Highlights, India vs New Zealand, 1st T20I at Jaipur: India win by 5 wickets

Suryakumar Yadav is named the Man of the Match

india are unbeaten in november#INDvNZ

— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) November 17, 2021

The R-R era begins with a win at SMS. 🇮🇳💗

— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) November 17, 2021

India vs New Zealand in T20Is:

In World Cups:
Played 3
India won 0
NZ won 3

Outside World Cups:
Played 15
India won 9
NZ won 6 #INDvNZ

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 17, 2021

INDIA WIN! Rishabh Pant smacks it over mid off to finish it off in style. He walks down and thumps a good length delivery over mid off to celebrate a five-wicket win.

SINGLE! Axar taps it to backward point and scampers through for a single. 3 needed off 3! Pant on strike now.

WIDE! Mitchell bowls it wide outside off. 4 needed off 4!

OUT! Iyer departs. He reverse sweeps it to short third man.

5 needed off 4.

FOUR! What a way to get off the mark in international cricket. Iyer smashes it over mid-wicket, off Mitchell. 5 needed off 5.

Daryl Mitchell will bowl the final over. 10 needed off it. Venkatesh Iyer on strike.

After 19 overs,India 155/4 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 13 , Venkatesh Iyer 0)

A good over from Southee. He gave away four singles off the fourst four balls. Then Shreyas miscued one high in the air but it fell safely straight down the ground. They take two. But Southee gets his man off the last ball, caught at long off. 6 runs and a wicket off it. 10 needed off the last over.

OUT! Iyer holes out to long off. Good length delivery outside off, Iyer looks to go over the top, doesn’t connect it off the middle and helps it straight into the hands of the fielder.

10 needed off the last over.

Southee to bowl the penultimate over…

After 18 overs,India 149/3 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 12 , Shreyas Iyer 1)

A good couple of overs for the Kiwis.

Boult, who’s had a tough time tonight, bowls a very good over and gives away just two runs. He gets the wicket of the set Suryakumar in that over. Boult had dropped Suryakumar in the last over but got his man by cleaning him up.

Ferguson is brought back into the attack. He too bowls a decent over and gives away just 5 runs. There is a run out chance off the fourth ball but the fielder misses a direct hit as the Indians complete a single. It was very close. The last one is a play and a miss as Ferguson drops it short and Pant misses his slash. 

16 needed off 12 balls.

OUT! Boult cleans up Suryakumar Yadav. A very good innings comes to an end. 62 off 40 balls. Suryakumar shuffles and goes for the scoop but Boult bowls it full and on the stumps. Suryakumar misses and finds the stumps shattered.

Boult brought back into the attack…

After 16 overs,India 142/2 ( Suryakumar Yadav 62 , Rishabh Pant (W) 10)

Good sensible cricket from India. Suryakumar gets a six off the first ball from Ferguson. The batters then take four singles and a two to make it 12 runs off the over. 

Southee comes back into the attack. Rishabh charges first ball and absolutely smashes it through covers for FOUR. Southee then bowls a slower wide ball, Suryakumar cuts it between short third man and backward point for FOUR. He then gets a life as Boult drops him at fine leg and it rolls away for the third four of the over. 15 off the over. 27 off the last 2. 23 needed off 24 now.

FOUR! DROPPED! A simple chance goes down. Suryakumar flicks it uppishly to fine leg where Boult puts it down and it trickles to the fence.

FOURS! India cruising! Pant charges and smashes one through covers, off Southee. Suryakumar then cuts one wide of short third man for another four in the over.

SIX! FIFTY for Suryakumar Yadav. He gets there in style with a HUGE six over fine leg. He shuffles and swings it over fine leg.

After 14 overs,India 115/2 ( Suryakumar Yadav 45 , Rishabh Pant (W) 1)

A couple of good overs for the Kiwis.

Santner bowls another great over to finish off his spell. After giving five runs from five balls, he beats Suryakumar with a beauty, one that grips on the surface and whizzes past the batter’s outside edge. He finishes with figures of 4-0-19-1. 

Boult is brought back into the attack. After a dot, Boult removes Rohit with a slower short ball. A single and dot is followed by a lovely lofted drive from Suryakumar Yadav for a FOUR. A single off the last ball makes it 6 runs off the over.

11 runs and a wicket off the last two overs.

