it with soft hands to mid off.
Jasprit Bumrah to Mitchell Santner. Wide! Back of a length delivery angling down the leg side, Santner tries flicking but misses.
Mitchell Santner comes in now. To be part of another choke. Can he do something to stop it? Jasprit Bumrah returns. 9-1-50-0 so far.
Mohammed Shami to Ross Taylor. OUT! Colin de Grandhomme is well short of the crease. Short in length and around off, Taylor gets on top of the bounce and pulls it all along the ground to deep mid-wicket. He wants the second run and Colin responds but very slowly. Shreyas Iyer sends in a flat throw to the bowler's end where Kohli collects the ball and breaks the stumps. He sets off in celebration as the on-field umpire goes upstairs. The replays spell the end of de Grandhomme. Are we in for a comeback from India?
Appeal for a run out! Virat Kohli is once again sure and runs in celebration. The third umpire is referred...
Mohammed Shami to Colin de Grandhomme. It's an attempted yorker on middle, de Grandhomme picks the low full toss his pads and flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a run.
Mohammed Shami to Colin de Grandhomme. Fullish and outside off, driven off the front foot to covers.
Mohammed Shami to Ross Taylor. Slower delivery outside off, Taylor pushes at it and gets an inside edge. It beats the stumps and rolls towards fine leg for one.
Well, we have been in this scenario before, haven't we? The match heading towards a finish, New Zealand coasting through but stuttering towards the end. Will they choke one more time? Colin de Grandhomme walks in now.
Mohammed Shami to James Neesham. OUT! Is there some twist in the tale? 20 needed off 28 balls. Shami delivers a length ball around middle and leg, Neesham attempts to send it over cow corner but gets more height than distance behind his shot. Kedar Jadhav moves across to his left in the deep and takes the skier safely. He's visibly disappointed on his way back.
Mohammed Shami to Ross Taylor. Short in length on middle, Taylor takes his eyes off the ball as he tries to pull. It deflects off his helmet to fine leg and they cross.
21 needed off 30 balls. Mohammed Shami (8-0-58-0) is back on.
Jasprit Bumrah to Ross Taylor. Yet another slower delivery by Bumrah, on a fuller length close to off, Taylor plays late and guides it to third man for a single.
Jasprit Bumrah to James Neesham. Well played! Slower delivery, on a length around middle, Neesham picks it and opens the face of his bat to guide it behind backward point. They pick up a single.
Jasprit Bumrah to James Neesham. Bumrah switches to 'round the wicket and spears in a very full ball on middle, Neesham digs it out back to the bowler.
Jasprit Bumrah to Ross Taylor. Slower delivery induces a false shot! On a length outside off, Taylor pushes at it and the ball takes the inside half of his blade. It rolls towards square leg for one.
Jasprit Bumrah to James Neesham. Angling down the leg side, it's nudged through square leg for one.
Jasprit Bumrah to James Neesham. Fuller length ball around off, slower in pace, Neesham flicks it towards mid-wicket.
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat. 10-0-84-2, expensive Kuldeep has bowled out!
Kuldeep Yadav to James Neesham. Driven towards the mid off region. They pick up a single.
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. Short and wide outside off, Taylor cuts it wide of point for a run.
Kuldeep Yadav to James Neesham. Full and flighted around middle, Neesham mistimes his shot in the air and Kuldeep tries to get across to his left to stop the ball. Fails to do so and it travels to long on. They cross.
Kuldeep Yadav to James Neesham. Beaten! This one goes straight on outside off, Neesham pushes inside the line and misses.
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. HUNDRED FOR TAYLOR! What a knock by the experienced campaigner under pressure! A wrong 'un on the shorter side around off, Taylor moves back and pulls it behind square leg for a single. Marvelous knock by Rosco, brought all his experience into play and has now put New Zealand on the cusp of a record win!
Mohammed Shami to Ross Taylor. Taylor moves to 99! Fuller length ball outside off, Ross drives it through cover-point for one.
Mohammed Shami to James Neesham. Two wides! Shami slips a length ball down the leg side, Neesham tries to flick but misses. Rahul fumbles and the batsmen cross to add more incentive to the bonus.
Mohammed Shami to James Neesham. Slower length ball on middle, Neesham delays his shot and pushes it towards point.
Mohammed Shami to James Neesham. Another bouncer, around middle and leg, Neesham ducks.
Mohammed Shami to James Neesham. Wide called for height! Shami bangs in a short ball around off, Neesham tries to pull but it bounces over his bat. A stifled appeal for a caught behind by the keeper but nothing doing.
Mohammed Shami to James Neesham. A length ball on middle and off, Neesham sticks back and pushes it with an angled bat to point. Wait is the call from Neesh!
Mohammed Shami to James Neesham. FOUR! Lucky boundary for Neesham! Shami digs in a short ball around off, James tries to pull but the bounce gets big on him and it flies off the top edge. The ball falls in no man's land and crosses the fine leg fence. A needless diving effort there by Kuldeep, could have hurt himself in the process.
Mohammed Shami to James Neesham. Shami begins with a short delivery outside off, Neesham leans back and sways away from the line.
Mohammed Shami is back for another spell. 7-0-50-0 are his figures so far.
Kuldeep Yadav to James Neesham. Wrong 'un from Kuldeep! Around middle, Neesham gets forward to defend but it takes the inner half and rolls behind square leg for a run. 4 runs and a wicket from the over!
