END OF OVER:20 | 12 Runs | NZ: 203/5 | RR: 10.15
- Mitchell Santner2 (2b)
- Ross Taylor54 (27b)
- Jasprit Bumrah4-0-31-1
- Mohammed Shami4-0-53-0
New Zealand had 91 in 10 overs. They were 178 at 17. Against other sides, they would have been looking good for 220-230. But against India and Jasprit Bumrah, they have to settle for 203. (Only 25 runs in the last three) That's the kind of total that's been chased down at Eden Park before - with great gusto once by Australia (before Newlands). India's death bowling superhero was nothing short of unbelievable, but he had to be considering Shardul Thakur's off day and the couple of times Mohammed Shami missed his mark. New Zealand capitalised on all of India's mistakes early in the innings with Munro (36 balls), Williamson (25 balls) and Taylor (24 balls) scoring breakneck half-centuries. Had they been at full-strength, especially if they had Trent Boult to swing the ball into Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, they would start the chase as favourites. As it stands now, this game is still very very even.
19.6
1
Bumrah to Santner, 1 run, walks across and pulls the short ball to deep fine leg. Excellent finish from India.
19.5
1
Bumrah to Taylor, 1 run, slogs hard, but the ball is quickly onto him, forcing him to mistime the pull to long-on
19.4
2
Bumrah to Taylor, 2 runs, low full toss which he heaves to deep midwicket. Taylor wants the second, Pandey sends in a hard and flat through, but it's just a little wide. Rahul tries to deflect it onto the stumps, like Dhoni does, but he can't pull it off
19.3
2
Bumrah to Taylor, 2 runs, top edge clears short fine leg running back. That's Taylor's first T20I half-century in six years. Gets it with a front foot pull. It's been a bit of a go-to shot this innings
19.2
2
Bumrah to Taylor, 2 runs, length on off stump, heaves it over to long-on But Bumrah has gone down! He is not getting up either. He tries to, but then grimaces and stays down. Replays show his left boot lands awkwardly on the side of the drop in pitch and with all his weight going into the follow through, he rolls his ankle. However, after a little treatment, he feels ready to lace those boots back up and go again. India are usually very cautious with Bumrah. They must think this isn't too big a deal to leg him continue like this, especially seeing as he's just come back from a different injury
19.1
4
Bumrah to Taylor, 4 runs, swings hard, but it comes off the splice of the bat! A short ball keeps coming up at him, Taylor pulls to deep midwicket. He is happy for a single, Pandey overruns the ball without picking it up, Jaddu who is back up, sends the throw, but it's wide of the bowler, Bumrah misfields, and they get overthrows
Bumrah for the last over. This is gonna be good.
END OF OVER:19 | 9 Runs | NZ: 191/5 | RR: 10.05
- Ross Taylor43 (22b)
- Mitchell Santner1 (1b)
- Mohammed Shami4-0-53-0
- Jasprit Bumrah3-0-19-1
18.6
1
Mohammed Shami to Taylor, 1 run, lovely work from Shami again. He sees Taylor walking down the pitch at him and immediately goes wide of his reach outside off. The batsman is obliged to reach out for the ball, losing all his balance, and only getting a single to cover
18.5
1
Mohammed Shami to Santner, 1 run, length ball and he gets away with it! Not good work from Santner who tries to biff it down the ground and doesn't really time it as well as he should
18.4
1
Mohammed Shami to Taylor, 1 run, off the toe of the bat to long-off as Shami goes full and wide outside off. Good recovery from Shami
18.3
0
Mohammed Shami to Taylor, no run, excellent bouncer! Taylor doesn't expect it. He's on the front foot and he's late in adjusting to the change of length. Tries to hack it to midwicket, doesn't get anything
18.2
2
Mohammed Shami to Taylor, 2 runs, saves a boundary, Chahal makes a little amends! Shami goes slow and wide outside off. Taylor crashes it through extra cover, looking for four, but he is not allowed that by the fielder, running hard and putting his body on the line
Third man fine short leg is up.