OUT! Boult strikes. Rohit is caught at short fine leg. It’s the slower one, short, Rohit goes for a pull but is early into it. He is done in by the change of pace and Rohit gets a top edge to short fine leg.

After 12 overs,India 104/1 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 46 , Suryakumar Yadav 37)

India looking to attack now. 

Santner bowls another frugal over and gives away just 4 singles off the 11th over.

Astle is brough back into the attack and Suryakumar smashes it first ball over long on for a six. After a WIDE and a play and a miss, Suryakumar pulls one powerfully over mid-wicket for a FOUR. The next three balls yield four runs. 15 runs off the over.

SIX! Hammered! Length delivery outside off, Suryakumar Yadav charges and thumps it over long on.

After 10 overs,India 85/1 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 43 , Suryakumar Yadav 22)

A couple of mixed overs for India.

Astle continues. After four runs off first four balls, Rohit miscues one but it lands safely over extra cover for a couple. He got an outside edge trying to swing across the line. After a single, Suryakumar tries the same shot and connects it off the middle, over deep mid-wicket for a SIX. 12 runs off the Astle over. 

Ferguson is brought back. He bowls a tight over and despite a FOUR off the last ball, gives away just six runs off the over. Suryakumar shuffles and flicks one uppishly over mid-wicket to end the over well.

SIX! Suryakumar heaves it over deep mid-wicket, off Astle.

After 8 overs,India 67/1 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 39 , Suryakumar Yadav 9)

A decent couple of overs for New Zealand.

Todd Astle is brought into the attack. He bowls a full toss to start off, Rohit lofts it over extra cover for a FOUR. But Astle bounced back well to concede just four singles off the last five balls. Suryakumar has a heart in mouth moment in that over as he cut one uppishly and it just bounced before the backward point fielder. 

Santner continues. New Zealand burn a review off the second ball. Suryakumar goes for a sweep but misses and gets hit on the back leg. An appeal for an LBW is turned down. The Kiwis opt for a review but replays show the impact was outside off. Santner gives away just four runs from the over.

11 runs off the last two overs.

After 6 overs,India 56/1 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 32 , Suryakumar Yadav 5)

Suryakumar Yadav hit a four off the last ball but it was a decent over from Santner. He provided the breakthrough and varied his pace well. He got a bit of turn as well. After two runs and a wicket off the first four balls, Suryakumar Yadav swept one wide of short fine leg for FOUR. 6 runs and a wicket off the over.

OUT! Santner strikes. Rahul holes out to deep square leg. A touch short on middle, KL Rahul rocks back and looks to pull, doesn’t get it off the middle and finds the only man in the deep on the leg side at deep square leg.

After 5 overs,India 50/0 ( KL Rahul 15 , Rohit Sharma (C) 31)

50 up for India!

6 1 4 4 6 0 

Rohit, Rahul score 21 off the Boult over. India off to a flier. Rahul pulls one for a six. Then after a single, Rohit goes for a pull but gets a top edge over the keeper for a four. He then guides one wide of short third man for a four off the next ball. The next one is darted in short, Rohit smashes it over deep square leg for a SIX. The next one is full and swinging in, Rohit misses his flick and it’s a DOT. 21 off the over.

SIX! Short from Boult, Rohit smashes it over deep square leg.

SIX! Short outside off from Boult, Rahul stays in his crease and pulls it over deep mid-wicket.

After 4 overs, India 29/0

Rohit Sharma with two fours and a six in the third over, as Southee goes for 15 runs. The six was pulled over deep backware square region. In the end of the fourth, Ravindra in the deep makes a fine save to avoid conceding a boundary. Two runs saved as a result

After 2 overs,India 9/0 ( KL Rahul 7 , Rohit Sharma (C) 1)

Quite a confident start from the hosts, with Rahul beating Guptill at first slip for India’s first boundary. Southee in the first over, and he conceded seven in that one. Boult came in next, and only gave away a couple of runs.

Four! First boundary of the chase as Rahul beats Guptill at slip to the third man fence.

Time for the chase of 165. Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul out to open. Tim Southee with th ball.

