Skipper Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav produced impressive knocks as India registered a five-wicket win over New Zealand in the opening ...
Skipper Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav produced impressive knocks as India registered a five-wicket win over New Zealand in the opening T20 International in Jaipur on Wednesday.
Martin Guptill (70 off 42) and Mark Chapman (63 off 50) took New Zealand to 164/6.
India vs New Zealand, 1st T20I as it happened: Rishabh Pant guides hosts to narrow win
India’s chase was set up by Rohit (48 off 36), who made his full-time captaincy debut, and Suryakumar Yadav (62 off 40) who came in at No 3 in place of the rested Virat Kohli.
The home team was motoring towards a comfortable win but struggled in the final four overs. In the end, with New Zealand running out of bowling options, Daryl Mitchell was made to bowl the final over.
Debutant Venkatesh Iyer hit his first ball in international cricket for four before Rishabh Pant got the winning runs.
The game marked the start of a new chapter in Indian cricket with Rohit as T20I skipper and Rahul Dravid as head coach.
With both teams resting some of their key players as part of workload management, it was very much an even contest before the first ball was bowled.
India raced to 50 for no loss in five overs with Rohit playing some delightful shots. He...
