India vs New Zealand 1st T20 Live Score: NZ beat IND by 21 runs ...

India vs New Zealand 1st T20I Live: New Zealand beat India by 21 runs

India are 155/9 after 20 overs. India's batting has failed quite miserably but the fact remains, if New Zealand had not smashed those 27 runs in the last over, this match would have been a nail biter. The Kiwi bowlers, led by Mitchell Santner (2/11) and Michael Bracewell (2/31), spun a web around the home batters, restrict India to 155 for 9 in 20 overs.

IND vs NZ Live score: OUT! Sundar falls after scoring 50

One ball left, one wicket left. New Zealand players had started shaking hands with the Indians thinking that the game is done but no, they have to stay out for one more ball. 

India vs New Zealand Live Cricket Score: 6, 4, 4, Washington Sundar having fun!

Some fantastic shots from Sundar and Jacob Duffy is now under pressure. The first ball goes over long off for a six, then two fours to right of extra cover. 

IND vs NZ 1st T20I Live: Wicket maiden for Ferguson!

He dismissed Kuldeep Yadav off the first ball and then Arshdeep Singh somehow saw through the entire over. Second wicket maiden of the match for New Zealand. 

IND vs NZ Live score: GONE! 

Mavi has been run out at the non-striker's end, Santner, of course, is the man who hits the stumps on the move. The New Zealand captain has made absolutely no mistakes today in the field or with the ball. 

Mavi run out (Santner) 2 (3), India 115/7 in 16.1 overs

India vs New Zealand Live Cricket Score: OUT! Deepak Hooda falls

That should be the match. Hooda had no choice but to go after Santner, comes forward but Santner pulls his length back and the Santner takes it past the batter. Easy stumping for Conway. 

Hooda st Conway b Santner 10 (10), India 111/6 in 15.4 overs

IND vs NZ 1st T20I Live: SIX! 

Fourth ball of the 14th, Bracewell sends it in straight and Hooda smashes it over long-on. India need many more of these. 

India vs New Zealand 1st T20I Live: DROPPED AGAIN!

This time it is Chapman who drops it coming in from long on. Can India still make use of this treasure trove of luck that they have come accross?

IND vs NZ Live score: Dropped!

Some luck for India. Sundar gets a top edge and the ball goes up behind him. Conway and Sodhi running for it, the former pulls out but Sodhi has too much to do. He puts in the dive but cannot get it to stick.  

India vs New Zealand Live Cricket Score: OUT! It's the captain!

Pandya with a big heave off Bracewell, it takes a top edge and goes many a mile high up in the air. Bracewell claims it, positions himself well and takes the catch. 

Pandya c & b Bracewell 21 (20), India 89/5 in 12.2 overs

IND vs NZ 1st T20I Live: OUT! SKY falls! 

That is a huge blow and it has come completely against the run of play. SKY looking to help this to the leg side, but he ends up hitting it to wide long-on. Timed it too well, he had hit a six off the previous delivery itself. 

Suryakumar Yadav c Allen b Sodhi 47 (34), India 83/4 in 11.4 overs, need 94 runs in 50 balls

India vs New Zealand 1st T20I Live: Santner continues to stifle India

Just one run in the 11th over bowled by Santner. He has given just one run in 12 balls in fact, as the last over he bowled was a maiden. His figures so far stand at 1/6. Just extaordinary from the New Zealand captain. 

IND vs NZ Live score: India 74/3 in 10 overs

This partnership has reached 59 in 41 balls. It has helped India recover from that disastrous start. New Zealand know that one wicket here is enough to put them well ahead once again but for now, india are clawing back. India need 103 to win off 60 balls. 

India vs New Zealand Live Cricket Score: BACK TO BACK FOURS!

Suryakumar given a bit of room outside off by Tickner and he sends both those deliveries to the boundary. 

IND vs NZ 1st T20I Live: FOUR! Swept again by SKY

Reaches for it and sweeps the fifth ball of the ninth square. SKY has got an array of sweep shots and he is using as many of it as he can agains the spinners today. 

