ICC World Twenty20 IND vs NZ: Kiwi spinners shine, India all out for 79

IND 79

19th over: It's all over here, Milne uproots Nehra's stumps. India all out for 79. New Zealand win the match by 47 runs.

IND 79/9; Nehra 0, Bumrah 9

18th over: Dream wicket for Santner, Dhoni out for 30. The young spinner finishes with 4/11.

IND 75/8; Dhoni 26, Nehra 0

17th over: Ashwin (10) loses balance, falls short, Ronchi makes no mistake. Eight down for India.

IND 66/7; Dhoni 18, Ashwin 10

16th over: This was the over India could have utilised considering the bowler being Anderson. Ashwin should have run the last one for a couple but he is not that quick between wickets.

IND 61/7; Dhoni 16, Ashwin 8

15th over: Sodhi manages to keep Dhoni quiet. The required rate is soaring, can Dhoni rescue Team India?

IND 57/7; Dhoni 13, Ashwin 7

14th over: Another four-run over, Santner keeps it tight.

IND 53/7; Dhoni 11, Ashwin 5

13th over: Another quiet over, the required rate is soaring in an otherwise low-scoring game. Dhoni needs to bat till the end to create a miracle out here.

IND 49/7; Dhoni 9, Ashwin 3

12th over: McCullum comes back with the ball. The New Zealand team selection worked wonders with the spinners. Only four off the over. This is the last recognised batting pair for India.

IND 45/7; Dhoni 6, Ashwin 1

11th over: Whoa! That's the end of Jadeja. He goes for a duck, caught and bowled Sodhi.

IND 42/6; Dhoni 5, Jadeja 0

10th over: Santner traps Pandya, third wicket for the youngster. The young man goes for only 1.

IND 41/5; Dhoni 4, Pandya 1

9th over: Ish Sodhi, you beauty! What a start to the World Cup. He snatches an outside edge off Kohli (23). Big wicket for the young man.

IND 39/4; Kohli 23, Dhoni 3

8th over: Elliott concedes only six runs. Kohli has quicked moved on to the 20s, he has converted most of his starts to 50s in the shortest format.

IND 33/4; Kohli 19, Dhoni 2

7th over: Milne starts off nicely. The Indians need to build a partnership here. Four off the over.

IND 29/4; Kohli 17, Dhoni 1

6th over: Williamson throws the ball to medium pacer Elliott. The Kiwis have read the conditions pretty well it seems. There will be Ish Sodhi with his leg-spinners in the later stages. The target of 127 looks difficult now.

IND 26/4; Kohli 15, Dhoni 0

5th over: McCullum sends Yuvraj (4) back. A caught and bowled decision that went upstairs. Tough luck for the southpaw. MS Dhoni walks into bat.

IND 21/3; Kohli 14, Yuvraj 0

4th over: Kohli takes pressure off India by stealing a couple of boundaries off Anderson. The star India player missed out on runs in the warm-up match against South Africa but he seems to have done his homework.

IND 12/3; Kohli 5, Yuvraj 0

3rd over: What a scintillating start for Santner, two wickets in the very first over. Daniel Vettori retired but left a shadow behind. Rohit (5) steps out and is deceived by flight, Ronchi brilliant with the glovework. The Kiwis' superb field placement earn Santner another wicket in Raina (1) who tries to chip and finds Guptill at midwicket.

IND 10/1; Rohit 5, Kohli 4

2nd over: Four runs off Corey Anderson's first over. Kohli walks into bat.

IND 6/1; Rohit 4, Kohli 1

1st over: Nathan McCullum traps Dhawan (1) early, an interesting ploy by the Kiwis to inject India their own medicine - spin.

NZ innings

NZ 126/7; Ronchi 21*, McCullum 0*

20th over: A good over for Ronchi and the Kiwis, 15 runs off it. The six off Nehra turned the tide for the tourists. Ronchi unbeaten on 21 off 11 balls.

NZ 111/6; Elliott 8, Ronchi 7

19th over: Ronchi finally finds the gap over extra cover region. But he has left it too late. Only eight runs, the Kiwis should be looking at a 15 or 20 an over in the last two now.

