Devon Conway, Daryl Mitchell And Spinners Shine As New Zealand Beat India In 1st T20I

New Zealand take boasting rights, beat India by 21 go to go 1-0 up in the series. © AFP Devon Conway and Daryl Mitchell invoked proficient and intense half-centuries prior to the spinners choked the hosts as New Zealand beat India by 21 runs in the opening T20I to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series on Friday. Asked to take descent on, opener Conway continued his purple spot with a 35-ball 52, while Mitchell smashed a 30-ball unbeaten 59, that included a last-over knocking of Arshdeep Singh for 27 runs, to power the Black Caps to a difficult 176 for 6. The Kiwi bowlers, led by Mitchell Santner (2/11) and Michael Bracewell (2/31), then spun a web around the house batters, limit India to 155 for 9 in 20 overs. India had a dreadful start to their chase with both Ishan Kishan (4) and Rahul Tripathi (0) returned to the pavillion by the 3rd over. While Ishan was hoodwinked by Bracewell, pacer Jacob Duffy (1/27) caused a great edge off Rahul’s blade. Shubman Gill (7) too died not long after being tricked by Santner as India plunged to 15 for 3. Suryakumar Yadav (47 ), nevertheless, searched in excellent touch as he got 2 limits prior to selecting one off his hips for a 6 off Lockie Ferguson (1/22). Santner then bowled a maiden as India reached 33 for 3 in the powerplay overs. With the pitch offering grip and turn, New Zealand spinners managed the procedures keeping it flat and blending the length even as Hardik released a drive over additional cover to alleviate the pressure. Suryakumar too highlighted his series of sweep shots to keep the scoreboard ticking. When Blair Tickner was presented, he played a square cut and after that sent out another one through backwards point for succeeding fours as India reached 74 for 3 in 10 overs. Leg-spinner Ish Sodhi was then sent out completely over additional cover for an optimum however New Zealand struck two times in next 5 balls to get rid of both the set batters. While Surya cracked one off Sodhi to Finn Allen at long on, Hardik was captured and bowled by Bracewell a
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