After 20 overs,New Zealand 164/6 ( Mitchell Santner 4 , Tim Southee (C) 0)

New Zealand post 164/6: A good finish from India. They conceded just 12 off the last two overs. Bhuvneshwar adjusted his lengths well and the variation of pace brought him the wicket of Seifert. He gave away just 5 and took the wicket of Seifert in the penultimate over. India missed an easy run out in that over as Bhuvneshwar failed to collect the throw as the Kiwis hared through for a risky second. Siraj then had to be attended by the physio as Santner smashed one straight back and Siraj got hurt trying to stop it. Siraj continued but was unlucky the next ball as Ravindra got an inside edge wide of the stumps to fine leg for a FOUR! After a couple of dots, Siraj cleaned up Ravondra. They run through for a couple of byes off the last ball.

OUT! Sound of the timber! Good length delivery on middle, Ravindra looks to swing across the line, misses, Siraj hits. It’s that scrambled seam delivery that does the job.

OUT! Bhuvneshwar removes Seifert. It’s the leg cutter, Seifert looks to heave across the line but gets an outside edge to backward point where Suryakumar Yadav settles under it and takes a good catch.

After 18 overs,New Zealand 152/4 ( Tim Seifert (W) 12 , Rachin Ravindra 1)

An eventful couple of overs. Guptill smashes one over deep extra cover for a SIX, off Bhuvneshwar. Seifert too looks to do the same but mistimes it to deep cover where it goes through Axar’s hands for a FOUR. Guptill then smashes one over mid-wicket for his quintessential NO-LOOK six. He looked to do the same but Chahar this thime bowls it slower, Guptill mistimes it to deep mid-wicket where Shreyas Iyer takes a very good catch. There is an appeal for a caught behind against Ravindra but the umpire turns it down. India review but replays show there was no edge. 14 runs off the Bhuvneshwar over and 8 runs and a wicket off Chahar’s. 22 runs off the last two overs.

SIX & OUT! Guptill smashes one over deep mid-wicket for a HUGE six. He then looks to go the same route but Chahar bowls a slower one, Guptill mistimes and holes out.

Dropped! FOUR! Goes straight through Axar’s hands at deep cover. Seifert gets a life.

SIX! Hammered! It’s the slower one wide outside off, Guptill reaches out and smashes it over extra cover.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar back into the attack…

After 16 overs,New Zealand 130/3 ( Martin Guptill 56 , Tim Seifert (W) 6)

New Zealand haven’t got bogged down after two wickets in the last over. Guptill smashes Siraj’s second ball for a SIX over long on as the Kiwis take 13 off the over. 

Axar is then brough back into the attack. He pegs back things a little with his discipline, conceding just three off the first five balls. But off the last ball, Seifert gets down and sweeps it wide of short fine leg for a FOUR to make it 7 off the over. 20 off the last two overs.

SIX! Guptill stays in his crease and smashes it over long on, off Siraj.

After 14 overs,New Zealand 110/3 ( Martin Guptill 42 , Tim Seifert (W) 0)

A mixed couple of overs for India.

Chahar is brought back. He bowls decent five balls upfront, gives away six runs. But then looks to go for the yorker, misses the marker slightly, Guptill gets an inside edge on his flick off the full toss, it runs away wide of short fine leg for a FOUR. It makes it 10 runs off the Chahar over.

Ashwin is brought back. Chapman smashes the first one over extra cover for a FOUR. Ashwin then bounces back to remove him the next ball. A nicely flighted delivery on middle spinning away. Chapman misses his heave and is cleaned up. He then beats Phillips’ outside edge with a straighter one straightaway. And a ball later, traps him LBW with the carrom ball. 4 runs and two wickets off the Ashwin over.

OUT! Ashwin gets second in the over. It’s the carron ball. Length delivery outside off, angling in. It spins away after landing. Phillips is squared up and misses his defense. Gets hit on the back pad. The umpire lifts his finger on the appeal. Phillips opts for a review but replays show the impact was umpire’s call and it was hitting the stumps. The onfield decision stands.

OUT! Ashwin cleans up Chapman. A very good innings ends. Chapman departs for 64 off 50. it’s a nicely flighted delivery on middle, it spins away after landing. Chapman looks to heave across the line but misses. The ball shatters the timber.

After 12 overs,New Zealand 96/1 ( Martin Guptill 35 , Mark Chapman 56)

A good couple of overs for the KIWIS. Injects much needed momentum.