NZ 103/6; Elliott 6, Ronchi 1

18th over: The brilliant spell of Bumrah comes to an end, only five runs off it. Elliott and Ronchi trying to find the gaps but failing.

NZ 98/6; Elliott 2, Ronchi 0

17th over: Santner tries the big shot, mistimes and Dhoni takes an easy catch. He goes for 18.

NZ 90/5; Santner 12, Elliott 1

16th over: Bumrah yorker rattles Anderson's middle-stump. He hung in for a long time and went for 34. Bumrah bowled three consecutive yorkers. Grant Elliott is the new man.

NZ 88/4; Anderson34, Santner 11

15th over: Pandya introduced into the attack. A good over for New Zealand, 10 runs off it. Santner looks set now.

NZ 78/4; Anderson 33, Santner 3

14th over: Raina completes his brilliant spell of 4-0-15-1. Only three runs off the over.

NZ 75/4; Anderson 32, Santner 1

13th over: Jadeja continues his spell, the new batsman is Mitchell Santner. He bowls three wide balls and concedes a leg bye. A sloppy over from the spinner and a much needed one for the Black Caps.

NZ 63/4; Anderson 30, Santner 1

12th over: Oh boy! Raina, what a beauty! That's a freak dismissal. Raina holds on to the ball hit back at him by Anderson and throws it to the stumps finding Taylor (10) out of his crease.

NZ 59/3; Anderson 28, Taylor 9

11th over: Four runs off the Jadeja over, Anderson is setting the stage to go berserk after 15 overs it seems.

NZ 55/3; Anderson 26, Taylor 7

10th over: Six runs off Ashwin. The Indian spinners are getting into the act now. Dhoni exactly knows who his players are at the right time.

NZ 49/3; Anderson 25, Taylor 2

9th over: Anderson moves to a run-a-ball 25. Taylor is an effective batsman in the middle order and he needs to go cracking here if New Zealand is contemplating a big total. Seven off the over from Raina.

NZ 42/3; Anderson 19, Taylor 1

8th over: Bumrah with his second over now. Seven runs off the over. Taylor takes a single and tries to provide as much strike possible to Anderson.

NZ 35/3; Anderson 13, Taylor 0

7th over: Bowling change by Dhoni works. Suresh Raina introduced into the attack and boom, what a fine piece of glovework by the Indian skipper. Williamson departs for 8.

NZ 33/2; Anderson 13, Williamson 7

6th over: A magnificent over from Jasprit Bumrah. Only one from it.

NZ 32/2; Anderson 13, Williamson 6

5th over: Anderson steals a couple of boundaries off Ashwin. If he gets going, it will be difficult to stop the Kiwis. Anderson is a good striker of the ball and also has IPL experience.

NZ 22/2; Williamson 5, Anderson 4

4th over: Williamson cuts through for a boundary, he finally finds his touch. The Kiwi skipper has been trying to read Nehra since the first over and finally succeeds. Five off the over.

NZ 17/2; Williamson 1, Anderson 2

3rd over: Ashwin bowls a tight second over after leaking 13 in his first. The Kiwis are struggling to judge the length of the ball here. But the dangerous Corey Anderson has walked into bat.

NZ 14/2; Williamson 0 , Anderson 1

2nd over: Ashish Nehra provides breakthrough in his first over, Munro hands Hardik Pandya an easy catch at mid-off.

NZ 13/1; Munro 7, Williamson 0

1st over: What a terrific start for both the teams. So much action - a six off the first ball for Martin Guptill. A wicket in the second for Ravichandran Ashwin. Colin Munro walks in and reverse sweeps Ashwin for another six.

Kane Williamson won the toss and India will have a bowl first.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni and gang is all armed with cricketing weapons to take on the mighty New Zealand – going by their impressive record in the shortest format – in their ICC World Twenty20 opener in Nagpur on Tuesday.

Though the mild drizzle in the afternoon led to tense moments among fans but the sky now looks clear and set for the challenge.

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