India vs New Zealand, 1st T20I, New Zealand tour of India, 2026 - Highlights

Mitchell to Rinku Singh, FOUR, this ball has gone exactly where the fielder who was called from deep backward square leg was stationed. It had to be wide and nowhere else. But Mitchell tried to pull off the bluff. Bowled at the body and bowled short with both backward square leg and fine leg up. Rinku said thank you for that gift and pulled the ball over backward square leg. Didn't middle it but didn't matter

Mitchell to Rinku Singh, FOUR, 6 6 0 wd 4 now with two more balls to go. Short delivery angling in, Rinku gets inside the line, pulls, fine leg up so was easy pickings for him. Mitchell didn't have the confidence to bowl the wide yorkers after the wide and bowled at the body, only to be punished

Mitchell to Rinku Singh, SIX, he's slogged this across the line. Stood on the crease, picked the slower ball from Mitchell's hands. Didn't move much till he was just about to make contact. Great sighting of the variation and great execution to make it 6, 6

Mitchell to Rinku Singh, SIX, walks at the bowler and plays a swag lofted drive into the sightscreen! Great start for Rinku and India. Length delivery right in the slot, Rinku attacked by getting close and smacked it nicely

Jacob Duffy to Arshdeep Singh, FOUR, oh he connects and the connection is pretty good this time to make up for those dots. Jacob Duffy not happy that he let Arshdeep put bat on ball and loft down the ground with mid-on and mid-off up

Kristian Clarke to Axar, out Caught by Mitchell!! Axar sucked into the lofted drive early and Mitchell moves to the right close to the long-off fence and completes a simple catch. Slower full ball, Axar thought he could have a six over long-off, kind of checked his shot and holed out. SKY in the background was expecting it to clear the fielder. Axar c Mitchell b Kristian Clarke 5(5)

Kristian Clarke to Rinku Singh, FOUR, now he tries to hide it wide of off but it's a half volley that Rinku could reach, sliced it past point and the man in the deep can't cut it off

Kristian Clarke to Rinku Singh, SIX, hit me ball! What Rinku is doing so well is waiting for those really loose balls and putting them away. Short slow and on the leg stump, and he did that with fine leg up. Easy shot for Rinku, who swivelled and helped it away over long leg

Jamieson to Rinku Singh, FOUR, and when there's a slot ball on offer, don't miss out! Full and asking for treatment, Rinku gives the full face of the bat and just off-drives it to the left of mid-off for a smart boundary. Played a sensible shot and got four without slogging

Jacob Duffy to Hardik Pandya, out Caught by Chapman at deep mid-wicket!! Duffy the wicket-taker. He has bounce, he has pace, he gets movement, he takes pace off and he forces mishits. Hardik wanted a hard smack over mid-wicket. Took his front leg out of the way and went for the pull shot, ball hit him high on the bat and Chapman with a mini jump inside the rope at deep mid-wicket to get this key wicket. Replay shows that Jacob Duffy rolled the fingers across to bowl the slower off-cutter and it jumped on the batter. Both his wickets - Ishan Kishan earlier - came with this ball. Hardik Pandya c Chapman b Jacob Duffy 25(16) [4s-3 6s-1]

Santner to Hardik Pandya, SIX, now he advances and muscles this full delivery over the bowler's head for another maximum. He's in no mood to play Santner safely. Actually had to slightly reach out for the loft but he middled that so well

Santner to Hardik Pandya, FOUR, Hardik does not have a great strike-rate in T20s against Santner before this game and he's keen on changing that stat. Shortish delivery from Santner, Hardik slaps it over cover and gets four

Jamieson to Shivam Dube, out Caught&Bowled!! That's yet another soft dismissal from India. Short of a length delivery holding on the surface, Dube closed the bat face early to flick, leading edge lobs and gave so much time to Jamieson to slowly move to the right and collect a simple return catch. Hardik disappointed with that wicket. Tells Dube that he could have tried to behind square than front of square. Shivam Dube c and b Jamieson 9(4) [6s-1]

Jamieson to Shivam Dube, SIX, in the airrr, just clears deep square leg. It's no surprise to bowl bumpers to Dube but the fact is, he's worked on that shot. Rocked back to this short ball from a tall bowler and middled the shot so well

Jamieson to Hardik Pandya, FOUR, there is a man at long-off but Hardik has hit this so hard and flat that the fielder didnlt have a chance despite a dive. Short of a length delivery, quickly got into position and hit it really hard. Went so flat yet went only on one bounce. Robinson with the dive there and he's stretching his back after a hard landing

