Player of the Match
Player of the Match

END OF OVER:
20 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | NZ: 132/5 | RR: 6.60

  • Tim Seifert33 (26b)
  • Mitchell Santner0 (0b)
  • Jasprit Bumrah4-0-21-1
  • Mohammed Shami4-0-22-0

Stevo: "132 all out just seems better than 132/5 in a T20, looks like with the wickets in hand NZ could have hit out a little harder towards the end.. can't take anything away from indias absolute world class death bowling though. Absolute brilliance."

9:30 pm That was pure class from India's bowling unit. Hard to find any weak link tonight but Jadeja and Bumrah in particular with sterling. Seifert worked hard to prop up New Zealand at the end but this looks like a way below par total. Stay tuned for the chase to come shortly.

19.6
1
Bumrah to Seifert, 1 run, knee high full toss on off, slapped to wide long-on. Santner starts haring back for the second but for some bizarre reason Seifert is more preoccupied with preserving his average and anchors his bat to the non-striker's end for one with Kohli's relay coming in flat on one bounce to Rahul.
19.5
6
Bumrah to Seifert, SIX, length ball on fifth stump, Seifert clocks this clean high and deep over long-off. Glorious shot, but a bit too little too late in this tame NZ innings.

Joe: "What is NZ doing. There are 6 wickets in the shed and are not hitting out". Give a little bit of credit to some world class bowlers.

19.4
W
Bumrah to Taylor, OUT, speak of the devil, Rohit takes an adventurous catch at deep square leg! Cutter on fifth stump and Taylor struggles keeping his hands back trying to pull this to the leg side. Rohit shuffles left to take this catch tumbling backward about five meters inside the rope.

LRPL Taylor c Sharma b Bumrah 18 (44m 24b 0x4 0x6) SR: 75.00

Smitha: "It seems pretty weird that it's night over there and Rohit Sharma is wearing sunglasses on field. Any idea why so?" They look more like those orange tinted lenses to make it easier picking up the ball at night.

19.3
1
Bumrah to Seifert, 1 run, attempted yorker is a shin high full toss on middle, driven to long-on.
19.2
0
Bumrah to Seifert, no run, slower ball at 125 kph on a length on sixth stump, flails at this in vain. Bumrah wrapping up another masterclass spell.
19.1
1
Bumrah to Taylor, 1 run, short ball on fourth stump, tries to tennis racquet smash this back down the ground, but it knuckles off the bottom of the bat over the umpire to long-off.

END OF OVER:
19 | 5 Runs | NZ: 123/4 | RR: 6.47

  • Tim Seifert25 (22b)
  • Ross Taylor17 (22b)
  • Mohammed Shami4-0-22-0
  • Jasprit Bumrah3-0-12-0
18.6
0
Mohammed Shami to Seifert, no run, length ball on fifth stump at 134 kph, Seifert with an awkward heave going to drive straight and is beaten.

Arunabh: "That was a Kohli's masterstroke. Why to get someone out when he is doing your team a big favour. :D"

18.5
1
Mohammed Shami to Taylor, 1 run, wide yorker again at 133 kph, jammed out to extra cover.

Ajit Joshi: "Probably Kohli was thinking of animated celebrations before even taking the catch. He should concentrate on completing the catch first. That was a dolly."

18.4
1
Mohammed Shami to Seifert, 1 run, shuffles way across his stumps to premeditate a ramp over fine leg but Shami counters with a wide yorker that Seifert can't get it away off the pads and it's a leg bye trickling to square leg.
18.3
0
Mohammed Shami to Seifert, no run, full toss at hip height on middle stump, Seifert flails over the top of it. Sums up New Zealand's night with the bat.

Shreyas Iyer is now off limping with that left knee issue and Samson is back on as a sub.

18.2
1
Mohammed Shami to Taylor, 1 run, Taylor tries to lap this full ball from sixth stump and the ball caroms off a top edge straight into his helmet. He's stunned briefly before being called through by Seifert.
18.1
2
Mohammed Shami to Taylor, 2 runs, full on fourth stump at 125 kph, pulled flat to deep midwicket, excellent stop along the rope by Shreyas running left but he's now clutching his left knee limping back to his spot.

Deep: "Tracking this match from the labor and delivery department in the San Francisco bay area as I wait for my wife to go into final labor tonight. No way I can stream the live match here. You guys just rock. Keep at it. Waiting for a baby girl to arrive soon :)" Congrats in advance Deep!

END OF OVER:
18 | 3 Runs | NZ: 118/4 | RR: 6.55

  • Tim Seifert24 (19b)
  • Ross Taylor13 (19b)
  • Jasprit Bumrah3-0-12-0
  • Ravindra Jadeja4-0-18-2
17.6
0
Bumrah to Seifert, no run, good length ball on fifth stump, chops a cut back to Bumrah, who fields running left to deny a run.
17.5
1
Bumrah to Taylor, 1 run, slower ball on a good length on sixth stump at 124 kph, slogged flat along the ground to deep midwicket.

And the crowd has responded to Kohli's clumsy drop by chanting his name! "Koh-LI! Koh-LI!"

17.4
1
Bumrah to Seifert, 1 run, yorker stabbed out to the leg side.
17.3
1
Bumrah to Taylor, 1 run, what just happened! Kohli spills a sitter at long-on! One more slower ball on fifth stump at 118 kph. Kohli comes in 10 meters from the rope and crouches low to his knees cupping his hands palms out fingers pointed to the sky to take a chance in front of his face but it clangs out. He responds in anger picking up and firing a throw high over Rahul, saved by deep fine leg from being four overthrows. 5/10 difficulty chance, way easier than one he took early at extra cover diving forward but he mangled it badly.
17.2
0
Bumrah to Taylor, no run, almost a carbon copy of the previous ball, Taylor swings over the top of another fuller slower ball on fifth stump.
17.1
0
Bumrah to Taylor, no run, fullish length slower ball at 119 kph on fifth stump, Taylor way out in front heaving for the leg side.

Param: "Great to see fellow New Yorkers following the match at time of the night! @Peter I am watching the match one block away from Mariella's and you have given me a great idea for late night snacking. But amazing to see this Indian bowling unit work their perfection today.." Almost as amazing as a slice from Mariella's. They've been magnificent tonight.

END OF OVER:
17 | 6 Runs | NZ: 115/4 | RR: 6.76

  • Ross Taylor11 (15b)
  • Tim Seifert23 (17b)
  • Ravindra Jadeja4-0-18-2
  • Yuzvendra Chahal4-0-33-0
16.6
1
Jadeja to Taylor, 1 run, full and flat wide outside off, slapped to long-off.
16.6
2w
Jadeja to Seifert, 2 wides, speared fuller and way outside off, Rahul dives right to save five wides but fumbles to short third man.
16.5
1
Jadeja to Taylor, 1 run, fuller and quicker still at 105 kph on fourth stump, this time connects with a sweep but picks out deep square leg.
16.4
0
Jadeja to Taylor, no run, fuller on fifth stump, goes to sweep hard and misses, beaten by the quicker pace from Jadeja.
16.3
1
Jadeja to Seifert, 1 run, short again on off, punched out to the cover sweeper.

India in New Zealand 2019-20 News

India 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st8RG SharmaKL Rahul
2nd31V KohliKL Rahul
3rd86KL RahulSS Iyer
4th10KL RahulS Dube