New Delhi:
Colin Munro hit a scintillating century as New Zealand defeated India by a margin of 40 runs. The Kiwis thus levelled the series 1-1 at Rajkot.
India vs New Zealand Match scorecard
India vs New Zealand updates:
# India 156-7 in 20 overs. NZ win the match by 40 runs.
# India score after 18 overs 132-6
# Boult to Axar, OUT! Caught by Williamson
# Boult to Axar, FOUR! yorker goes wrong. Gets a fine tickle off Axar's bat and races to the fine leg fence
# Axar Patel comes to the crease
# India score after 17 overs 125-5
# Santner to Kohli, OUT! Caught by Glenn Phillips!! Last nail in the coffin. Kohli tries to go over long-on after leaving the crease early.
# Ish Sodhi to Dhoni, SIX! Dhoni and Kohli keep the fire burning
# India score after 14 overs 106-4
# Munro to Kohli, FOUR! Slightly fuller and Kohli whips using his bottom hand. Pierces the gap at deep mid-wicket
# Santner to Kohli, 1 run, yet another fifty for Kohli
# Santner to Kohli, FOUR, lovely shot from Kohli. Marks his field and steps down to meet the pitch, lofts straight over the bowler's head
# India score after 11 overs 79-4
# Munro to Kohli, FOUR! lot of bottom hand on that and imparts the power to beat the man at long-on. Was on a fuller length and Kohli approached with a little stride before wristing past the bowler
# India score after 10 overs 71-4
# Ish Sodhi to Hardik Pandya, THAT'S OUT!! Bowled!!
# Ish Sodhi is back into the attack
# Hardik Pandya, right handed bat, comes to the crease
# Munro to Shreyas Iyer, out Caught & Bowled!
# Santner to Kohli, SIX!
# Santner to Kohli, FOUR! and he comes again for a lovely inside-out drive over extra-cover.
# Santner to Kohli, FOUR! Kohli comes dancing down the pitch, converting it into a full toss and slicing it between backward point and short third man
# India score after 6 overs 40-2
# Santner to Shreyas Iyer, 1 run, to mid-wicket
Mitchell Santner, left-arm orthodox, comes into the attack
India score after 4 overs 35-2
# Boult to Kohli, FOUR! skips down and drills this full ball straight back over the umpire
# Boult to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! Iyer keeps feasting on the width which NZ are quite generously providing. Bashed off the back foot through point
# Boult to Kohli, FOUR!, That's majestic timing
# Colin de Grandhomme to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! clears his front leg and blasts this over backward point.
# India score after 2 overs 11-2
# Boult to Rohit, OUT! Caught by Glenn Phillips! Huge blow for India
# Trent Boult to Dhawan, OUT Bowled!! This shot has gone so horribly wrong for Dhawan, that he's missed a fairly straight ball by about six inches
# India score after 1 over 6-0
# Milne to Rohit, FOUR! An amazing boundary to long-on
# Indian openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan come out to bat. Adam Milne opns the bowling for New Zealand
# New Zealand score after 20 overs 196-2
# Bumrah to Munro, FOUR! nicely done by Munro, short of a length and on the stumps, he gently prodded across, used the pace on the ball and helped it behind square on the on-side, fine leg was inside the ring and has no chance
# New Zealand score after 19 overs 187-2
# Bhuvneshwar to Munro, 2 runs, 54-ball T20I hundred for Munro, his second in this format, this was full and wide of off, Munro made room and drove it wide of cover
# New Zealand score after 17 overs 174-2
# Siraj to Tom Bruce, FOUR! cheeky and four, this is excellent batting from Bruce, shuffled across his stumps, used the pace on the ball and lapped it over Dhoni's head, couple of bounces and over the ropes.
# Siraj to Munro, SIX! What a majestic innings this has been from Munro
# Bhuvneshwar to Munro, FOUR! edged and four
# New Zealand score after 15 overs 147-2
# Siraj to Munro, FOUR!, to fine leg
# Siraj to Williamson, OUT! Caught by Rohit!! Maiden T20I wicket for Siraj and it's the wicket of the New Zealand captain
# Hardik Pandya to Munro, SIX! magnificent hitting from Munro, slower short ball from Hardik, but the ball simply sat up to be smacked
# Hardik Pandya to Munro, FOUR! to long-off
# Hardik Pandya, right-arm medium, comes into the attack
# New Zealand score after 13 overs 123-1
# Axar to Williamson, FOUR! to deep mid-wicket
# Axar to Munro, SIX! to long-on
# New Zealand score after 12 overs 108-1
# Yuzvendra Chahal to Guptill, OUT! Caught by Hardik Pandya!! Lovely ball from Chahal and India have their first wicket.
# Axar to Munro, SIX!
# Axar to Munro, SIX! It's a massive hit; the Kiwis are pummeling Indian bowlers.
# New Zealand score after 10 overs 83-0
# Chahal to Guptill, SIX! The Kiwis are hitting everything now
# Siraj to Munro, SIX! The New Zealand openers go on a rampage
# Siraj to Munro, SIX! He's being too predictable. Bang in the slot, asking to be smacked. At 118kph gives Munro further time to pick his spot
# New Zealand score after 7 overs 52-0
# New Zealand score after 6 overs 48-0
# Bumrah to Munro, FOUR! Shot to deep backward point
# Chahal to Guptill, SIX! Guptill goes on rampage
# Chahal to Guptill, FOUR!
# Chahal to Guptill, SIX! Wow! what a briliant shot
# Siraj to Guptill, FOUR! Amazing shot
# Mohammed Siraj, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
# New Zealand score after 1 over 5-0
# Bhuvneshwar to Guptill, FOUR!
# Guptill and Munro are at the crease. Guptill is on strike. Bhuvneshwar will open the attack
The Indian batting fired on all cylinders with their openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan compiling quick fire half centuries. Captain Kohli and lent impetus to the innings in the later stages and helped the host post a mammoth 200 plus score.
The Indians were all over the Kiwis batting lineup and made early inroads into their batting. Tom Latham was the only Kiwis who looked comfortable against the Indian attack in the first game.
The Kotla match marked the farewell of one of India's finest seamers Ashish Nehra. Nehra was given a heart-warming send off in front of his home fans at the Kotla.
Squads
India (Playing XI):
Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli(c), MS Dhoni(w), Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj
New Zealand:
Kane Williamson (c), Ross Taylor, Trent Boult, Tom Bruce, Colin de Grandhomme, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham (wk), Henry Nicholls, Adam Milne, Colin Munro, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee