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. The batsman works it down the leg side. They pick up a single.
James Neesham arrives in the middle. Time to Unleash the Neesh!
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Latham. OUT! Latham holes out but he has done his job here! Full and flighted delivery, landing outside off and spinning away slightly, Latham shimmies down the track and tries to pump it over long on. But it comes off the bottom part of his bat and flies straight down the throat of Shami in the deep. End of a fabulous knock and partnership for the Kiwis. 39 needed from 50!
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. Tossed up ball around leg, swept behind square leg for a run.
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. Flatter and a touch shorter on off, Taylor hangs back and helps it to mid-wicket. Straight to the fielder.
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Latham. Full and flighted outside off, Latham reaches out for the sweep shot but fails to middle it. It goes off the bottom edge towards backward square leg and they cross for a run.
Jasprit Bumrah to Ross Taylor. Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat. 37 runs from the last two overs, 41 needed more off 54 balls.
Jasprit Bumrah to Ross Taylor. Pitches it up and outside off, Taylor drives it through covers and collects a couple of runs.
Jasprit Bumrah to Tom Latham. Driven towards the mid on region. One run added to the total.
Jasprit Bumrah to Tom Latham. FOUR! Shami should have done better there! Short in length and outside off, Latham uses the angle of the bowler and runs it down to third man. Shami moves across to his left from third man, puts in a late dive and the ball goes through. Bumrah is disappointed with the effort.
Jasprit Bumrah to Ross Taylor. On a length and close to off, Taylor taps it down to covers and crosses for a quick run. 2000 international runs at Seddon Park for Rosco! 300 comes up for New Zealand!
Jasprit Bumrah to Ross Taylor. Wide! A length ball on middle and leg, angling down further, Ross tries to flick but misses.
Jasprit Bumrah to Ross Taylor. FIVE WIDES! India are leaking runs. In full charity mood. Bumrah digs in a bouncer, Taylor allows it through. Rahul jumps to collect but it brushes his gloves and travels behind for a boundary.
Jasprit Bumrah to Tom Latham. Fuller length ball on middle and leg, it's been clipped through square leg for a single.
POWERPLAY 3 time. 5 fielders allowed outside the 30-yard circle, till the end.
Shardul Thakur to Ross Taylor. FOUR! Poor, very poor bowling by Thakur. He continues to bowl short and wide, Taylor has no qualms in putting it away to the point fence. 22 from the over, the RRR has dropped under 6 now. New Zealand's game to lose from here.
Shardul Thakur to Ross Taylor. FOUR! Streaky! Short in length and wide outside off, Taylor stands tall to slam it over point but it takes the outside edge and runs down to third man for a boundary.
Shardul Thakur to Ross Taylor. SIX! A flat hit! Thakur overpitches it outside off, Rosco attacks it with all his might and spanks it over point for a biggie.
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Shardul Thakur to Ross Taylor. Oversteps and bowls a no ball. Fullish and around off, Taylor drives it towards mid off. Thakur will have to bowl this one again.
Shardul Thakur to Tom Latham. Played to the mid-wicket region by the batsman. One run added to the total.
Shardul Thakur to Tom Latham. SIX! Latham has rifled it into the stands. A slower good length ball around off, Tom reads it early and dispatches it over mid-wicket for a maximum. That one travelled from the sweet spot of his blade. 100-run stand comes up!
Shardul Thakur to Tom Latham. Starts his new spell with a fuller length ball outside off, Latham reaches out for it and drives it slightly uppishly towards mid off. Kuldeep collects it and has a needless shy at the bowler's end but misses.
Shardul Thakur returns in action. 7-0-46-1 are his figures.
Jasprit Bumrah to Tom Latham. On a length and around off, Latham taps it down towards backward point and hurries to the other end as Jadeja attacks the ball. 78 needed off 66 balls.
Jasprit Bumrah to Ross Taylor. Too full in length around off, Taylor knocks it down to long on for one.
Jasprit Bumrah to Ross Taylor. A length ball around off, angling in, Taylor remains on the back foot and defends it near his body.
Jasprit Bumrah to Tom Latham. The batsman works it down the leg side. They pick up a single.
Jasprit Bumrah to Tom Latham. FOUR! Timing and placement of the highest order. Latham brings up his 16th ODI fifty! Short in length and outside off, Tom hangs on the back foot and guides it with fine timing to the third man fence.
Jasprit Bumrah to Tom Latham. Back of a length ball around off, Latham punches it through wide mid off and Kuldeep gives the chase. He slides in the deep to stop the ball and saves a couple of runs.
Jasprit Bumrah (6-1-22-0) is back into the attack.
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. Is that dropped? Not sure. Fuller delivery around middle and off, Taylor tries his reverse-batted sweep but fails to connect properly. It goes behind, Rahul reacts to his right but fails to hold onto the ball to his left. Not sure whether it kissed the bat or went over it.
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. FOUR! Conventional sweep and it's a boundary. Tossed up ball landing full around middle and leg, Taylor goes down and sweeps it fine down the leg side for a boundary.
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Latham. Up and over the infield! Full and flighted outside off, Latham skips down the track for a big shot but it spins away slightly from his bat. As a result, the timing is not perfect. Still it loops over mid off and races towards the fence. Iyer chases it down and saves a run for his team.
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Latham. Full and outside off, Latham gathers it from there and sweeps it to deep mid-wicket for two.
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. Fuller and on middle, Taylor reverse sweeps it towards short third man for one.
