Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Best performances - Batsmen

MJ Guptill
MJ Guptill
70(42) 3x4 - 4x6
Control %76%
  • Productive Shot
  • slog shot
  • 24 runs
  • 2x4 - 2x6
2 6 3 3 10 10 13 23
MS Chapman
63(50) 6x4 - 2x6
Control %74%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 18 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
6 11 0 6 13 4 3 20

Best performances - Bowlers

R Ashwin
R Ashwin
O4
M0
R23
W2
Eco5.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
B Kumar
B Kumar
O4
M0
R24
W2
Eco6.00
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Scorer: Chandan Duorah | Commentator: Andrew Miller

11.07pm Right, that'll do. India lead after an enjoyable tussle. See you on Saturday for more thrills and spills. From Miller, KK and Chandan, goodnight!

The Player of the Match is Suryakumar Yadav: "I've been doing nothing different, I try to bat the same way in the nets and replicate the same in the game. I put a lot of pressure on myself in the nets, if I get out I go into the dressing room and think what better I could have done. The ball was coming on nicely to the bat, came on a bit slow later, but happy to be on the winning side." On Boult's dropped catch: "It's my wife's birthday, a perfect gift from him." How touching.

Deepak Chahar wins a moment of the match award for his hard stare after dismissing Martin Guptill... what a hero. Gamechanger of the match award goes to R Ashwin for two wickets in an over... which makes more sense. KL Rahul pulled off the best save of the match... tremendous sprint and slide, you had to see it to believe it...

Rohit Sharma: "It didn't come as easy as we expected, so great learning for the guys, to understand what needs to be done, not about power-hitting all the time. As a captain and a team, happy that those guys finished the game off. A good game for us, missing a few players, opportunity to other guys to show their ability. At one stage it was looking like 180-plus so a great effort from a complete bowling performance.

Sky is a very important player for us in the middle, plays spin well. My dismissal... Trent Boult knows my weakness, I know his strength. When I am captaining him I always tell him to bluff and that's what he did. Happy with the win, first win, always nice."

Tim Southee: "You want to come out on the right side of close ones, Mark Chapman the way he played was very pleasing, but a game of fine margins. The way we started with the ball wasn't what we wanted, did well to claw it back in the middle, took it deep and to the last over was a positive. We set higher expectations so a bit off with the field, been v v good at it in the last few matches. Tough that we'd used our resources, but Daryl does his scouting and always wants to bowl. We probably didn't leave him enough runs."

10.47pm So, that was a pleasant enough postscript. Rohit and Sky do the needful for India, after Guptill and Chapman set the stage for New Zealand. The presentations are coming up.

10.42pm Handshakes all round, after a spirited performance from New Zealand, taking the contest into the dying deliveries in spite of India's rampant start to their chase.

And with that, Sampath notes, India have ended a seven-match losing streak across formats against New Zealand

R Ashwin: "The slower you bowled there was purchase from the pitch, it's tricky how much you toss it up, the windows for attacking are less [in T20s]. We thought it was par, par-minus, 170-175 was par, at the halfway mark we thought we would cruise home. Identifying the right pace took a bit of time for me. Important to see the game in isolation, 24 events [balls], the batsman is trying to play catch-up, so execute your plans..."

On Dravid: "Too early to comment, we need to give him some breathing space. He's done the hard yards in Under-19 and A sides. Nothing to chance, about preparation, leaving nothing to chance, and bringing back the joy."

19.4
4
Mitchell to Pant, FOUR, it certainly is slow and straight, but Pant is equal to it! Not a bad ball really, back of a length with pace off, but Pant has a gallop, has a thwack, skews it over long-off, and India win an unexpected cliffhanger!

Mitchell comes round the wicket to Pant, leg-side field is back, mid-off is up. Slow and straight?

19.3
1
Mitchell to Patel, 1 run, another slower ball, a similarly wide line, but bat on ball this time to point, and that gets Pant back on strike

Raj: "Wtf is happening here? Why is my heart pounding for this?! " Cricket is happening!

19.3
1w
Mitchell to Patel, 1 wide, outside off, slower ball... Mitchell is miffed but that is definitely the wrong side of a wide line

Extra cover in close to cut off the single

Gosh, I wasn't planning on getting a sweat on in this finale! Five from four is still in India's grasp, but the batters didn't cross...

19.2
W
Mitchell to VR Iyer, OUT, reverse-sweep, and it's hero to zero for Iyer! Scuffed the shot, from outside off, a looping chance to short backward point. And the noise in the stadium is sucked out!

VR Iyer c Ravindra b Mitchell 4 (5m 2b 1x4 0x6) SR: 200.00

19.1
4
Mitchell to VR Iyer, FOUR, straight it was, but it was back of a length too, and Iyer clobbers his pull fiercely in front of square! Off the mark in style with his first stroke!

Plenty pondering from the NZ brains trust. The field says straight...

19.1
1w
Mitchell to VR Iyer, 1 wide, oops, overcooked outside off, pushing for the tramlines and giving away a bonus run

Well now... Daryl Mitchell, a first baller, and now a final over. Still, he was the find of the World Cup. He's got the requisite confidence to do a job! He's got a debutant in his sights too...

India 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st50RG SharmaKL Rahul
2nd59RG SharmaSA Yadav
3rd35SA YadavRR Pant
4th11SS IyerRR Pant
5th5VR IyerRR Pant
6th6AR PatelRR Pant