India vs New Zealand 1st T20I Live: FOUR!

Surya sweeps the second ball of the ninth over fine off Sodhi and that goes to the boundary. The partnership has reached 41 opf 31.  

IND vs NZ Live score: SIX! 

The third ball of the seventh over is full and outside off from Bracewell, Pandya slogs sweep it over long-on.

India vs New Zealand Live Cricket Score: Maiden from Santner! India 33/3 in 6 overs

Santner keeps SKY pegged in his crease. What a powerplay this has been for New Zealand, utterly dominant. And it is only now that they bring Ish Sodhi in. The danger just won't a go-go for India. 

IND vs NZ 1st T20I Live: FOUR! Shot from Pandya!

India vs New Zealand 1st T20I Live: SIX! SKY goes aerial!

Ferguson drifts to SKY's pads and the batter picks him up over fine leg for his first maximum of the night. India need a gigantic partnership between him and Pandya to harbour any hopes of winning this match but they are capable of it. New Zealand know that the game is far from being theirs yet. 

IND vs NZ Live score: OUT! And now Gill goes!

The captain strikes with his first ball of the match. Short from Santner, Gill rocks back but the ball grips and turns and the India opener can only get a top edge straight to square leg. India's top order has been shredded to pieces. 

Gill c Allen b Santner 7 (6), India 15/3 in 3.1 overs 

India vs New Zealand Live Cricket Score: OUT! Shaky start for India

Appeal for caught behind, although bowler Duffy didn't seem too excited. But replays show a very clear spike on the snicko and that is the end for Rahul Tripathi.  

Tripathi c Conway b Duffy 0 (6), India 15/3 in 3.1 overs

IND vs NZ 1st T20I Live: OUT! Ishan Kishan cleaned up!

Pitched on good length around middle, Ishan Kishan looks to defend but the ball spins right past his outside edge. Bracewell making the most of the spin on offer. 

Kishan b Bracewell 4 (5), India 10/1 in 1.3 overs

India vs New Zealand 1st T20I Live: FOUR!India 5/0 after one over

Kishan with the late cut to send the last ball of the first over past short third man.

IND vs NZ Live score: Ishan Kishan and Shubman Gill open

Jacob Duffy has the ball in his hands. India will need a bit of an express start here to calm the nerves. 

India vs New Zealand Live Cricket Score: 27 runs off the last over! New Zealand 176/6

Arshdeep nails the yorker for the last two balls, with Kuldeep's misfield allowing the Kiwis to run two off the second last. How about that for a last over, Daryl Mitchell has finished unbeaten on 59 off just 30 balls. 

IND vs NZ 1st T20I Live: FOUR! Disastrous last over for India

Arshdeep goes wide outside off, Mitchell sends it past backward point. 23 runs off the first three balls now, New Zealand 172/6!

India vs New Zealand 1st T20I Live: SIX AGAIN!

Mitchell races past 50 in just 26 balls! That's 19 runs in the first two balls of the 20th over. 

IND vs NZ Live score: SIX! 13 runs off the 1st ball of the last over

Flattest of sixes from Mitchell, he pulls the short delivery from Arshdeep. India's good work in the last three overs has been half undone already. 

India vs New Zealand Live Cricket Score: SIX! 

And a no ball from Arshdeep Singh. He has had his problems with this in the recent past. Mitchell smashes it over long-on. 

India vs New Zealand Live Cricket Score: OUT! Mavi gets a wicket

Mavi bangs it in and makes Santner hook one straight into the hands of deep midwicket. This is turning out to be a great finish from India, just 26 runs in the last three overs for three wickets. 

India vs New Zealand 1st T20I Live: GONE! Sensational run out by Ishan Kishan

Slow ball from Arshdeep, Mitchell looking for a big mow and misses it completely. Bracewell runs in looking for a leg bye but Ishan Kishan is alert, throws away his gloves, picks the ball up and throws it on the stumps like a certain former India captain and local favourite sitting in the stands.