Siraj drops it short straight up, Guptill goes for a pull but gets a top edge over mid-wicket for a couple. He then looks to swipe it across the line, Chahar at short fine leg dives to make a brilliant stop, saves 3 runs.  A single and a two later, Guptil smashes one over long off for a SIX and then thumps one to long on for a FOUR next ball. 16 runs off the Siraj over.

Axar started off the over well, giving away five runs from the first four balls, but then he slipped in a full toss which was hammered for a six by Chapman and then the last one was cut past point for a four to make it 15 off the over.

31 runs off the last two overs!

SIX and FOUR! FIFTY for Chapman! Full toss from Axar, Chapman swings it over deep square leg. Champan brings up his first 50 for New Zealand. He then rocks back and cuts one through point for a FOUR.

SIX and FOUR! Guptill releases the pressure valve. Smashes the slower one from Siraj over long off. He then hammers the next one to long on for a one bounce four.

Siraj brought back into the attack

After 10 overs,New Zealand 65/1 ( Martin Guptill 19 , Mark Chapman 42)

Good stuff from India. They have kept a tight leash. The Kiwis have run well but they haven’t been able to gain the momentum. Another couple of overs of singles and twos. Ashwin conceded seven runs while Axar goes for just 3. Good accurate bowling with variations in pace. 10 runs off the last two overs. The Kiwis would be looking to up the ante now.

This is the first time R Ashwin is playing a home T20I match since the 2016 T20 World Cup semi-final where he conceded 20 runs in 2 overs including the infamous no-ball that got Lendl Simmons out.

No match in 2016-21 T20 WC cycle, but one before and one after.#INDvNZ

— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) November 17, 2021

Ashwin continues….

After 8 overs,New Zealand 55/1 ( Martin Guptill 14 , Mark Chapman 39)

A decent couple of overs for India. No boundaries in them.

Ashwin continued. He started off well and gave away just three runs off the first five balls. He varied his pace nicely. But off the last ball he erred in line, dragged it down the leg side, Chapman swept it wide of short fine leg for a FOUR to make it 7 off the over.

Axar Patel is brought into the attack. He was a touch short to start off but was lucky that the batsmen hit them straight to the fielder for singles. He then altered his length and went full. Chapman tucked one to the leg side and charged through for a couple. 7 runs off the over. 14 off the last two.

After 6 overs,New Zealand 41/1 ( Martin Guptill 9 , Mark Chapman 30)

New Zealand looking to up the ante now

A decent start from R Ashwin. He gives away six runs. Chapman played a couple of well placed drives through extra cover for a couple of twos. There were two more singles in the over. Ashwin changed his pace well. 

Chahar is brought back for the last over of Powerplay, Guptill shows intent straightaway as he smashes one wide of long on for FOUR! A single followed. Chahar then foxed Chapman with a slower one, he looked to swing across the line but misses. He then whipped one over mid-wicket for a FOUR. Then missed the slower one again and then thumped a short delivery over deep mid-wicket for the first SIX of the innings. 15 off the Chahar over. 21 off the last 2.

SIX! A touch short from Chahar, Chapman hammers it over deep mid-wicket. 15 off the Chahar over.

FOURS! Kiwis looking to up the ante. Guptill smashes one wide of long on, off Chahar and then Chapman flicks one over mid-wicket for the second FOUR of the over.

R Ashwin into the attack….

After 4 overs,New Zealand 20/1 ( Martin Guptill 3 , Mark Chapman 15)

Bhuvneshwar bowling beautifully. After a couple of dots, Chapman looked to loft one over the top but got an outside edge wide of the keeper for a streaky FOUR. The Indians had removed the slip fielder and if he had been there, it would have been straight into his hands. Bhuvneshwar was on the money right through the over. Just four runs off the over.

Mohammed Siraj was brought into the attack. He hit the hard lengths, didn’t get much seam movement or swing. Chapman walked down the track and looked to pull one but mistimed it to mid-wicket. He was largely disciplined apart from the one WIDE he bowled which was way over Chapman’s head. 5 runs off the Siraj over. 9 runs off the last two.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar continues….

After 2 overs,New Zealand 11/1 ( Martin Guptill 1 , Mark Chapman 9)

A good start for India. Bhuvneshwar struck in the first over. He got movement in the air and off the pitch as well. Guptill got off the mark with a push to covers. But then Bhuvneshwar bowled a brilliant inswinger to clean up Mitchell who was beaten all ends up. He gave away just two runs in the over with one being a leg bye.

