India
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New Zealand
| 2/111 New Zealand win by 8 wickets |
| 0/17 (1.3) | *Thakur | O: 14.3 | ||
| 0/17 (2.0) | Pandya | RR:6.80 |
 | 12.4 2/96 |  | Mitchell () | |
| 3.4 1/24 | | Guptill () |
| First Innings: India | 7/110 | RR: 4.71 | O: 20.0 |
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| First Innings: India | 7/110 | RR: 4.71 | O: 20.0 |
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| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
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Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 2, nb 0) | 4 | ||||
| Total | 110 | ||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Ec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T.A. Boult | 4.0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 5.00 |
| T.G. Southee | 4.0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 6.50 |
| M.J. Santner | 4.0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3.75 |
| A.F. Milne | 4.0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 7.50 |
| I.S. Sodhi | 4.0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 4.25 |
| First Innings: New Zealand | 2/111 | RR: 6.80 | O: 14.3 |
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| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
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Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 6, nb 0) | 7 | ||||
| Total | 111 | ||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Ec |
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| V.C. Vinod | 4.0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 5.75 |
| J.J. Bumrah | 4.0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 4.75 |
| R.A. Jadeja | 2.0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 11.50 |
| M. Shami | 1.0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11.00 |
| S.N. Thakur | 1.3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 11.33 |
| H.H. Pandya | 2.0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8.50 |
Having both lost to Pakistan, India and New Zealand might already be playing off for a T20 World Cup semi-final spot. Join The Roar for live scores from 1am (AEDT).
Pre-tournament favourites India were dealt a major reality check in their opening match, going down by ten wickets to the red-hot Pakistan. Gun openers Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul were dismissed in an opening burst from star left-arm quick Shaheen Shah Afridi, and the manner of their dismissals is sure to give encouragement to the Black Caps’ own left-armer Trent Boult.
The Black Caps weren’t thrashed by quite as much, but were powerless to stop a six-hitting onslaught at the death from Asif Ali to lose with an over and change to spare. The loss of quick Lockie Ferguson for the rest of the tournament to injury is a major blow, especially after watching Tim Southee treated with disdain in the final overs. Plenty rests on the shoulders of spin twins Ish Sodhi and Mitchell Santner in Dubai tonight.
The Black Caps inflicted the 2016 T20 World Cup’s biggest shock in that tournament’s opener, skittling India for just 79 en route to an undefeated group stage. Can they repeat the dose here tonight, and leave the cricket monolith on death’s doorstep already?
Game information
Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
First ball: 1am (AEDT)
TV: Fox Cricket
Streaming: Kayo Sports
Betting: India $1.47, New Zealand $2.70 – odds via PlayUp
Squads
India
Virat Kohli (c), Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Rahul Chahar, Ishan Kishan, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Shardul Thakur, Varun Chakravarthy, Suryakumar Yadav.
New Zealand
Kane Williamson (c), Todd Astle, Trent Boult, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Martin Guptill, Kyle Jamieson, Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Tim Seifert, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee.
Mitchell
Roar Rookie
I don’t doubt doubt that I would just still have De Grandhomme in the squad a a good experienced player can go at a good strike rate and give you a handy over. as well I don’t see the harm in having him on the bench.
Sedz
Guest
Very disappointing to see the way India has played. They never turned up with the bat today. It’s not about loosing but the manner India lost was most disappointing and India doesn’t deserve to progress to next stage. Probably 2006 World Cup was one of the worst for India in recent times but this performance is equally worse. As if dropping SK Yadav wasn’t a bad move , Kohli moved Rohit to one down. To me Rahul never deserves to be in playing 11. His strike rate is always around 120 even in best flat tracks. With the conditions in Dubai, batsman have to target power play so that they can rotate strike after 6th over mark. Rahul was never keen to score runs .
@Mitchell. Because your namesake, Darryl Mitchell, is a seriously good, seriously underrated cricketer, and showed tonight what he can do at the top of the order, and is a fairly decent bowler if ever called upon.
Targa
Roar Rookie
Great win. Absolutely smashed them. If we can beat Afghanistan which will be tough it will be NZ v England in the semis. Time to get one back after the 2019 ODI WC.
Targa
Roar Rookie
Need to finish them. Am worried about Afghanistan though - seriously good team
Targa
Roar Rookie
Didn’t make the squad. Neither did Colin Munro
Mitchell
Roar Rookie
Why don't NZ have De Grandhomme playing? I thought he was a decent T20 player.
Stuckbetweenindopak
Roar Rookie
On a local channel Sunil Gavasker slams short boundaries employed in IPL while explaining the nature of dismissals today as most of Indian batters holded out to deep fielders
Stuckbetweenindopak
Roar Rookie
Bumrah looking dangerous, NZ need to play him carefully
Jeff
Roar Rookie
India level with Namibia’s score now.
La grandeur d'Athéna
Roar Rookie
On this pitch hundred plus might be defendable.
Stuckbetweenindopak
Roar Rookie
Time to grab some pop corns and watch them cry like babies
La grandeur d'Athéna
Roar Rookie
This one was replica of Aaron Finch wicket.
La grandeur d'Athéna
Roar Rookie
We will need almost forty runs from fifteen balls just to match Australia's score
La grandeur d'Athéna
Roar Rookie
Jaddu needs to be more careful about where he is running.
La grandeur d'Athéna
Roar Rookie
Our boys are trying to make Australia look alright for the other day. Incredible.