Kristian Clarke to Hardik Pandya, 1 run, full delivery outside off stump, Hardik drives down the ground, Kristian Clarke gets a hand on it and deflects to long-on

Ish Sodhi to Abhishek Sharma, out Caught by Jamieson!! This is a mishit, long-on settles under it and takes a clean catch. Sodhi walks up to Abhishek Sharma and gives him a pat on the back for this sensational innings. Abhishek tells himself that he should have hit that ball over cover and not tried to hit down the ground. Full slot ball actually, should have been put away but the bat turned in his hands and ended up being a mishit to long-on. Took the onus on himself in the powerplay to score quick runs when India lost two early wickets and now he's put his side in a commanding positions. Abhishek Sharma c Jamieson b Ish Sodhi 84(35) [4s-5 6s-8]

Ish Sodhi to Abhishek Sharma, SIX, now he ensures this goes high into the night sky over mid-wicket. Flighted delivery on the stumps, Abhishek waits in the crease, clears the front leg and muscles it over mid-wicket

Ish Sodhi to Abhishek Sharma, SIX, great effort from Mitchell at long-off. He jumped high and almost caught this overhead with both hands, but he couldn't control the catch as he was falling back and crossing the ropes. Tried to push it back but the ball landed on the rope and it's a six. Flighted delivery just outside off stump, Abhishek advances and smashes this flat and just escapes the catch

Ish Sodhi to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, he's unstoppable! The base is there so he wants to have fun. Short from Ish Sodhi as he expected Abhishek to advance but was within Abhishek's reach and he flat-batted this over the non-striker's head for four

Santner to Hardik Pandya, FOUR, he loves attacking spin straightaway! Full delivery, Hardik steps out and absolutely muscles this straight. Literally killed the bowler and the ump - both managed to get out of the way

Santner to Suryakumar Yadav, out Caught by Tim Robinson!! This is the matchup battle that Santner has won again. He's got SKY for the fourth time in T20s. You would have to say that's another soft dismissal from India. Full delivery on the stumps, seemed like SKY didn't really go through fully with the loft. Hit it flatter, long-on ran in and dove full length forward at pace and took an excellent catch. Decent hand from the Indian captain. Suryakumar Yadav c Tim Robinson b Santner 32(22) [4s-4 6s-1]

Santner to Abhishek Sharma, SIX, gee, this guy! Santner literally turned into a seamer there. He knows the yorker is his only option bowling close to the body. He tried, but just missed the mark and that's all Abhishek Sharma needed. Got under it, middled it and sent it soaring over long-on

Ish Sodhi to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR, some shot from SKY. Ish Sodhi spotted SKY stepping out so he dropped this short and quick. It had no room, SKY didn't have time either. But he quickly got a high elbow somehow to get under the ball and play a back foot lofted drive over mid-wicket without pulling or sloggling. Both long-on and deep mid-wicket could no nothing about it

Ish Sodhi to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR, it's tough to keep him off the sweep shot! Santner did a fine job by bowling really full. Sodhi drops it way too short this time and SKY was literally down on one knee to execute that shot over short fine leg

Santner to Abhishek Sharma, SIX, misses the mark but Abhishek Sharma is a left-hand bat and it's easier for him to hit with the spin. Cleared the front leg away and smashed it high and handsome over square leg

Phillips to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, on the stumps, pushed down to long-on. 7th T20I fifty for Abhishek Sharma and he's only taken 22 balls. Such a solid bat he's been up top and he has the Nagpur crowd dancing in the stands. Broad smile on SKY's face as he pats the bat to applaud his teammate. The dug out rises to applaud Abhishek

Phillips to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, advances again and hits this hard! Oh no, Clarke fumbles again and lets it go right through him. Flatter delivery, Abhishek gets closer to the pitch of the bat and lofts over cover. Again should have easily been stopped but he doesn't factor the spin on the ball

Phillips to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, now he goes squarer! Flatter from Phillips as he expects Abhishek to step out but Abhishek stays back and belts the cut to the left of backward point. Clarke had no chance this time to the right

Phillips to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, he doesn't want to let any new bowler settle! Steps out first ball and goes hard. Oh dear, debutant Clarke has made a mess of it as he lets the ball spin past him at deep cover. Should have only been two. Didn't expect the ball to turn that much but Abhishek sliced that