Deepak Chahar bowled the second over. He didn’t get his lines right to start off. Chapman drove a widish delivers through point for two and a delivery later he lofted one through cover for a risky FOUR. Chapman then looked to walk down the track but got an inside edge wide of short fine leg for a couple. He conceded 9 runs off the over.

OUT! Brilliant delivery! Bhuvneshwar Kumar cleans Mitchell up with a beautiful inswinger. It’s a good length delivery outside off, it swings in sharlly and then nips back in off the pitch as well. Mitchell stays in his crease and looks to defend but is done in by the movement and misses. The ball shatters the timber.

Right then! The NZ openers Daryl Mitchell and Martin Guptill are out in the middle. Bhuvneshwar Kumar will start off proceedings.

New Zealand XI: Martin Guptill, Daryl Mitchell, Mark Chapman, Glenn Phillips, Tim Seifert, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Todd Astle, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult

India XI: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Venkatesh Iyer, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Mohammed Siraj

Venkatesh Iyer will make his international debut

TOSS – Rohit Sharma has won the toss and India will bowl first

Pitch Report: Looks like a really good surface to bat on. The dew might play a role so the team batting first will need to score those 10-15 runs extra, says Ajit Agarkar

Batting great Sunil Gavaskar feels Rahul Dravid will handle his new responsibility as head coach of the Indian team in the same “safe and strong” manner as he went about his batting while playing for the country.

“When he used to play, we used to think that till Rahul Dravid is at the crease, the Indian batting is safe and strong,” Gavaskar said on the Star Sports show ‘Follow the Blue.’

“This is the reason why I believe that the new responsibility of head coach that falls upon him, he will be able to handle it in a similar way.”

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India’s new T20 captain Rohit Sharma on Tuesday said instilling a sense of security in players will be his priority and he will not stop hand-holding them even if they fail in a few games while trying to perform specific roles for the team.

Ahead of his first full-time assignment as India captain against New Zealand, Rohit outlined the need for him and coach Rahul Dravid to play a “big role” in allowing individuals to play fearless cricket and instil confidence even when they don’t get the desired results.

“I think it is an important aspect of the format (T20) where people have that assurance of going in and taking those chances in the middle. If it comes off, it comes off, if it doesn’t then what happens,” Rohit said when PTI asked how he would like to maintain a balance between security and flexibility while trying out combinations going into the next T20 World Cup in 11 months’ time.

“That’s where both of us will have to play a huge role and huge part in terms of giving that individual an assurance you know going out and expressing himself,” the skipper was categorical on how he and the new coach will go about their job.

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As part of a new leadership group, India’s T20 vice-captain KL Rahul could not be more excited about working with Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma as the head coach is big on setting a good team culture with the new skipper being a tactical genius.

About Rohit, the stylish batter said his performances for the Indian team and his Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise say it all.

“We have all seen him in the IPL and his stats are for everybody to see. He has a great understanding of the game and tactically he is really good and that is why he has been able to achieve what he has as a leader.

“He will bring a lot of calm into the dressing room. The next few weeks will be exciting to know what kind of goals he has for the team and what kind of template we are looking to play.

“In a team sport it is always a collective effort and decision. The job of the leadership group is to ensure that everybody is clear about their roles and feeling secure in the team and it will be an exciting challenge to create that kind of atmosphere,” he said.

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India start a new era under a new coach and a new T20I captain. Rahul Dravid takes over as the head coach from Ravi Shastri while Rohit Sharma has taken over the T20I captaincy after Virat Kohli stepped down at the end of T20 World Cup 2021. They would be looking for a positive start after a disappointing campaign in the T20 WC. They stuttered at the start in T20 WC but then recovered and battled hard to win their last three matches in a convincing manner. But by then, it wasn’t out of their hands as the Kiwis’ calculative approach helped them make the semis and the finals. They would be looking to recover from the disappointment of the finals loss against Australia. There will be some tired legs in there after a short turnaround time. They played the final on 14 November and within three days they are playing their next series. With players rested on both the sides, both teams will be looking to test the fringes and it’s a chance for the newcomers and comeback men to shine. We are in for another cracker.

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