18.1
4
Mohammed Shami to Taylor, FOUR, juuuuuust misses his mark and he's mercilessly punished. Only a few inches off the yorker allows Tayor to clear the front leg and hack it to the wide long-on boundary
SG: "If couple of overs from shardul and shami went less, the score would've been very less than par. " --- Lets see if Shami can make up for it here
END OF OVER:18 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | NZ: 182/5 | RR: 10.11
- Ross Taylor35 (17b)
- Mitchell Santner0 (0b)
- Jasprit Bumrah3-0-19-1
- Yuzvendra Chahal4-0-32-1
17.6
1
Bumrah to Taylor, 1 run, pushes the low full toss to long-on. That's only four runs, and a wicket, off the over in a game where 10-plus has been the norm. Amazing!
17.5
W
Bumrah to Seifert, OUT, taken at long-on. The slower ball does the trick for Bumrah again. Seifert is left reaching in front of his body as he tries to heave it over extra cover. The lack of pace means he's onto the ball sooner than he'd like, drags it down the ground and ends up caught. The best death bowler in the business
TL Seifert c Iyer b Bumrah 1 (2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00
17.4
1
Bumrah to Taylor, 1 run, no timing! He looks for the front foot pull down the ground, but the short ball is climbing on Taylor, way too high for him to control it properly
17.3
1
Bumrah to Seifert, 1 run, full toss on off stump, guides it to cover
Atul: "Only Bumrah can stop NZ to score 200+"
17.2
1
Bumrah to Taylor, 1 run, whips the near yorker outside off to long-on
17.1
0
Bumrah to Taylor, no run, unbelievable bowling. Nobody in world cricket really picks the BUmrah slower ball. He runs in at the same pace. There is no change in arm speed. Just that the ball comes out at an utterly weird pace and even Taylor is left searching for it outside off
END OF OVER:17 | 13 Runs 1 Wkt | NZ: 178/4 | RR: 10.47
- Ross Taylor32 (13b)
- Yuzvendra Chahal4-0-32-1
- Mohammed Shami3-0-44-0
16.6
W
Chahal to Williamson, OUT, eeeexcellllent bowling!! He goes for that gloriously wide legbreak. It actually is a wide. The umpire would've given it had Williamson not gone after the ball, looking to drag it over to the leg side. Adding to the sucker punch is the pace of the ball - so very slow. so very tempting to hit across the line. Williamson is drawn into making the mistake, gets a top edge and gets caught out near the point region
KS Williamson c Kohli b Chahal 51 (26b 4x4 4x6) SR: 196.15
16.5
4
Chahal to Williamson, FOUR, fifty off only 25 balls - that's faster than NZ's designated dasher up the order, Munro!. Who says this guy hasn't cracked all three formats?! Sizes up the short ball outside off and clatters a pull shot to the midwicket boundary
16.4
0
Chahal to Williamson, no run, takes the pace off and tosses the ball up. Williamson looks to slog sweep it away. But he's through the shot before the ball arrives. Good work from Rahul behind the stumps, taking the bails off in a flash, but Williamson has not strayed
16.3
4
Chahal to Williamson, FOUR, that's an outstanding shot! Chahal tries the trick that made a bunny out of Maxwell - the wide legbreak with no pace. But Williamson is a more allround player. He just stands up and swats it through extra cover. It's very hard to get enough power to get that to the boundary
16.2
4
Chahal to Williamson, FOUR, sweeps and finds the boundary again. that's the 50-partnership. With the ball sliding into leg stump, Wiliamson has an easy put-away, especially with fine leg up
16.1
1
Chahal to Taylor, 1 run, short and wide, he cuts to point. Ooooh, Taylor's good with that shot. Perhaps the lack of pace and the ball being way outside off makes him mistime it
END OF OVER:16 | 22 Runs | NZ: 165/3 | RR: 10.31
- Ross Taylor31 (12b)
- Kane Williamson39 (21b)
- Mohammed Shami3-0-44-0
- Ravindra Jadeja2-0-18-1
15.6
1
Mohammed Shami to Taylor, 1 run, goes full and straight this time - he simply has to, every single ball - and Taylor swings it out to deep midwicket
