India vs New Zealand 1st T20I at Jaipur, 17 Nov, 2021

Toss: India, who chose to bowl
New Zealand 164/6 (20)
India 166/5 (19.4)
India won by 5 wickets
Man of the Match: Suryakumar Yadav
  • Rishabh Pant 17 * (17)
  • Axar Patel 1 * (1)

Over 0.1 Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls a good length delivery to Martin Guptill, no run, gets forward and defended towards cover-point with an open face

Over 0.2 Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls a back of length delivery to Martin Guptill,1 run, stands tall and punches it to the right of Shreyas at cover-point, off the mark with a single

Over 0.3 Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls a good length delivery to Daryl Mitchell, out Bowled! Mitchell was rooted to the crease, was pushing forward in defence, big gap between bat and pad, and the ball knocks the top of the middle stump

Over 3.1 Mohammed Siraj bowls it short of length to Martin Guptill,1 run, gets inside the line and flicks it straight to Ashwin at short fine, called through for a quick single and he has to scamper across

Over 3.5 Mohammed Siraj bowls a pitched up delivery to Martin Guptill,1 run, gets forward and plays with a straight bat and drives it back at the bowler - Siraj bends down low on his followthrough, gets a hand onto it and takes the pace off

Over 4.5 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a quicker arm ball to Martin Guptill, no run, leans into the drive and finds cover-point

Over 4.6 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Martin Guptill,1 run, gets forward and worked in front of square on the on-side for a single

Over 5.1 Deepak Chahar bowls it short of length to Martin Guptill, Boundary! Shuffles across on the back foot and pulled away through mid-wicket and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 5.2 Deepak Chahar bowls a good length delivery to Martin Guptill,1 run, gets forward and worked in front of square on the on-side for a single

Over 6.1 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Martin Guptill,1 run, gets forward and drives it to long-off for a single

Over 6.3 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Martin Guptill,1 run, gets forward and  plays with a slightly open face as he drove it square past point for a single

Over 7.1 Axar Patel tossed up delivery to Martin Guptill,1 run, gets forward and swept it straight to the man at deep square leg and picks up just a single.

Over 7.3 Axar Patel bowls it flat in the air to Martin Guptill,1 run, gets forward and worked in front of square on the on-side for a single

Over 7.6 Axar Patel tossed up delivery to Martin Guptill,1 run, gets forward and flicks it along the ground to long-on for one.

Over 8.1 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Martin Guptill,1 run, gets forward and  driven down to long-off for a single

Over 8.3 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls it flat in the air to Martin Guptill, 2 runs, gets forward and nudged with soft hands and towards mid-wicket, they run well and are back for the second

Over 8.4 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls it short of length to Martin Guptill,1 run, makes room and drives it to long-on for a single

Over 8.6 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Martin Guptill,1 leg bye, gets forward and flicks it off the pads towards short fine leg and picks up a leg bye.

Over 9.1 Axar Patel tossed up delivery to Martin Guptill,1 leg bye, gets forward and  attempted sweep, lobs off the thigh-pad and pops past Pant for a leg-bye

Over 9.4 Axar Patel tossed up delivery to Martin Guptill,1 run, beats him in the air, off the inside edge and then lobbed off the pad to the off-side

Over 10.1 Mohammed Siraj bowls it short of length to Martin Guptill, 2 runs, goes deep inside the crease and heaves it wide of long-on and picks up a couple of runs.

Over 10.2 Mohammed Siraj bowls a pitched up delivery to Martin Guptill,1 run, comes across and swiped this towards short fine leg where it has been stopped with a dive by Chahar

Over 10.4 Mohammed Siraj bowls a pitched up delivery to Martin Guptill, 2 runs,  clears his front leg late and squeezes this through mid-wicket for a couple.

Over 11.2: Single. Axar Patel to Martin Guptill,

Over 12.1 Deepak Chahar bowls a slower one to Martin Guptill, no run, goes for a wild swing, only to get an inside edge that drops short of Pant

Over 12.2 Deepak Chahar bowls a pitched up delivery to Martin Guptill,1 run, goes down on his knee to reach out for it and slices it over the infield at point.

Over 12.5 Deepak Chahar bowls a good length delivery to Martin Guptill, 2 runs, gets forward and heaves it down to long-on and picks up a couple of runs.

Over 12.6 Deepak Chahar bowls a pitched up delivery to Martin Guptill, Boundary! Moves across in the crease and  flicks it past the fielder at backward square leg to move into the 40s

Over 13.2 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Mark Chapman, out Bowled!! Chapman swings across the line. Misses it altogether as he gets deceived due to the flight, only to find his stumps rattled. 

Over 13.5 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a quicker arm ball to Glenn Phillips, out LBW! Gets beaten on his defence as the ball whizzes past the outside edge. Struck on the back pad and hawkeye confirms this would have crashed into the off-stump.

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