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Latham. Goes on the back foot and punches it to sweeper cover for a run.
Kuldeep Yadav (7-0-65-1) is back on.
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. FOUR! Runs coming thick and fast, the Indian bowlers are looking clueless at the moment. Another slog sweep from the bat of Ross Taylor and it has gone flat over mid-wicket to find the fence. The RRR is now 7.53!
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. Flatter and shorter outside off, cut towards point.
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. SIX! Into the crowd! Taylor unfurls his favourite slog sweep. Fetches a full ball from around off and smokes it over mid-wicket for a biggie.
Ravindra Jadeja to Tom Latham. Charges down the track and helps it to mid-wicket for a single.
Ravindra Jadeja to Tom Latham. Skidding away from the batsman outside off, Latham tries to play late but fails to put bat on ball.
Ravindra Jadeja to Tom Latham. FOUR! Innovation! Flatter and fuller ball around off, Latham brings out the reverse-batted shot and nails it behind backward point for a boundary.
Ravindra Jadeja is back into the attack. 9-0-49-0 are his figures.
Mohammed Shami to Ross Taylor. Very full in length around off, Rosco jams it out to point where the fielder misfields but the batsmen decide not to cross. 13 from the over and the Black Caps are in with a shout now.
Mohammed Shami to Ross Taylor. A full toss around off, Taylor strokes it with good timing and it beats Kohli inside the ring at covers. The long off fielder runs across to his left to pull it back and the batsmen collect a brace.
Mohammed Shami to Ross Taylor. FOUR! Smashed away! Poor bowling. Short and wide outside off, begging to be hit, Taylor latches onto it and smashes it through backward point.
Mohammed Shami to Tom Latham. The batsman guides it to third man. They pick up a single.
Mohammed Shami to Ross Taylor. Shortish and around off, Taylor tries working it on the leg side but gets an inside edge onto the pads. It rolls near the surface on the off side and they pinch a single.
Mohammed Shami to Ross Taylor. Wide! A bouncer which has gone well over the head of the batsman.
Mohammed Shami to Ross Taylor. FOUR OVERTHROWS! But had Pandey (sub) hit, Latham would have been short. Shortish delivery around off, Rosco plays a mistimed pull towards mid-wicket and Latham eyes a single. He is sent back but would have been gone for all money had the fielder found the stumps with his throw. No one is backing that throw and the ball runs away to the cover fence. Bonus runs for the Kiwis.
Mohammed Shami (6-0-37-0) is back into the attack. 126 needed off 90 balls.
Shardul Thakur to Tom Latham. FOUR! Another short ball, another pull shot, another boundary. Latham is showing his hitting prowess. Shardul again dares to bowl a half-tracker at his pace, it's around off and pulled behind square leg for a boundary. 50-run stand comes up between the current pair!
Shardul Thakur to Tom Latham. FOUR! This is turning out to be a gem of an innings by Latham. He rides the shorter length ball after giving the charge and pulls it over mid-wicket for a boundary.
Shardul Thakur to Ross Taylor. Edgy! Pitches it up and outside off, Taylor tries to blaze his drive through covers but it takes the outer half of his willow and runs down to third man for a single.
Shardul Thakur to Tom Latham. Width on offer outside off, Latham guides it to third man for a run.
Shardul Thakur to Ross Taylor. Driven through mid on by the batsman. They pick up a single.
Shardul Thakur to Ross Taylor. Wide! Thakur serves it on a shortish length but way wide outside off, Taylor allows it through.
Shardul Thakur to Ross Taylor. Shout for a caught behind! The umpire stays still. Kohli has a chat with his keeper and bowler before turning down the option for a DRS. A 140 kph fuller length delivery outside off, Taylor tries to drive it through the line but fails to middle his shot. There is some sound as it goes behind to the keeper and they appeal. Nothing from the umpire and the replays later on finds that it was due to the bat hitting the turf. Good decision.
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Latham. FOUR! Bang! Flatter and quicker around off, fuller in length, Latham dances down the track and hammers it to the long off fence for a boundary. 14 from the over and Yadav continues to prove expensive.
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. FIFTY! 51st ODI fifty for Ross Taylor! Yadav tosses it up in the air and gets it to spin away from around off, Rosco taps it down towards backward point for one. A valuable knock from the experienced batsman but his team needs him to last the distance.
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Latham. Another sweep shot from Latham, this time in the gap at mid-wicket and he rotates the strike.
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Latham. SIX! Against the spin but it has travelled the distance! Too full in length on middle, turning away slightly, Latham goes down on one knee and muscles it over square leg.
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. Nicely played! Flighted and full around leg, Taylor reverse sweeps it from the back of his bat towards short third man. They cross for a single.
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Latham. Jumps down the track to take it on the full and works it through square leg for a single.
Shardul Thakur to Ross Taylor. SIX! Boom! Thakur delivers a full ball around off, Taylor gets across the stumps a bit and heaves it over mid-wicket for a biggie.
Shardul Thakur to Tom Latham. Hangs on the back foot and guides a shortish delivery to third man for a run.
Shardul Thakur to Tom Latham. Play and a miss! Shortish delivery and outside off, Latham pushes inside the line and misses.
Shardul Thakur to Tom Latham. Back of a length ball around off, Latham tries glancing but misses. It takes his thigh pad and goes towards backward point.
