Daryl Mitchell scored a game-changing 30-ball unbeaten 59 to help New Zealand take a 1-0 lead in the three-match T20I series against India in Ranchi. The pitch offered some purchase for the spinners, and Mitchell Santner, Michael Bracewell, and Ish Sodhi shared five scalps between them. In a chase for 177, the home team managed 155/9.
The spinner and Jacob Duffy put New Zealand in pole position after Mitchell's pyrotechnics powered the visitors to a slightly above-par total. Bracewell bowled a peach of a delivery in just the second over that pitched on middle leg, gripped, and then beat Ishan Kishan's tentative poke to hit top off. Rahul Tripathi, who took his place, made a nervous appearance in the box, and Duffy was soon headed toward the goalkeeper. To make matters worse, Santner took his first wicket when Shubman Gill gave the fielder at midwicket a leading edge.
Suryakumar and Hardik inspire hope for India's comeback For a time, the partnership of Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya did inspire hope. The duo exerted some pressure on the bowlers of New Zealand by employing slog sweeps, whip, cut, and loft. Suryakumar, on the other hand, was in jeopardy in the ninth over when Ish Sodhi's confident appeal for LBW was denied. The ball tracker suggested that the impact would be the umpire's decision and that it would simply hit the off-stump, but New Zealand aptly accepted the review.
the dismissal of Suryakumar. Suryakumar chipped Sodhi straight to Allen at long-on in the 12th over. As Hardik offered Bracewell a return catch, he followed the team's mainstay back to the pavilion. Washington Sundar faced Duffy and Lockie Ferguson lower down the order and delivered some powerful blows, but he had too much work to do. After taking two wickets, Sundar scored his maiden T20I fifty with a 28-ball fifty, but Ferguson bowled him out in the final over.
The New Zealand captain, Santner, leads from the front. With the ball, he was the star performer. He watched the batters' feet and made smart changes of pace and used the crease to make the opposition think twice. He went 2 for 11 in four overs, which is impressive. Also, he bowled his first over at the fit Suryakumar.
Conway's 35-ball 52 and Mitchell's stunning counterattack in the slow overs contributed to New Zealand's substantial score. In the slow overs, India appeared to have made a strong comeback by quickly dismissing Conway and Bracewell. Mitchell, on the other hand, smashed Arshdeep Singh for three sixes and a boundary in the innings' final over.
Arshdeep tried once but failed to nail the yorkers. The middle order bat used the loft and pull to hit the big shots, so his short ball lacked enough venom to trouble Mitchell. Arshdeep, on the other hand, found it to be a painful experience as he struggled with his run-up and scored 1 for 51.
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