Live Cricket Score, India Vs New Zealand 1st T20 at Delhi: Pandya’s blinder forces Guptill exit in 203 run chase at Feroz Shah Kotla

India Vs New Zealand, Live Cricket Score, 1st T20 at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi: India won the ODI series 2-1.

India vs New Zealand 1st T20 Live: India 202/3 in 20 overs. Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan opened for India and gave a comprehensive start. The duo stitched together a massive partnership of 158 runs. It helped further that both got a reprieve with two catches getting dropped. Later Virat Kohli added a rapidfire 26 from 11 balls to take India over the 200 run mark. Earlier, New Zealand won the toss and chose to bowl first in Delhi. Shreyas Iyer makes his international debut while Ashish Nehra to play his final game. Additionally, an end has been named after the left arm seamer. On head-to-head basis, India are yet to beat New Zealand in five completed matches. The focus in Delhi would be on Ashish Nehra who will be playing his final international game.

India vs New Zealand 1st T20 Live Score and Updates: Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan gave India a strong start. They batted without fear and it has only helped their cause that New Zealand have let go of two guilt edge chances. Both brought up their fifties in no time. Dhawan, however, perished at 80 runs following a record T20 stand for India. Pandya followed soon after. Rohit perished while trying to accelerate towards his hundred. Virat Kohli gave India a dominant finish with 26 runs from 11 balls. In terms of team composition, Shreyas Iyer was handed his first international cap while Ashish Nehra is playing his final game at his home venue.

TEAMS:

India: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, MS Dhoni, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah

New Zealand: Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, Kane Williamson, Tom Bruce, Tom Latham, Heny Nicholls, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Ish Sodhi