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

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, 1 run, flatter delivery, Abhishek drags the pull to deep square leg

Ish Sodhi to Abhishek Sharma, wide, tries to hide it wide of off but it's too wide

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 Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, this is high, but safe again. Santner firing this wide of off stump, Abhishek wanting the loft again, sliced it high. Rachin ran back from extra-cover, Robinson attacked from the deep but the ball split both fielders

Santner to Abhishek Sharma, wide, too wide of off stump

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 Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, flat, googly on the off stump, Abhishek flicks to long-on

Ish Sodhi to Abhishek Sharma, no run, quicker delivery almost sneaks through. Abhishek wanted to drive through off-side, inside edge rolled to the left of the bowler

Santner to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, cut hard, man at backward point dives to the left and saves a certain four

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

Santner to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, quicker delivery on the stumps, Abhishek knocks it to mid-wicket

Phillips to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, knocked away to sweeper cover and that's a 20-run over

Phillips to Abhishek Sharma, 5 wides, oh dear! Fired down the leg-side. Santner thought he could bank on his part-timers but 19 have already come off it

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, 1 run, full and closer to the stumps, driven straight down the ground

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

Ish Sodhi to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, oh uppish push off the back foot, goes to the right of the bowler as Abhishek handles this flatter delivery off the back foot

Kristian Clarke to Abhishek Sharma, no run, shortish slower delivery, Abhishek pulls and misses. Inside the new wide guideline so not given

Kristian Clarke to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, Abhishek runs at the bowler again, but Kristian Clarke drops it short to force a dab to the off-side

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

Kristian Clarke to Abhishek Sharma, no run, pace off quite often now! Short of a length delivery angling away, Abhishek swung and missed

Jamieson to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, low full toss, Abhishek taps it to cover. 16 off this Jamieson over, 14 off his first

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, 1 run, good length delivery on the leg stump, Abhishek knocks it to mid-wicket

Jamieson to Abhishek Sharma, wide, short and bouncing across the LHB, Abhishek leaves thinking it will be called a wide and he's got that right

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 Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, knocked around to deep square leg

Kristian Clarke to Abhishek Sharma, 2 runs, full delivery outside off stump, Abhishek advances and lofts. They have deep point so he's able to cut it off to the left

Jacob Duffy to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, good length delivery on the leg stump, Abhishek knocks it towards short mid-wicket and rotates strike

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

Jacob Duffy to Abhishek Sharma, no run, beaten! Short of a length delivery angling away, bit of extra bounce and it troubled Abhishek on the attempted hard slash

Jacob Duffy to Abhishek Sharma, no run, great short ball! Forced Abhishek to sway away from the line

Jacob Duffy to Abhishek Sharma, no run, full and on the leg stump, Abhishek works it to mid-wicket. Was a bit uppish

Jacob Duffy to Abhishek Sharma, wide, straightaway Abhishek Sharma steps out to have a go at Jacob Duffy. That's a really bad call for wide and no wonder Conway and the bowler were surprised. Jacob Duffy might have taken the most wickets in the powerplay last year but Abhishek has this habit of taking on the best bowlers. He swung and missed this time but it wasn't well wide of off to be called a wide