Bracewell run out (Ishan Kishan) 1 (2), New Zealand 140/5 in 17.5 overs

IND vs NZ Live score: OUT! Conway falls at last

Big breakthrough for India just as New Zealand look to accelerate in the death overs. 

Devon Conway c Hooda b Arshdeep Singh 52 (35), New Zealand 139/4 in 17.2 overs

India vs New Zealand Live Cricket Score: SIX! New Zealand 139/3 in 17 overs

Mitchell sends Hardik straight back over his head. He started the over with a six and ends it with another. 

IND vs NZ 1st T20I Live: 50 for Conway!

A single off the fifth ball of the 16th over does the job. He has got there in 31 balls. Conway has looked at home against spin and that has helped him the most here. 

India vs New Zealand 1st T20I Live: Mitchell saved by umpire's call!

Big appeal off the third ball of the 16th over bowled by Daryl Mitchell. Ishan Kishan much more certain this time than he was for that bat pad catch. But in the end, it's the umpire's call that's held up. Bowler Washington Sundar goes down on his haunches before getting up and walking to his mark. 

IND vs NZ Live score: New Zealand 117/3 in 15 overs

Kuldeep Yadav bowls out and a loud appeal for a bat-pad catch to the wicketkeeper off the last ball. Pandya takes the review, even though Kishan says that there was no bat of glove on it, India can afford to take a speculative review here. It takes minutes and minutes for all the required replays to come and finally, Mitchell is deemed to be safe. Just two runs in that over. 

India vs New Zealand Live Cricket Score: OUT! Kuldeep breaks the stand!

Phillips done by the wrong'un. Goes for a slog sweep and holes out to deep midwicket. The partrnership ends at 60 runs off 47 balls.  

Glenn Phillips c Yadav b Kuldeep Yadav 17 (22), New Zealand 103/3 in 13 overs

IND vs NZ 1st T20I Live: FOUR! New Zealand 96/2 in 12 overs

That also brings up the 50-run partnership. A loose one from Deepak Hooda short of a length and wide and Phillips smacks it past backward point. 

India vs New Zealand 1st T20I Live: FOUR! 

A little flat and short and Conway gets down on one knee to swat it away to the boundary. Sunil Gavaskar says that he delayed his shot a little bit so as to get it past the fielder at the boundary. 

IND vs NZ Live score: New Zealand 79/2 in 10 overs

It's time for drinks. The 10th over is bowled by Pandya and he gives just six runs in it. This match is finely poised at the moment, Allen's big hits gave New Zealand a good start and Conway has ensured that they haven't fallen astray after Washington Sundar took those two wickets. Neither side firmly on top as of yet. 

India vs New Zealand Live Cricket Score: “Dhoni! Dhoni!” chants around the ground

All the eyes and the cameras move away from the ground and on to the big screen as MS Dhoni is shown on it sitting with his wife Sakshi. The former India captain gives the camera a little wave, cue more cheers. 

IND vs NZ 1st T20I Live: New Zealand 70/2 in 8 overs

Conway has raced to 27 off 14 balls while Phillips is on five off seven. The danger has by no means gone  here, these are two extremely dangerous batters in the middle and India would be desperately looking for a wicket here. Kuldeep Yadav gets handed the ball. 

India vs New Zealand 1st T20I Live: SIX! Conway taking charge

Umran strays onto Conway's pads, a cardinal sin when bowling to the New Zealand opener, and the latter sends it over long leg. Conway had been content with standing at the other end while Allen went big games but now he has taken charge. 

IND vs NZ Live score: OUT! Screamer by Sundar off his own bowling!

Washington Sundar bowled three beauties to Mark Chapman after Allen fell and now, a brilliant catch after another fantastic delivery. He sends in a slow one, Chapman comes forward for the defence and the ball comes off the sticker. Sundar is quick to dart towards his right and take a diving catch. It is sent upstairs by the on-field umpires with a soft signal of out and the replays show that Sundar had taken a clean catch. 

Chapman c & b Washington Sundar 0 (4), NZ 43/2 in 5 overs

India vs New Zealand Live Cricket Score: GONE! Allen falls!