Shardul Thakur to Tom Latham. Swing and a miss, once again by Latham. This time he gives the charge to a length ball outside off and tries to heave it over mid-wicket but misses. This is not Tom's game. He should look to rotate the strike and let Taylor do the hitting job.
Shardul Thakur to Tom Latham. Flashes and misses! Thakur offers width wide outside off, Tom throws his bat at it but only to get beaten.
Shardul Thakur is back for another burst. 5-0-27-1 are his figures so far.
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Latham. Latham uses his feet on this occasion and forces a full ball down to long on for one. 11 runs from the over, New Zealand need many more like this one!
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Latham. FOUR! Almost the action replay of the previous shot! Once again Kuldeep serves it slow and full around off, Latham kneels and sweeps to send it past the deep backward square leg fence.
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Latham. FOUR! Latham finds the gap with his sweep shot! Kuldeep tosses it up around off and lands it full, Tom is down on one knee in a flash and sweeps it firmly behind square leg.
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. Slower through the air, a full ball on middle, Taylor paddles it towards fine leg and collects one.
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Latham. Gets down on one knee to a full ball and sweeps it through square leg for a single.
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Latham. Flighted full ball landing around off, Latham goes down and paddle sweeps it behind. Not much timing and the keeper runs across to his right to collect the ball.
DRINKS BREAK. The game has swung again. 170 needed from 114 balls. Taylor and Latham are known to forge partnerships but this one looks too difficult even for them.
Jasprit Bumrah to Tom Latham. Uses the angle of the bowler and runs it down to third man for a run. Tidy stuff continues from Bumrah.
Jasprit Bumrah to Tom Latham. Shortish and around off, Tom bottom edges his attempted pull shot towards mid off.
Jasprit Bumrah to Tom Latham. Wide! Good length ball down the leg side, Latham fails to get any bat behind it.
Jasprit Bumrah to Tom Latham. Identical to the last delivery, this time Latham tries to put bat to ball but it takes the outer half of his blade and rolls to point.
Jasprit Bumrah to Tom Latham. Beautifully bowled slower delivery. It's on a length around middle and off, cutting away after landing, Latham withdraws his bat from inside the line at the last moment.
Jasprit Bumrah to Tom Latham. Back of a length delivery around off, angling away with extra bounce, Latham leans back and allows it through to the keeper.
Jasprit Bumrah to Tom Latham. Slower one from Bumrah, around leg, Tom tries to flick but misses and wears it on his thigh pad.
Jasprit Bumrah to Tom Latham. Wide! A length delivery down the leg side, Latham tries to flick but misses.
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Latham. Goes down on one knee and sweeps it through square leg for one. Much better over by the Chinaman!
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. Floated on middle, Taylor sits down on one knee for the paddle sweep and Kohli anticipates it from first slip. As soon as Rosco works it towards short fine leg, Kohli is on his bike. They take a single.
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. Leading edge! Once again Kuldeep bowls it slower through the air and gets some turn from the surface. Taylor attempts to flick but closes the face of the bat early. It takes the leading edge but safely goes to covers.
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Latham. Flighted and full on off, Latham sweeps it through square leg and rotates the strike.
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Latham. Beaten all ends up! Latham was completely at sea there. Kuldeep dishes out a googly and bowls it slower through the air. It lands and breaks back in slightly, Latham stands back inside the crease, probably waiting to play it with the turn but it spins back in and beats the inside edge. Not far away from the off pole.
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. Flighted ball on middle, turning back in, Taylor moves back and works it towards backward square leg for a run
Kuldeep Yadav returns in action. He has been expensive in his 4 overs so far, going for 36 runs but has picked one wicket too.
Jasprit Bumrah to Tom Latham. Fuller and on off, driven off the front foot to mid off. A successful over for India!
Jasprit Bumrah to Tom Latham. Tom has played that off the front foot and into the ground.
Jasprit Bumrah to Tom Latham. Good length ball outside off, angling away, Latham taps it down to point.
Tom Latham is the new batsman.
Jasprit Bumrah to Ross Taylor. OUT! Fantastic athleticism shown by the Indian skipper and that has resulted in a run out. The set batsman is out of here and India have broken the nagging 62-run stand. Bumrah delivers a slower length ball around off. It cuts back into the batsman as Taylor attempts to work it on the leg side. It drops in the cover region off his thigh pad and they attempt to steal a leg bye. But Kohli is very active, anticipates the moment, charges towards the ball, picks it up and dives forward to score a direct hit. Nicholls also dives in but the Indian players are sure that Henry is short. The square leg umpire confirms it from the third umpire before giving the marching orders. 177 needed off 129 balls.
Direct hit! Kohli is pumped up. Is Nicholls gone? Referred upstairs and replays show that Henry's dive has not saved him! Big break for India.
Jasprit Bumrah to Ross Taylor. Wide! Sliding down the leg side, on a good length, Taylor tries flicking but misses.
Jasprit Bumrah to Ross Taylor. SIX! Dismissed! Not an easy shot to play against Bumrah. Taylor gives a little bit of charge and smokes a length ball over mid-wicket for a maximum.
Jasprit Bumrah to Ross Taylor. Starts his new spell by angling in a full length ball around off, Taylor covers the line and blocks it back.
Jasprit Bumrah is back into the attack.
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. A length ball, outside off, Nicholls looks to defend but the ball sneaks in and goes between bat and pad.
Mohammed Shami to Ross Taylor. Walks down the track and works it towards mid on for a run.
Mohammed Shami to Ross Taylor. Outside off, a play and a miss.
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. A length ball, down the leg side, Henry looks to flick but misses and is hit on the pads. A single taken, no signal, must have been an inside edge.
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. That has gone a long way. The off cutter, outside off, Nicholls looks to steer it to third man but misses as the ball 'SPINS' away. Lands in front of the keeper.
Mohammed Shami to Ross Taylor. A short ball, pulled through mid-wicket for a single.
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. Full and down the leg side, sweep shot attempted but missed. Hit on the pads and Jadeja appeals. Wonder why.
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. On middle and leg, flicked through mid-wicket for a single.
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. NOT OUT. Full and outside off, Rosco tried another slog but missed. Rahul whipped the bails off and appealed. It was referred upstairs but replays showed that the foot, even though got lifted, was back in.
Stumping appeal referred upstairs. Looks safe, does Rosco. Is safe, as confirmed by the third umpire.
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. FOUR! CLOUT! Full and outside off, Taylor gets down and mows a slog sweep over mid-wicket and finds the fence!
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. Down the leg side, flicked towards mid-wicket.
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. Full and outside off, pushed towards cover.
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. FOUR! PRISTINE! Full and outside off, Nicholls leans and drives it between mid off and cover!
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. Full and down the leg side, flicked through mid-wicket where Virat Kohli dives to his left and makes a stunning stop.
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. Landed outside off, pushed straight to point.
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. FOUR! That is played beautifully off the hips. Henry just directs it to the mid-wicket fence.
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. Outside off, played straight to point.
Mohammed Shami to Ross Taylor. Outside off, punched through the covers for a single.
Mohammed Shami returns. 4-0-25-0 so far.
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. That has been played off the back of the bat. The ball dribbles towards short third man. A single taken.
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. Full and on middle, flicked straight to short mid-wicket.
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. Full and outside off, driven past the man at cover for a couple.
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. Full and outside off, driven straight to cover.
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. Outside off, punched straight to cover.
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. FOUR! All of a sudden, a stream of boundaries. Landed outside off, Taylor rocks back and cuts it late, past first slip and earns a boundary.
Kuldeep Yadav to Henry Nicholls. FOUR! That is short and outside off, Nicholls drags it wide of mid-wicket and finds the fence. 15 from the over!
Kuldeep Yadav to Henry Nicholls. Another paddle played, this time on the full, paddled through fine leg for a brace.
Kuldeep Yadav to Henry Nicholls. FOUR! Full and down the leg side, Nicholls paddles it to the fine leg fence.
Kuldeep Yadav to Henry Nicholls. Full and outside off, Nicholls looks to play the slog but gets a thick inside edge. Luckily for him, it hits the pads.
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. Played through mid-wicket by the batsman. They pick up a single.
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. FOUR! Full and outside off, Taylor leans and drives it through the covers.
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. The batsman has played that off the front foot and into the ground.
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. Around middle, worked straight to short mid-wicket.
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. Full and outside off, driven through the covers for a run.
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. TOP EDGE, DROPPED! Lost it in the lights. Full and outside off, Taylor looks to slog but gets a top edge. The ball is high in the air and swirling. Kuldeep Yadav runs to his left from fine leg but then loses the ball in the lights. Stops a touch before resuming running. In the end, he is far from the ball and when he attempts the catch, the ball bursts through his fingers. Two runs taken.
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. This is 96 kph, but has plenty of flight. So, it arrives slowly and Rosco defends.
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. Ripper. Flighted outside off, coming in at 94 kph, then ripping away from the batsman as Taylor looks to defend. Beaten.
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. A short ball, another googly, skids through. Rosco looks to pull but the ball nearly goes through. Somehow, he pulls it away towards deep square leg for a run.
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. FOUR! Short and outside off, the wrong 'un, Taylor goes back and cuts it really late, past Kohli at first slip and finds the third man fence.
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. The googly, around off, pushed back to the bowler.
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. On middle, pushed back to the bowler.
Kuldeep Yadav to Henry Nicholls. Full and outside off, swept through square leg for a run.
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. Short and outside off, cut through point for a single.
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. Around off and middle, worked through mid-wicket again for one more.
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. The batsman has flicked the ball off his pads. They pick up a single.
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. Full on middle, pushed through mid on for a single.
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. Around off and middle, well defended.
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. Outside off, short in length, punched through point for a run.
Ravindra Jadeja to Ross Taylor. Full and around middle, flicked through mid-wicket for a single.
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. Nicholls survives a run out scare. Full and outside off, Taylor pushes it towards point and sets off for a single. But Nicholls is not sure. He takes a start and then stops. Seeing that, Rosco stutters and eventually, both batsmen are stranded in the middle of the pitch. Now, the batsmen start to run as Kohli gets to the ball from first slip. He has a split second to decide which end to throw at. Chooses the striker's end but he has to back-flick the ball. Does so but the throw is wide. Rahul reaches out, collects to his right and disturbs the stumps. The appeal is referred upstairs but replays show that Henry is in. Perhaps, if Kohli had chosen the bowler's end, Taylor would have been a goner.
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat.
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. Full and outside off, pushed straight to mid off.
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. Outside off, dabbed towards third man but first slip stops it.
Kuldeep Yadav to Ross Taylor. The googly, to a new batsman, Taylor looks to defend but is comprehensively beaten.
Ross Taylor walks in at number 4, replacing Blundell.