Ish Sodhi to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, Ish Sodhi is worried of bowling close to Abhishek Sharma's body and he's fired this short and outside off stump, Abhishek rocks back and cuts to the left of backward point. Deep point it too square to cut this off

Kristian Clarke to Suryakumar Yadav, SIX, ohhh, SKY gets a maximum with his favourite pick-up shot of his. This is the same shot that troubled him recently. His average till Oct 2024 with that shot was 53.00, SR nearly 250 and it dipped to an average of 6.14 since then. Is this the change of fortune he needed? Short of a length delivery on the leg stump, SKY backs himself and sends it soaring over long leg. Hit a pretty good in the nets in the build up to the game and he's started well here

Kristian Clarke to Abhishek Sharma, SIX, that is a monster over cover! To step out, to also make room at the same time and to middle the inside out lofted drive for six is some skill. The bowler showed intentions of bowling slower balls but he didn't bother. Pounced at him and won that mini contest

Jamieson to Abhishek Sharma, SIX, he's smashing Jamieson! Short of a length delivery on the leg stump, Abhishek rocks back, midddles the pull, holds the pose and enjoys the hit to deep mid-wicket

Jamieson to Abhishek Sharma, SIX, that's a get-out-of-my-sight smash from Abhishek Sharma. Jamieson thought he could surprise Abhishek Sharma with a slower ball but the batter picked that right from the hand, delayed the bat swing to get the timing right and absolutely belted this leg-cutter straight down the ground. Jamieson has to hide it better

Kristian Clarke to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR, leans into the drive. Literally jumped into the drive with a last second hop from the crease. To the right of cover, Santner tries to hunt it down from mid-off. He gives a committed chase and dives, but the ball beats him to the fence

Jacob Duffy to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR, meanwhile, SKY has literally run in to show some intent and he plays a brilliant back foot drive through cover. Short of a length delivery just outside off stump, SKY rose tall, creamed the drive and once it found the gap at cover it raced away

Jacob Duffy to Ishan Kishan, out Caught by Chapman!! Another wicket that seems very soft. Ishan Kishan advances for an aggressive hit but he's not balance on point of impact, probably because of the bounce tall Jacob Duffy could generate against Ishan. Yes, was the slower ball that jumped on the batter. Tried to hit it over cover, but ball hit him high on the bat and just lobbed to cover for one of the simplest of catches. Ishan Kishan c Chapman b Jacob Duffy 8(5) [4s-2]

Jacob Duffy to Ishan Kishan, FOUR, the short-arm jab pull and he's lofted this over mid-wicket, quite easily again. Length delivery, hit on the rise. Backed himself to clear the infield and executed well because he's able to trust the bounce

Jamieson to Ishan Kishan, FOUR, that's a great shot on return to internationl cricket for Ishan Kishan. Full, slot, Ishan lofts on the rise, hits it as straight as possible. Didn't overhit but he easily cleared the infield. 14 runs and a wicket in that over

Jamieson to Samson, out Caught by Ravindra!! Oh soft! Shockingly soft. This is how he frustrates you sometimes. That trigger of going back and he couldn't control the flick shot. Jamieson is roaring after his revenge for those two hits to the fence. Sanju couldn't believe he's picked the fielder out to the T. Nothing good length delivery, hit me ball, Sanju though he could flick and find the gap but found Rachin instead. Early breakthrough for New Zealand. Felt as if he Sanju cured his initial instinct and while walking back he seems to be suggesting to himself he could have gone through with an aerial flick. Samson c Ravindra b Jamieson 10(7) [4s-2]

Jamieson to Samson, FOUR, he's been going deep in the crease to get under balls and Jamieson's short of length balls are sitting up nicely for Sanju to access the pull shot. The first boundary was behind square, this time he goes well in front of square to pull this over mid-wicket

Jamieson to Samson, FOUR, picked away nicely off the back foot. Rolled the wrists on the pull shot and ensured deep square leg didn't have a chance to the right. Wasn't all that short so Sanju got inside the line and placed it behind square to collect his first boundary

Jacob Duffy to Abhishek Sharma, SIX, in the air, timing good enough to clear the fence. Abhishek Sharma didn't move his feet all that well but backed himself and just hit this full inswinger through the line, watched it all the way to the ropes as it hit the sightscreen. This is what Abhishek can do, put pressure back on bowlers and win overs even when they are bowling well