India vs New Zealand Highlights, 1st T20I: IND beat NZ by 48 runs, take 1-0 lead

This is a great win for India as they have finally beaten the Kiwis by 48 runs. It was a thorough domination by the Indians as they out-batted and out-bowled the opposition comprehensively.

Wicket!! All of a sudden, Shivam Dube is on a hat-trick now as he has got the wicket of Daryl Mitchell and Kristian Clarke on back-to-back deliveries.

Over Summary: 1 1 1 1 2 0; New Zealand Live Score 187-5 After 19 overs

With just six runs from the 19th over, the match is over mathematically as New Zealand getting 52 off the last over is unbelievable.

Over Summary: 4 4 1 1 1 4; New Zealand Live Score 181-5 After 18 overs

Daryl Mitchell and Mitchell Santner in the middle are trying their best to keep the team in the hunt. They even get 15 from a Bumrah pover, but cannot get the required 29 to stay in the hunt. One can safely say, India are almos home.

Over Summary: 1 2 1 0 4 4; New Zealand Live Score 166-4 After 17 overs

Two boundaries to finish the over, and with three overs to go, the Kiwis need an almost impossible target of 73 runs to get.

Over Summary: 1 2 4 2 0 1; New Zealand Live Score 154-5 After 16 overs

Daryl Mitchell is in the middle here, and if there is anyone who has the potential to make a match out of it, it is this guy. But can he do it? Is the question.

Over Summary: 0 1 6 0 W 1; New Zealand Live Score 144-5 After 15 overs

Wicket!! If it were the wicket of Phillips in the last over, it is Chapman this time around, and half the Kiwi team is back in the hut.

Over Summary: 4 6 W 1 0 4; New Zealand Live Score 136-4 After 14 overs

Wicket!! Four and a six and then a wicket. The biggest threat for India, Glenn Phillips is gone, and it is Indian vice-captain Axar Patel who has got the wicket.

Over Summary: 1 1 6 1 6 0; New Zealand Live Score 110-3 After 12 overs

While Chapman, too, is scoring runs, it feels harmless. But, Glenn Phillips, who looks like he can be a real threat to India, 11 come from the over.

Over Summary: 1 1 1 1 0 4; New Zealand Live Score 95-3 After 11 overs

Fifty!! Glenn Phillips remains one of the most in-form batters here for the New Zealand side. After scoring a hundred in the final ODI, he has started the T20I leg of the tour with a brilliant half-century as well.

Rinku Singh has dropped a very catchable ball here, and Bumrah looks frustrated. Rinku is one of the best fielders in the game and to see him drop a catch feels a bit akward.

Over Summary: 2 1 1 2 0 4; New Zealand Live Score 87-3 After 10 overs

Half the overs of the Kiw’s innings are done with, and they are way behind the required rate, currently dwelling below 9. The required rate is climbing, and it has gone over 14 now.

Over Summary: 1 6 1 0 4 2; New Zealand Live Score 77-3 After 9 overs

Glenn Phliipps remains the biggest hope for New Zealand, and he has with him a very able partner in Mark Chapman. The fact that they are a left-right combination is also helping their cause.

Over Summary: 1 0 Wd 4 1 1 1; New Zealand Live Score 63-3 After 8 overs

And a rebuild starts again. Now, the New Zealanders are trying to develop yet another partnership as two very experienced players, Phillips and Chapman, are in the middle.

Over Summary: 1 1 W 1 1 0; New Zealand Live Score 54-3 After 7 overs

Wicket!! Varun Chakaravarthy gets the wicket of Tim Robinson, and whatever little hope that the Kiwis were trying to develop has been crushed again.

Over Summary: 0 1 0 2 6 2; New Zealand Live Score 50-2 After 6 overs

Fifty comes up for the Kiwis as they are trying to stay put in the chase. 11 comes from the final over of the powerplay as Robinson and Phillips continue to rebuild.