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Blundell. OUT! STUMPED! Blundell departs now. Flighted beautifully outside off, the wrong 'un, Blundell gets down and looks to hit it through the off side but misses. Rahul is quick as lightning to whip the bails off and does not even bother appealing. Straightaway celebrates. The square leg umpire takes it upstairs. Replays show that while playing the shot, Blundell lost his balance and his foot got dragged out. Never came back in. Two quick wickets for India.
Ravindra Jadeja to Tom Blundell. Outside off, punched off the back foot for a single.
Ravindra Jadeja to Tom Blundell. Full and around middle, pushed back to the bowler.
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. Works this through mid-wicket for a run.
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. Full on middle, played straight to short mid-wicket. There is a rocket throw fired at the stumps to the keeper who does not collect. But it is backed up at short third man.
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. A short ball, around middle, pulled through mid-wicket for a couple.
Ravindra Jadeja to Tom Blundell. Full and outside off, driven through mid off for a single.
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Blundell. On middle and leg, flicked away for a run.
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Blundell. FOUR! Full and outside off, Blundell reaches out and drives it through the covers! 100 UP FOR NEW ZEALAND.
Kuldeep Yadav to Tom Blundell. WIDE. Down the leg side, Blundell looks to paddle but misses.
Kuldeep Yadav to Henry Nicholls. Pushes this through mid on for a run.
Kuldeep Yadav to Henry Nicholls. FOUR! MISFIELD FROM SHAMI. Kuldeep is not impressed. Short and outside off, Nicholls punches it through the covers. Shami gets across to his left, sticks out his left leg but the ball deflects off his right leg back into the fence.
Kuldeep Yadav to Henry Nicholls. Outside off, short in length again, Henry looks to cut but the ball sticks on the surface and takes the bottom edge back to the bowler.
Kuldeep Yadav to Henry Nicholls. Short and outside off, cut through point for a couple.
Kuldeep Yadav comes on to make it spin from both ends.
Ravindra Jadeja to Tom Blundell. Full and straight, Blundell looks to flick but gets a leading edge which goes on the ground straightaway, back to the bowler.
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. Floated outside off, driven through mid off for another single.
Ravindra Jadeja to Tom Blundell. Carbon copy of the previous shot.
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. On middle and leg, tucked through mid-wicket for one more.
Ravindra Jadeja to Tom Blundell. Down the leg side, flicked through mid-wicket for a run.
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. Down the leg side, flicked through mid-wicket for a single.
Shardul Thakur to Tom Blundell. Outside off, played straight to point.
Shardul Thakur to Henry Nicholls. Almost two in two! Full and outside off, Nicholls reaches out to drive but the ball takes the inside edge and goes past the leg stump towards fine leg! A run taken.
Tom Blundell walks in at number 3, replacing Guptill.
Shardul Thakur to Martin Guptill. OUT! Upper cut played but it finds the man! Guppy goes. A short ball, outside off, Martin arches back and looks to play the upper cut. But he ends up hitting it much squarer than he intended to. The ball goes towards backward point where Kedar Jadhav covers good ground to his left and takes a nice catch. The 85-run opening stand is broken.
Shardul Thakur to Martin Guptill. Down the leg side, played straight to short mid-wicket.
Shardul Thakur to Henry Nicholls. Landed outside off, played through point for a run.
Shardul Thakur to Martin Guptill. Landed outside off, dabbed to third man for a single.
DRINKS BREAK. No wickets lost but New Zealand look way behind the 8-ball. The run rate is just shy of 6 while the required rate is creeping up towards 8.
Ravindra Jadeja to Martin Guptill. Full and outside off, driven through mid off for a run.
Ravindra Jadeja to Martin Guptill. How did that miss the stumps? The arm ball, outside off, Martin looks to defend but the ball skids on, goes straight through, beats the bat and almost takes the off stump out!
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. The batsman rocks onto the back foot and punches the ball. The batsmen have run through for a single.
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. APPEAL FOR A CATCH, WIDED! Full and down the leg side, Nicholls looks to paddle but misses. Rahul appeals and seeing that Jadeja joins him. However, the umpire stretches his arms. India do not take the review. However, Ultra Edge later on indicates that there is a deflection as the ball passes the bat!
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. FOUR! Full and down the leg side, swept through fine leg for a boundary!
Ravindra Jadeja to Martin Guptill. Outside off, punched through the covers for a single.
Ravindra Jadeja to Martin Guptill. FOUR! Tough luck for Thakur. A short ball, outside off, Guptill rocks back and punches it behind point. The ball almost trickles into the ropes but Thakur gets across from deep point. Slides and tries to stop the ball, but it rolls off his body. He slips and then tries to push the ball back but it rolls back into the ropes. He throws it back into play but the umpires check it upstairs and replays confirm the worst for the fielder.
Shardul Thakur to Martin Guptill. A short ball, around off, dabbed to the off side for a quick run.
Shardul Thakur to Henry Nicholls. A short ball, down the leg side, pulled to deep mid-wicket for a quick single.
Shardul Thakur to Martin Guptill. Around off, tapped beside the pitch for a quick one.
Shardul Thakur to Henry Nicholls. Outside off, tapped to the off side for a run.
Shardul Thakur to Martin Guptill. Outside off, tapped through point for a single.
Shardul Thakur to Martin Guptill. A short ball, around middle, Guptill looks to play the upper cut but misses.