Allen c Yadav b Washington Sundar 35 (23), NZ 43/1 in 4.2 overs

IND vs NZ 1st T20I Live: SIX! NZ 43/0 in 4.1 overs

Finn Allen is on a roll. Uses the turn from Washington Sundar and sends the ball flying over deep midwicket with a slog-sweep. 

India vs New Zealand 1st T20I Live: FOUR! Lucky edge for Allen

Allen slashes hard at the fifth ball of the fourth that is sent in full and wide by Arshdeep. It gets a thick edge and flies over third man for four. 

IND vs NZ Live score: SIX! Allen continues his onslaught

Length ball from Arshdeep for the first delivery of the fourth and that goes over long-on for a six. He changes the angle immediately and goes around the wicket. 

IND vs NZ 1st T20I Live: FOUR! Conway puts away the first delivery he faces 

Arshdeep steers wide and full outside off, Conway reaches for it and puts it past backward point. New Zealand are 23/0 in 2 overs. Washington Sundar comes in for the third. 

IND vs NZ 1st T20I Live: FOUR! 

Arshdeep has already bowled 2 wides before getting his second delivery right and now the third is bludgeoned along the ground past the bowler by Allen for four. He has scored all of the runs so far for New Zealand, alongwith three wides - Conway yet to face a single delivery. New Zealand 18/0 in 1.3 overs. 

India vs New Zealand 1st T20I Live: 12 runs off the first over

Pandya was punished every time he went full on off by Allen. A fairly good start this for New Zealand. Arshdeep Singh bowls the 2nd over. 

IND vs NZ Live score: FOUR AGAIN!

Fifth ball, similar delivery and this time it is bludgeoned to the other side past mid-on for four. Allen has made quite an extraordinary start to his T20 career and this won't be the same opening batter was out for back to back ducks in the second and third ODIs. 

India vs New Zealand Live Cricket Score: FOUR! Allen gets going

The fourth ball is pitched up by Pandya, Allen lifts it over covers to send it to the boundary. 

IND vs NZ 1st T20I Live: Hardik Pandya opens the bowling

It had happened in the third ODI and Pandya had actually taken a wicket in the over as well. He will bowl to Finn Allen with Devon Conway at the other end. 

India vs New Zealand 1st T20I Live: The national anthems!

First comes New Zealand's “God Defend New Zealand” and then India's “Jana Gana Mana” plays. 

IND vs NZ Live score: Mitchell Santner's thoughts

“We were challenged in the ODIs. There is no experience like playing India at home. Would be a challenge for some of the new guys. Looks pretty good. The dew is setting in. Would have been good to bowl first. Putting runs on the board and then defending would be challenging. Tom Latham and Nicholls are gone. Chapman and Sodhi are in.”

India vs New Zealand Live Cricket Score: What Hardik Pandya said

“We will have a bowl first. Looks like a good track. I can see dew right now and hence we want to bowl first. Just go out there and play the best cricket we know. It is a young team. We will focus on playing good cricket. Playing the ODIs before T20Is makes it easy to pass on. For a lot of them it is an experience just being in the team. Yuzi, Mukesh, Jitesh and Prithvi miss out”

IND vs NZ 1st T20I Live: Umran vs Lockie

Two of the fastest bowlers going around in international cricket. Both Umran Malik and Lockie Ferguson regularly touch speeds of over 150kph. Ranchi may be a batter friendly pitch but the fact remains that no batter would like a cherry to be rushing at them at those speeds even if the pitch is made of sponge. 

India vs New Zealand 1st T20I Live: New Zealand XI

Finn Allen, Devon Conway(w), Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner(c), Michael Bracewell, Jacob Duffy, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson, Blair Tickner

IND vs NZ Live score: India XI

Ishan Kishan(w), Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya(c), Deepak Hooda, Washington Sundar, Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep Yadav, Umran Malik, Arshdeep Singh

India vs New Zealand Live Cricket Score: TOSS ALERT!

