New Zealand scored 164/6 after being put into bat first by India. Martin Guptill played a good hand of 70 off 42 balls including three fours and four sixes.He had a good stand of 109 runs with Mark Chapman (63) who also scored his first fifty in T20Is for the Kiwis.

One of Martin Guptill’s four sixes was a no-look six over the deep-mid wicket. The right-hander hit the six just a ball before he was eventually dismissed by the Indian pacer.

Martin Guptill Scored 70 Off 42

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Chahar gave Guptill a hard stare dismissing him on the very next ball, which became one of the moments of the first innings. The Indian bowlers bowled well in the final overs after the century stand from Guptill and Chapman. The experienced Kiwi batter fell with the team score on 150 in the 18th over. In the last few deliveries, the rest of the Kiwi batters scored just 15 runs as The Indian bowlers came back into the game.

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Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ravichandran Ashwin, India’s two most experienced bowlers took two wickets each. Deepak Chahar and Mohammed Siraj took one each.

“After losing an early one, it was about putting a partnership together after the powerplay. This contributed to a fair team total. It’s nice to get a chance and the guys played well in the World Cup. Glad to get a few out of the middle and just be out there with Guptill. A few balls keeping low and stopping, so it’s a competitive total, and we back our bowling side to do a good job defending this” said Chapman on his innings after the game and also spoke about how the pitch behaved.

India are chasing 166 to win the first T20I. India have won 17 out of their last 21 games while chasing at home. Out of the four defeats, three have come against the Kiwis. The Black Caps also got the better of Team India recently in the T20n World Cup tie.

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