Ravindra Jadeja to Martin Guptill. Tossed up outside off, eased through mid off for one more.
Ravindra Jadeja to Martin Guptill. Punched off the back foot by the batsman.
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. Full and down the leg side, swept through fine leg for a run.
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. Full on middle, flicked straight to short mid-wicket.
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. The batsman rocks onto the back foot and punches the ball.
Ravindra Jadeja to Martin Guptill. Outside off, punched through the covers for a single.
Shardul Thakur to Henry Nicholls. Played to the point region by the batsman.
Shardul Thakur to Martin Guptill. The batsman flicks it away with a wristy shot for a single.
Shardul Thakur to Martin Guptill. Down the leg side, Guppy flicks it through square leg. The fielder in the deep dives to his right and keeps the batsmen to a couple.
Shardul Thakur to Martin Guptill. A short ball, outside off, Guptill sways away.
Shardul Thakur to Henry Nicholls. A length ball, outside off, steered behind point for a single.
Shardul Thakur to Henry Nicholls. Full and outside off, driven straight to wide mid off.
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. Down the leg side, helped through square leg for one more. 289 more needed from 234 balls.
Ravindra Jadeja to Martin Guptill. Outside off, pushed through point for a run.
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. Full and down the leg side, Henry looks to flick but misses and is hit on the pads. The ball dribbles towards square leg and a single is taken. Leg bye signalled.
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. Arrowed on the pads, Nicholls looks to flick but misses and is hit. There is a mild appeal for LBW but it is turned down.
Ravindra Jadeja to Martin Guptill. Outside off, punched off the back foot for a single.
Ravindra Jadeja to Henry Nicholls. Down the leg side, flicked through mid-wicket for a single.
Spin time. Ravindra Jadeja into the attack.
Shardul Thakur to Henry Nicholls. Full and outside off, Nicholls drives it wide of mid off for a run. 54/0 in Powerplay 1, India were 55/2 at the same stage.
Shardul Thakur to Henry Nicholls. FOUR! A short ball, down the leg side, Nicholls pulls it to the left of short fine leg! 50-RUN OPENING STAND IS UP.
Shardul Thakur to Martin Guptill. Outside off, steered to third man for one more.
A man drops back to backward square leg now.
Shardul Thakur to Martin Guptill. A short ball, outside off, Guptill looks to hook but there is extra bounce on this one. A top edge is induced and it flies in the air but there is no one in the deep. Two runs taken as the ball lands and then stops.
Shardul Thakur to Henry Nicholls. Landed outside off, Nicholls looks to guide it to third man but gets a thick outside edge to that region. A single is taken.
Shardul Thakur to Henry Nicholls. Full on middle, pushed straight to mid on.
Shardul Thakur returns. 1-0-6-0 so far.
Mohammed Shami to Martin Guptill. Fractionally short outside off, slapped straight to cover.
Mohammed Shami to Martin Guptill. Landed outside off, punched straight to cover.
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. Half volley outside off, pushed through the covers for a single.
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. Outside off, on a length, Nicholls looks to drive but there is no feet movement and he is beaten.
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. Full and outside off, driven straight back to the bowler.
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. Full and outside off, pushed straight to cover.
Jasprit Bumrah to Martin Guptill. The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery.
Jasprit Bumrah to Martin Guptill. A length ball, around middle, Guppy looks to tuck but misses and is hit on the pads.
Jasprit Bumrah to Martin Guptill. Outside off, a push and a miss.
Jasprit Bumrah to Martin Guptill. A yorker outside off, dug out back to the bowler.
Jasprit Bumrah to Martin Guptill. Full and around off, Guppy looks to flick but gets a leading edge towards cover.
Jasprit Bumrah to Henry Nicholls. A length ball, down the leg side, Nicholls looks to flick but misses and is hit on the shoes. The ball deflects away and a leg bye is taken.
Bumrah is back on.
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. Full and outside off, Nicholls drives it through the covers. Kuldeep Yadav fires a direct hit at the bowler's end and there is a run out appeal which is referred upstairs. Replays show that Henry is home.
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. Defended off the back foot by the batsman.
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. FOUR! CLUNK! A short ball, Nicholls pulls it through mid-wicket for a boundary!
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. EDGED, FOUR! A length ball, outside off, Nicholls looks to run it down to third man. But there is extra bounce on that one which takes the outside edge. Flies past the diving man at wide slip, Virat Kohli and races to the third man fence.
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat.
Mohammed Shami to Martin Guptill. A length ball outside off, Guptill looks to drive but gets a thick outside edge which flies down to third man. A single taken.
Change of ends for Shami. 2-0-14-0 so far.
Shardul Thakur to Martin Guptill. Full and outside off, Guppy drives it through the covers where Prithvi Shaw misfields with a dive. The ball goes through and by the time it is retrieved, the third is taken. Interestingly, when the throw comes to Shardul, Guptill is home but Nicholls is just past the halfway mark. However, Thakur is not quite upto that fact and just keeps the ball in his hands. By the time he realizes, Nicholls makes it home.
Shardul Thakur to Martin Guptill. Outside off, punched off the back foot.
Shardul Thakur to Martin Guptill. Outstanding stop. Full and outside off, Guptill leans and drives it through the covers. But Virat Kohli gets across to his left from wide mid off, dives and half-stops it. Keeps the batsmen to a couple.
Shardul Thakur to Martin Guptill. A short ball outside off, would have been another wide but Guptill throws his bat at it and gets an underedge to cover.
