34.3 overs New Zealand 108 (Phillips 36, Shami 3-18, Washington 2-7, Hardik 2-16) vs India
India’s fast bowlers ran via New Zealand with a mixture of accuracy, swing, bounce and two sharp return catches to bowl them out for 108 in beneath 35 overs in what was the worldwide debut for the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Worldwide Stadium in Raipur.
Shami was the primary to strike when he adopted a number of outswingers with one which got here in and bowled Finn Allen for a duck within the first over. His swing, and Siraj’s wobbly seam and good carry tied up the highest order, and Siraj then had Henry Nicholls edging one to first slip within the sixth over. Barring a number of wides from Shami, India’s quicks bowled no freebies early on.
4 balls after Nicholls’ fall, Shami grabbed a pointy return catch together with his left hand off Daryl Mitchell and although Rohit Sharma took him off quickly after, Shami ended his first spell with 4-1-5-2. Siraj, too, was taken off after his first spell of 4-14-1, however Thakur and Hardik additionally acquired breakthroughs quickly after being introduced on.
Devon Conway registered the primary boundary of the innings within the ninth over, off Thakur, however Hardik took a pointy, one-handed return catch to ship Conway again for 7 within the following over. Thakur then acquired on the scorecard when Tom Latham, who had left almost half of his first 16 balls, chased a large supply and handed Shubman Gill his second catch at first slip.
From 56 for six, Phillips and Santner placed on a affected person stand of 47 off 70 balls, thanks to 2 lives Santner acquired off Kuldeep. The primary got here within the over after Bracewell fell when Rohit could not maintain on to a tricky likelihood whereas diving to his proper at midwicket, and Kuldeep later put down a better return catch regardless of getting each arms to the ball over his head, when Santner was on 6.
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