Match Report: Spinners 'choke' India as New Zealand take a 1-0 lead with 21-run victory
It is nice to contribute to a score which helps us win a game. I thought the way the boys bowled at the end was pretty special. It is nice to take some momentum into the rest of the T20 series. The guys who went in early said it was pretty difficult against spin because of the tacky nature. It was my job to build a partnership and take the onus on myself after Conway's departure.
It was a bit of a shock for everyone involved, how much it kinda spun in the second innings. But it was a great game and it was pretty tight at the end. We saw a lot of runs in the ODI series and it was nice to see the ball spin a bit more. I don't think we were ever safe, 170-odd was nice with Daryl hitting a couple over and he batted extremely well, we knew we had a sniff with 180. It was nice to chip some wickets in the powerplay and we had trouble with that in the ODIs. At the toss we were going to bowl because we know chasing is so good over here and especially with the dew. That's always the challenge (on the captain using himself). You don't want to be seen doing the easy overs and stuff like that. We knew it was spinning in the powerplay and it was nice to chip one out.
No one even thought that the wicket would play like that and both teams were surprised. But they played better cricket on this and that's why the result ended up like that. Actually the new ball was turning more than the old one and the way it spun, the way it bounced, it caught us by surprise. But somehow we pulled it back and were in the game till Surya and myself were batting. In hindsight, I don't think this wicket was 177, we were with the ball and conceded 20-25 runs. It is a young group and we will only learn from this. The way he bowled, batted and fielded, it was Washington against New Zealand today.
There was a lot of turn in the first innings and it continued right through the whole match which was fortunate for us bowling second. I was trying to get it to skid on a little bit (Ishan Kishan's wicket) it's one of those ones, nice to pick up a wicket early in the innings and as a bowling unit, we were able to capitalize on that start. We (Santner and I) were trying to discuss what sort of ball is the most effective on the wicket. Great to have his experience around. There was a little bit of moisture out there towards the end, probably not as much as we were expecting. Massive to bounce back from that disappointing ODI series, looking forward to going on to the next one in a couple of days' time with a little bit of momentum behind us.
* STAT: Teams defending totals < 200 vs India in India in T20Is - 167 by NZ Chennai 2012 | 126 by NZ Nagpur 2016 | 196 by NZ Rajkot 2017 | 176 by NZ Ranchi 2023
It's all over! New Zealand (176/6) beat India (155/9) by 21 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series
OUT! Lockie Ferguson strikes to dismiss Washington Sundar (50 off 28) | IND 151/9 in 19.5 overs
SIX & FIFTY! Washington Sundar races to his maiden T20I fifty, off just 25 balls, with a big six off Lockie Ferguson | IND 150/8 in 19.2 overs
India 144/8 after 19 overs, need 33 off 6 balls
BOOM! 4,4 - After starting the over with a six, Washington Sundar (43* off 21) smashes two back-to-back fours off Jacob Duffy | India 141/8 in 18.3 overs
SIX! Washington Sundar (35*) smokes Jacob Duffy over long-off for a six | IND 133/8 in 18.1 overs
India 127/8 after 18 overs, need 50 off 12 balls
OUT! Lockie Ferguson strikes to dismiss Kuldeep Yadav (0) | IND 127/8 in 17.1 overs
SIX! Washington Sundar (29*) smokes Blair Tickner over fine leg for a six | India 127/7 after 17 overs, need 50 off 18 balls
FOUR! Washington Sundar (21*) smashes a four towards deep mid-wicket off Blair Tickner | IND 119/7 in 16.3 overs
OUT! Shivam Mavi run-out for 2 | IND 115/7 in 16.1 overs
India 115/6 after 16 overs, need 62 off 24 balls
OUT! Stumped. Mitchell Santner strikes to dismiss Deepak Hooda (10 off 10) | IND 111/6 in 15.4 overs
India 110/5 after 15 overs, need 67 off 30 balls
SIX! Deepak Hooda (9*) opens his boundary count with a big six over deep midwicket off Michael Bracewell | IND 108/5 in 14.4 overs
India 99/5 after 14 overs, need 78 off 36 balls
India 90/5 after 13 overs, need 87 off 42 balls
OUT! Caught & Bowled. Michael Bracewell dismisses Hardik Pandya (21 off 20). | IND 89/5 in 12.2 overs
India 88/4 after 12 overs, need 89 off 48 balls
FOUR! Washington Sundar opens his account with a reverse sweep first-ball four off Ish Sodhi | IND 87/4 in 11.5 overs
OUT! Ish Sodhi gets rid of 'dangerous' Suryakumar Yadav (47 off 34) | IND 83/4 in 11.4 overs
SIX! Suryakumar Yadav (47*) smokes Ish Sodhi over extra cover a big six. | IND 83/3 in 11.3 overs
India 75/3 after 11 overs, need 102 off 54 balls
India 74/3 after 10 overs, need 103 off 60 balls
FOURS! 4,4 - Suryakumar Yadav (38*) smashes back-to-back fours off Blair Tickner. | IND 73/3 in 9.4 overs
India 63/3 after 9 overs | Target - 177
FOUR! This time Suryakumar Yadav (28*) sweeps it towards square leg for a four off Ish Sodhi. | IND 62/3 in 8.5 overs
FOUR! Suryakumar Yadav (23*) sweeps it fine for a four towards fine leg off Ish Sodhi. | IND 56/3 in 8.2 overs
India 52/3 after 8 overs | Target - 177
* 50 comes up for India in 7.4 overs - 50/3 | Surya 18* & Hardik 18*
SIX! Hardik Pandya (17*) smokes Michael Bracewell over wide long-on for a maximum. | IND 49/3 in 7.3 overs
India 39/3 after 7 overs | Target - 177
* Ish Sodhi comes into the attack
End of Powerplay! India 33/3 after 6 overs, need 144 off 84 balls
India 33/3 after 5 overs | Target - 177
FOUR! Hardik Pandya (6*) opens his boundary count with a four off Lockie Ferguson | IND 33/3 in 4.5 overs
SIX! Suryakumar Yadav (14*) smokes Lockie Ferguson over fine leg for a six. | IND 27/3 in 4.2 overs
India 20/3 after 4 overs | Target - 177
OUT! Mitchell Santner strikes to dismiss Shubman Gill (7) | IND 15/3 in 3.1 overs
India 15/2 after 3 overs | Target - 177
OUT! Jacob Duffy strikes to dismiss Rahul Tripathi (0) | IND 11/2 in 2.4 overs
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