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

Varun Chakaravarthy to Santner, 1 run, flat good length on off, Santner goes on the back foot and pushes to the vacant backward point area. End of Varun Chakaravarthy

Varun Chakaravarthy to Chapman, out Caught by Abhishek Sharma!! Chapman holes out. On a length on middle, Chapman comes down the track to loft, doesn't time it and it's straight up in the air, Abhishek comes in and takes it easily at long-on. Judged it well. Chapman had to keep going with the asking rate so high. Chapman c Abhishek Sharma b Varun Chakaravarthy 39(24) [4s-4 6s-2]

Varun Chakaravarthy to Chapman, no run, slower and wider outside off, Chapman shuffles across and cuts straight to the fielder at extra-cover, wanted to go over the leg-side first

Varun Chakaravarthy to Chapman, SIX, Chapman gets to the pitch of the ball and smashes this over wide long-on. It's tossed up full outside off, Chapman comes down the track and launches it miles

Varun Chakaravarthy to Mitchell, 1 run, tossed up googly, Mitchell comes down the track to loft, doesn't time it, off the thick inside half, finds deep square-leg

Varun Chakaravarthy to Mitchell, no run, on a good length outside off, Mitchell goes on the back foot and punches it to cover

Varun Chakaravarthy to Phillips, 1 run, fires the yorker length delivery outside off, Phillips reaches for it and drives to sweeper cover, was close to the tramline, had he left that, could've been a wide

Varun Chakaravarthy to Phillips, no run, slides it across Phillips and it's inside the tramline on the off-side, left alone and Phillips is not happy, wants a wide, but the right call

Varun Chakaravarthy to Chapman, 1 run, good length on middle, Chapman backs away and cuts, finds sweeper cover and Ishan keeps it to one

Varun Chakaravarthy to Phillips, 1 run, tossed up full on middle, Phillips gets forward to heave, off the thick inner half and he finds deep mid-wicket, was in the slot

Varun Chakaravarthy to Phillips, 2 runs, flat back of a length outside off, Phillips goes on the back foot and cuts, chase for Rinku at deep backward point, he gets there, it's just two

Varun Chakaravarthy to Phillips, SIX, in the slot and six. It's full outside off, Phillips gets forward and lofts miles over long-on, that was right in his wheelhouse. Was the googly but too full

Varun Chakaravarthy to Chapman, 2 runs, full outside off, Chapman gets forward to drive and wide of extra-cover, Ishan runs around from long-off and he cuts it off to his right

Varun Chakaravarthy to Chapman, FOUR, wide good length outside off, Chapman backs away outside the leg-stump, then reaches for it to slash, the thick top-edge flies wide of short third man, well wide of the man

Varun Chakaravarthy to Chapman, no run, good length and flat on middle, Chapman goes on the back foot and turns it to mid-wicket

Varun Chakaravarthy to Phillips, 1 run, short of length outside off, Phillips goes on the back foot and cuts it straight to the fielder at sweeper cover

Varun Chakaravarthy to Phillips, SIX, too full and in the slot. Full on off, Phillips gets forward and lofts cleanly, it's off the middle of the bat and flies over long-on

Varun Chakaravarthy to Chapman, 1 run, short of length and no turn outside off, Chapman goes on the back foot and punches it one bounce to long-off, again quick hands

Varun Chakaravarthy to Chapman, no run, nicely bowled. It's tossed up full outside off, Chapman gets forward to defend for the turn, it slides past the outside-edge as it goes straight, lovely bowling. Yet another batter not picking which way Varun Chakaravarthy is turning the ball or not turning it

Varun Chakaravarthy to Phillips, 1 run, the googly and short of length on middle, Phillips goes on the back foot and tucks it wide of mid-wicket

Varun Chakaravarthy to Chapman, 1 run, flat good length outside off, Chapman goes on the back foot and pulls to long-on

Varun Chakaravarthy to Tim Robinson, out Caught by Shivam Dube!! Simple catch and Varun Chakaravarthy has his first. He does Tim Robinson totally here, the batter comes down the track to loft, is not to the pitch of the ball, a tame inside half of the bat and a dolly to mid-wicket. Robinson was wanting to go over mid-wicket but totally foxed. Tim Robinson c Shivam Dube b Varun Chakaravarthy 21(15) [4s-2 6s-1]

Varun Chakaravarthy to Phillips, 1 run, flat good length just outside off, Phillips goes on the back foot and punches it down to long-on

Varun Chakaravarthy to Tim Robinson, 1 run, flat and good length outside the leg-stump, Tim Robinson goes on the back foot and punches it down to long-on