Shardul Thakur to Martin Guptill. WIDE. Well outside off, left alone.
Shardul Thakur to Martin Guptill. Outside off, punched straight to cover.
Shardul Thakur to Martin Guptill. Landed outside off, fuller in length, left alone.
Shardul Thakur to bowl now.
Jasprit Bumrah to Henry Nicholls. The batsman has played it to the point region.
Jasprit Bumrah to Henry Nicholls. FOUR! Full and outside off, Nicholls leans and lofts it over cover for a boundary!
Jasprit Bumrah to Henry Nicholls. Short and outside off, Nicholls looks to pull but the ball takes the underedge and goes on the bounce to the keeper.
Jasprit Bumrah to Henry Nicholls. Outside off, a push and a miss.
Jasprit Bumrah to Henry Nicholls. The batsman flicks it away with a wristy shot.
Jasprit Bumrah to Henry Nicholls. Flicks this straight to mid-wicket.
Jasprit Bumrah to Henry Nicholls. The batsman fails to put bat on ball.
Mohammed Shami to Martin Guptill. FOUR RUNNING RUNS! A length ball, on middle, Guptill flicks it towards square leg. Mayank Agarwal dives to his left but the ball lands short. It bursts through his hand and reaches the ropes almost but Agarwal gets to it after the ball stops. Slides and returns the ball but the batsmen run all four.
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. Lazy from India. Nicholls works it straight to Ravindra Jadeja at short mid-wicket. He returns the throw to KL Rahul but the keeper is not ready at all. The ball goes to third man and now the batsmen take a single. Kohli is not happy.
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. FOUR! A length ball, around off, Nicholls walks across, looks to work it through mid-wicket but the ball nips in, goes of the inner half of the bat and escapes through square leg.
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. WIDE. This is on the other side. Left alone outside off.
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. WIDE. A short ball, down the leg side, Nicholls looks to pull but misses.
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. NOT OUT. Decision overturned. A length ball, around off, Nicholls looks to flick but misses and is hit on the pads. There is an appeal and the umpire gives it out after a delay. Not sure whether it is for LBW or caught as gully came across to catch. Nicholls has a chat with his partner and then reviews. Ball Tracker confirms it to be going over the top. In the first look itself, it is clear that there is no wood involved.
Given out LBW! Nicholls has reviewed it through. Seems pretty confident. Here comes Ball Tracker. Going over the stumps.
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. Stays behind and defends.
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. A length ball, outside off, Nicholls flays hard but misses.
Jasprit Bumrah to Henry Nicholls. The batsman has flicked the ball off his pads. One run added to the total.
Jasprit Bumrah to Henry Nicholls. A length ball, pretty straight, watchfully defended.
Jasprit Bumrah to Henry Nicholls. Short and wide outside off, Henry throws his bat at it but misses.
Jasprit Bumrah to Henry Nicholls. This time he drives but finds cover.
Jasprit Bumrah to Henry Nicholls. Landed on off, Nicholls looks to drive but misses.
Jasprit Bumrah to Henry Nicholls. Full and outside off, pushed straight to cover.
Mohammed Shami to Martin Guptill. Brave leave. On a length outside off, Guptill shoulders arms. The ball comes in with the angle and just about misses off stump!
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. A length ball, outside off, Nicholls throws his bat at it but gets a thick outside edge through the vacant gully region to third man. A run taken.
Mohammed Shami to Martin Guptill. Played to the point region by the batsman. They pick up a single.
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. A length ball, down the leg side, Nicholls looks to flick but misses. The ball goes off his pads to the leg side and a leg bye is taken.
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. The batsman defends it from within the crease.
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. WIDE. A length ball, outside off, Nicholls throws his bat at it but the ball swings a long way away and beats the outside edge. The ball almost goes to first slip!
Mohammed Shami to Henry Nicholls. A length ball, outside off, coming in, Nicholls looks to tuck it to the leg side but misses and is hit on the pads.
Mohammed Shami to bowl with the second new ball.
Jasprit Bumrah to Martin Guptill. Landed outside off, left alone.
Jasprit Bumrah to Henry Nicholls. Direct hit could have had Nicholls. A length ball, around middle, Henry tucks it towards mid-wicket and sets off. Mayank Agarwal gets to the ball, looks to pick it up on the run and throw but misses his shy at the bowler's end.
Jasprit Bumrah to Henry Nicholls. ANOTHER WIDE. This one is down the leg side now.
Jasprit Bumrah to Henry Nicholls. WIDE. Well outside off, left alone.
Jasprit Bumrah to Henry Nicholls. Down the leg side gain, worked straight to short mid-wicket.
Jasprit Bumrah to Henry Nicholls. A length ball, on middle, tucked through mid-wicket for a couple.
Jasprit Bumrah to Martin Guptill. A length ball, around off, Guptill looks to tuck it to the leg side but gets a thick inside edge onto his pads. The ball dribbles towards backward point. Ravindra Jadeja gets across and casually under-arms his flick at the striker's end. The ball deflects towards fine leg and now the Kiwis run.
Jasprit Bumrah to Martin Guptill. WIDE. Miles outside off, let through.
Jasprit Bumrah to Martin Guptill. A gentle loosener. A length ball, outside off, left alone.
The players are back out in the middle. Jasprit Bumrah is already ready to bowl. Martin Guptill and Henry Nicholls are the openers. Guppy to face.