Ravi Shastri's voice booms around the ground. Hardik Pandya flips the coin and wins the toss. India will bowl first. 

IND vs NZ 1st T20I Live: The pitch

"The pitch looks excellent, it's hard with an even covering of the grass," says Ajit Agarkar. "The ball will skid on but there could be a little bit of help with the new ball." The square boundaries are around 60-odd metres, down the ground it's into the 70s.

IND vs NZ Live score: SKY watch

Suryakumar Yadav is India's T20 vice-captain under Hardik Pandya and he is back in his neck of the woods. The ODI series went with him trying to make the most of whatever overs he could bat at No.5 and he didn't really make much of  a mark. But New Zealand know that they can pretty much kiss their chances of winning any match goodbye if they allow SKY stick around for more than 10 balls in this series. He has played three innings this year, and scored a century in one of them and his career strike rate is over 180 in 43 innings. 

IND vs NZ Live score: Santner takes over

Unlike India, New Zealand aren't too drastically changed. Probably the biggest change they have is that there will be no Tom Latham in the T20 series and all-rounder Mitchell Santner will lead the team.

India vs New Zealand Live Cricket Score: India Predicted XI

Openers: Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan

Middle order: Rahul Tripathi, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (c)

Power-hitter: Deepak Hooda

Spinners: Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal

Pacers: Umran Malik, Arshdeep Singh and Shivam Mavi

IND vs NZ 1st T20I Live: Shaw's wait to continue

Shaw's last international appearance for India was also his only T20I match and that came against Sri Lanka on July 25, 2021. He has been quite sensational for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy and has found a way back but Hardik Pandya made it clear that it will be Shubman Gill who will open the innings. 

India vs New Zealand 1st T20I Live: The absence of the big guns

Once again, there is no Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma and it is likely that these players won't be there in T20 series for the immediate future. Rohit and head coach Rahul Dravid have said that India are prioritising ODI cricket considering there is a World Cup that they are set to host later this year and so players who are considered as those who will play that tournament will be playing more ODIs whenever possible among the two white-ball formats. 

IND vs NZ Live score: T20Is in Ranchi thus far

The JSCA stadium has hosted three T20Is thus far, with the last one being against New Zealand in November 2021. India had won that match by seven wickets. Before that, India played Australia in October 2017 and Sri Lanka in February 2016, winning both those matches by comfortable margins.

India vs New Zealand Live Cricket Score: A Dhoni-shaped shadow

The great man will always be in the conversations whenever a match is being hosted in his hometown of Ranchi. Dhoni is, in fact, at the stadium often nowadays, going through the drills in preparation for the 2023 IPL. He even met the Indian team yesterday, clad in his blue Jharkhand training kit. 

IND vs NZ 1st T20I Live: No replacements for Gaikwad

Ruturaj Gaikwad is injured and out for the series but India have not gone for a replacement. There is hence a chance that we could see Shubman Gill and Ishan Kishan opening once again, unless the management decide to give Prithvi Shaw a go, of course. That is unlikely considering what Hardik Pandya said during the pre-match press conference. 

India vs New Zealand 1st T20I Live: New Zealand full squad

Finn Allen, Devon Conway(w), Mark Chapman, Glenn Phillips, Daryl Mitchell, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner(c), Lockie Ferguson, Ish Sodhi, Blair Tickner, Jacob Duffy, Michael Rippon, Dane Cleaver, Henry Shipley, Ben Lister

IND vs NZ Live score: India full squad

Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan(w), Rahul Tripathi, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya(c), Deepak Hooda, Washington Sundar, Shivam Mavi, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jitesh Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Prithvi Shaw

India vs New Zealand Live Cricket Score: Hello and welcome!

We are back to seeing Hardik Pandya as captain and Suryakumar Yadav as his deputy as India play a T20I series once more. This one serves a double role of a desert after the main course that was the ODI series against New Zealand and a taster before an even bigger meal that will be the much awaited Test series against Australia. There will be a number of faces today that we didn't see during the ODI series once again. Let's get to it!