Over Summary: 0 1 1 4 0 0; New Zealand Live Score 39-2 After 5 overs

Four!! That’s a genuine cover drive from Phillips as he gets a four off one of the best in the business- Jasprit Bumrah. A total of six runs from the over.

Over Summary: Wd 4 6 1 1 0 4; New Zealand Live Score 16-2 After 4 overs

Tim Robinson has joined Glenn Phillips in the act as the Kiwis take 17 from the Pandya over. Two fours and a six and Robinson gets going

Over Summary: 4 1 1 0 0 6; New Zealand Live Score 16-2 After 3 overs

The only way New Zealand can try and stay relevant in this game is by trying to maximise the powerplay, and Glenn Phillips is straightaway on to it. He takes two boundaries and a total of 12 runs from the Arshdeep over.

Over Summary: 0 0 W 1 0 2; New Zealand Live Score 4-2 After 2 overs

Wicket!! Hardik Pandya has a wicket too, and it is the wicket of Rachin Ravindra, and the Kiwis are two down in the first two overs. Ravindra is caught in the slip by Abhishek Sharma.

Over Summary: 0 W 0 1 0 0; New Zealand Live Score1-1 After 1 overs

This is one of the best caches that you will see from Sanju Samson, the wicketkeeper. He dived towards the left, full length, and then went with both his hands to the ball and caught it, to get Devon Conway out, and India now have the precious wicket of Devon Conway.

Chasing 239 will never be easy. Even though it is too dewy, the fact that the visitors need to score 12 runs per over is in itself a tough task to achieve. But if they do achieve, it will end up being their highest successful run chase ever in T20Is.

Over Summary: 6 6 0 Wd 4 0 4; India Live Score 238-7 After 20 overs

The idea was to ask a part-time pacer, Daryl Mitchell, to bowl the last over instead of the main spinners, Ish Sodhi and the captain himself, Mitchell Santer, did not really pay off well. Mitchell was hit for 21 runs, which included two fours and two sixes by Rinku Singh.

Thanks to the last over, Rinku, potentially seen as India’s finisher for the T20 World Cup 2026, ended up at unbeaten 44 off just 20 balls.

Over Summary: Wd 1 0 0 0 4 0; India Live Score 217-7 After 19 overs

Brilliant bowling from Duffy. When the entire New Zealand line-up was going at way over nine and 10, this guy had gone for only 27 runs in his four overs and taken two wickets as well.

Over Summary: 1 6 4 1 W 2; India Live Score 211-7 After 18 overs

Wicket!! Another wicket, and this is the first wicket for Kristian Clarke as he gets rid of the Indian vice-captain Axar Patel. However, despite the wicket, 14 runs have come from the over. Two overs remaining, and India must be targeting 250.

Over Summary: 2 4 0 1 2 1; India Live Score 197-6 After 17 overs

The template is getting clearer here. Bowl the slower ones and then try and aske the batter to do all the power hitting.

Over Summary: 1 1 Wd 0 W 1 1; India Live Score 187-6 After 16 overs

Wicket!! Jacob Duffy is doing great work here as he not only gives just five runs, bowling at death, but gets the big wicket of Hardik Pandya.

Over Summary: 1 4 6 1 1 1; India Live Score 182-5 After 15 overs

This is great for India. Although they have lost wickets at regular intervals, they have still been able to make amends quickly and get going immediately. Another great over in the kitty as they collect 14 from the over.

Over Summary: 4 Wd 1 6 W Wd 0 1; India Live Score 168-5 After 14 overs

After a no-boundary over and a wicket before that over, we have another over where we have another wicket falling. But despite the wicket, India have had a fairly good over, taking 14 runs from it.

Over Summary: 0 1 2 1 0 1; India Live Score 154-4 After 13 overs

Finally, an over where there are no boundaries and the Kiwis will heave a sigh of relief. India, on the other hand, with Hardik at the wicket, will be furious to waste an over here.