Vikrant Shekhawat : Jan 27, 2023, 10:36 PM
IND vs NZ: In the first match of the T20 series, Team India had to face a crushing defeat by 21 runs against New Zealand. With this, the Indian team has gone 0-1 down in the 3-match bilateral series. With this defeat, India's invincible record at Ranchi ground has been broken. Earlier, the team did not lose any T20 match here.Batting first, New Zealand posted a score of 176 in Dhoni's hometown Ranchi. After that the Indian batsmen were restricted to 155 in the allotted overs. The heroes of Kiwi team's victory were Daryl Mitchell and Mitchell Santner.due to defeat1. 27 runs in the last overArshdeep Singh looted 27 runs in the last over of the first innings. Daryl Mitchell hit 3 sixes in his first 3 balls. If these runs were not scored then India would have got less target to win.2. Top order flopIndia's top order flopped badly in the target of 177 runs. Shubman Gill 7 and Ishaan Kishan were dismissed after scoring 4 runs. At the same time, Rahul Tripathi also returned to the pavilion on the score of zero.3. Bowling after winning the tossIndia captain Hardik Pandya ignored the pitch and won the toss and chose bowling. The spinners got help in the pitch. Had he batted first, he could have put New Zealand under pressure by scoring a big score. Spinners got more help in the second innings and India could not achieve the target.Top order did not workChasing the target of 177 runs, Team India's top order flopped. His top-3 batsmen could only add 11 runs. Rahul Tripathi could not even open an account. Apart from him, opener Gill scored 7 and Ishaan Kishan scored 4 runs.Team India's wickets fell like thisFirst: Ishaan Kishan was bowled by Michael Bracewell on the third ball of the second over.Second: Jacob Duffy caught Rahul Tripathi behind the wicket by Dwayne Conway.Third: On the first ball of the fourth over, Mitchell Santner got Shubman Gill caught by Finn Allen.Fourth: Surya caught Allen on the fourth ball of the 12th over. He was dismissed by Ish Sodhi.Fifth: Pandya was caught and bowled by Bracewell on the second ball of the 13th over.Sixth: Hooda was stumped by Santner's Conway.Seventh: Shivam Mavi was run out.Now New Zealand's innings...New Zealand scored 176 runsBatting first after losing the toss, the Kiwi team scored 176 runs losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. Daryl Mitchell scored the highest unbeaten 59 runs. Opener Dwayne Conway contributed 52 runs. Finn Allen played a fiery inning of 35 runs.Washington Sundar took the maximum two wickets for India. Shivam Mavi, Arshdeep Singh and Kuldeep Yadav got one wicket each.This is how New Zealand's wickets fellFirst: Sundar got Finn Allen caught by Surya in the 5th over.Second: Mark Chapman was caught and bowled by Sundar on the last ball of the 5th over.Third: Glenn Phillips caught Surya on the 5th ball of the 13th over. He was dismissed by Kuldeep.Fourth: Dwayne Conway was caught by Arshdeep Singh at the hands of Hooda on the second ball of the 18th over.Fifth: Michael Bracewell run out. Ishaan Kishan made him walk.Sixth: On the last ball of the 19th over, Shivam Mavi got Mitchell Santner caught by Rahul Yadav.Sundar gave two shocksWashington Sundar bowled accurately in the initial overs of New Zealand's innings. He made the top-2 batsmen of the Kiwi team walk. First, Sundar got Finn Allen caught by Surya. Then Mark Chapman was shown the way to the pavilion at zero.Allen-Conway gave a strong startOpeners Finn Allen and Dwayne Conway got New Zealand off to a brisk start. The team scored 47 runs losing two wickets in the power play. Conway was dismissed after scoring 35 runs in 23 balls.Team India Playing-11India: Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan, Rahul Tripathi, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (Captain), Deepak Hooda, Washington Sundar, Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep Yadav, Umran Malik, Arshdeep Singh.New Zealand: Finn Allen, Dwayne Conway, Mark Chapman, Glenn Phillips, Daryl Mitchell, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner, Jacob Duffy, Blair Tickner, Isha Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson.