India vs New Zealand Cricket Score, 1st T20I Highlights: IND defeat NZ by 48 runs, lead series 1-0
India vs New Zealand 1st T20 Highlights: India defeated New Zealand by 48 runs and took 1-0 lead in the 5-match series at Nagpur. Glenn Phillips scored 78 but it was all for naught as the Kiwis couldn’t overhaul the target with Varun Chakaravarthy and Shivam Dube taking 2 wickets apiece for the hosts.
Abhishek Sharma’s 84 and Rinku Singh’s late fireworks helped India post 238/7 against New Zealand in the 1st T20I, their highest vs the Kiwis in the shortest format. New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner won the toss and has put Suryakumar Yadav’s India to bat first at the Vidharbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur in the first of their five-match T20I series. The series against New Zealand will be the Men in Blue’s last series before they are required to defend their T20 World Cup title.
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While India come into the series with the form guide favoruing them — they have won every single bilateral series they have played in the shortest format, winning 28 matches and losing just five in that period — there is plenty of intrigue around the Indian squad, particularly around the form of captain Suryakumar Yadav and the inclusion of ishan Kishan after his heroics in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy for Jharkhand. Ishan will bat at no 3 in the first game, captain Yadav has already confirmed.
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IND vs NZ Squads
India: Sanju Samson(w), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Ishan Kishan, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh
New Zealand: Tim Robinson, Devon Conway(w), Rachin Ravindra, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner(c), Kyle Jamieson, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy, Matt Henry, Bevon Jacobs, Kristian Clarke, Zakary Foulkes
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Match EndedNew Zealand tour of India, 2026 – 1st T20I
India
238/7 (20.0)
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New Zealand
190/7 (20.0)
Match Ended ( 1st T20I )
India beat New Zealand by 48 runs
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India vs New Zealand, 1st T20I: Ishan Kishan’s return after a long period in wilderness adds intrigue with World Cup round the corner
With the recent injury to Tilak Varma, skipper Suryakumar Yadav confirmed that Kishan will play his first match in India colours since November 2023 on Wednesday. (AP)
For Ishan Kishan, the start of 2024 began a two-year period when he was firmly out of the scheme of things for India, a sudden reversal for the country’s highly-rated wicketkeeper-batter who was considered to have an unsatisfactory attitude and mindset in the murky aftermath of his request for a mental fatigue-induced break.
The same Kishan starts 2026 with a resounding return to the national team on Wednesday, when he will feature in the first of the five-match T20I series against New Zealand. He does so by fortuitously riding the changing tides of Indian cricket. Proclamations can be fickle; especially considering a team in transition. (READ MORE)