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India vs New Zealand Highlights, T20 World Cup 2021: New Zealand crush India by 8 wickets

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Nov 01, 2021, 03:53:13 IST

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India vs New Zealand Highlights, T20 World Cup 2021: New Zealand crush India by 8 wickets

Chasing a below-par 111, Daryl Mitchell (49) and Kane Williamson (33*) helped New Zealand chase down the target in just 14.3 overs to register a commanding 8-wicket victory against India in Dubai. Opting to bowl, Kiwi bowlers clicked in unison to restrict India to just 110 for 7. Trent Boult (3/20) and Ish Sodhi (2/17) shared five Indian wickets while conceding just 37 runs in 8 overs. Ravindra Jadeja top-scored for India with an unbeaten 26. Stay updated with Times of India to get all the live cricket score updates of the 2021 T20 World Cup match between India and New Zealand.

19:41 (IST) Oct 31

Boult to Kishan | FOUR! IND 11/0 in 2.2 overs

Ishan Kishan opens his account with a four towards midwicket off Trent Boult.

19:40 (IST) Oct 31

IND 6/0 after 2 overs

Tidy start from Tim Southee too, gave away just five runs in it.

19:38 (IST) Oct 31

Southee to Rahul | FOUR! IND 5/0 in 1.4 overs

Just over the mid-on fielder. KL Rahul opens his boundary count with an aerial shot over the mid-on for a four off Tim Southee.

19:37 (IST) Oct 31

* Tim Southee to share the new ball with Trent Boult

19:35 (IST) Oct 31

IND 1/0 after 1 over

Brilliant start from Trent Boult, just one run off it. A big shout for LBW against Ishan Kishan too, which the umpire said not out. The replay showed that the ball was clipping the leg stump, so a review will have resulted in 'umpire's call' too.

19:32 (IST) Oct 31

Boult to Rahul | Single! IND 1/0 in 0.2 overs

KL Rahul opens the team's account with a single, a nudge just wide of the point fielder.

19:31 (IST) Oct 31

Here we go....Ishan Kishan and KL Rahul to start the India innings. Trent Boult with the new ball for New Zealand.

19:25 (IST) Oct 31

Time for national anthems - first up New Zealand's anthem, followed by India's.

19:21 (IST) Oct 31

Bubble life at its finest really, some good time to prepare for a big match tonight. The boys are very eager and excited to get out there today. The boys are in good spirits, and spent a lot of time together with the bubble life that we are in. It's an exciting tournament, it seems like there's been a lot of cricket played by a lot of the other teams. Hopefully we can get on a bit of a roll. Played a little bit here in the last couple of months but every wicket is different here and you're looking for the overhead and see if it's going to swing. We've done enough planning and it's just about going out there and putting that on the page and see what happens. Not too bad, not much swing there in the early stages. Hopefully I can get the ball in my hand earlier tonight and see what happens. Win the toss and go big (chuckles).

New Zealand pacer Trent Boult

19:09 (IST) Oct 31

India Playing XI: Two changes - Ishan & Shardul IN | Suryakumar & Bhuvneshwar OUT

Ishan Kishan, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli (c), Rishabh Pant (w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah

19:08 (IST) Oct 31

New Zealand Playing XI: One change - Adam Milne comes in for Tim Seifert

Martin Guptill, Daryl Mitchell, Kane Williamson (c), James Neesham, Devon Conway, Glenn Phillips (w), Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Adam Milne, Trent Boult

19:07 (IST) Oct 31

We would have bowled first as well. We need a solid start and have wickets in hand to get those extra 20-25 runs are the learnings from the last game. We do have the bowling line-up to take wickets, but when you don't have runs on the board one partnership can take the game away from you. We understand that and plans are there to get those extra runs. It's ridiculous, we are playing twice in 10 days. Too long a break, but yeah, the guys have recovered well. Had good practice sessions, are itching to go out on the field, which is a good thing. When you have so many days off you want to get in the park and get into the groove. It's another opportunity to come out and correct the mistakes. Two changes. One forced, Surya has a lower back spasm, so Ishan Kishan will replace him and open the batting. Shardul Thakur replaces Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

India skipper Virat Kohli

19:06 (IST) Oct 31

We are going to bowl, dew factor at this time of the year. Hopefully a bit of movement in the surface like the other night. Look forward to another challenge against these guys who are obviously one of the favourites in the tournament. One change, Adam Milne comes in for Tim Seifert. Just a nice balance to our bowling attack, provides us the extra pace as well. Conway will keep.

New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson after winning the toss

19:03 (IST) Oct 31

TOSS | New Zealand opt to bowl

New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson wins the toss, opts to field first against India in Dubai.

18:52 (IST) Oct 31

* Rohit Sharma is the leading run-getter for India against New Zealand in this format, with 338 runs in 13 innings, including four half-centuries and a top score of 80.

18:42 (IST) Oct 31

News coming in is that Shardul Thakur & Hardik Pandya are marking their line-ups. So, Thakur in for Bhuvi tonight?

18:38 (IST) Oct 31

* Ish Sodhi is the leading wicket-taker against India in T20Is (17 wickets in 12 matches). Sodhi has also been in exceptional form in 2021, picking 19 wickets in just eight T20Is.

18:34 (IST) Oct 31

T20I Head to Head: India 8-8 New Zealand

New Zealand have triumphed in both previous meetings against India in T20 World Cups. India have won all of their eight T20Is, including two wins after games ended in a tie, against New Zealand post the 2016 T20 World Cup.

18:27 (IST) Oct 31

India vs New Zealand: What Virat Kohli said ahead of the big match

Virat Kohli will be stepping down as the captain of the Indian T20I team after the ongoing T20 World Cup. The match against New Zealand today will be a very crucial one in that context, not just for Team India, but also for Virat the T20I captain. Can Team India bounce back hard after a crushing loss in their opening encounter vs Pakistan? Here's a look at some of the things Virat Kohli said ahead of the big match vs NZ tonight:

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18:23 (IST) Oct 31

They (India) are a quality side. They have shown that for many years and for them as well coming off a loss, they will be eager to win as well. So, it should be a great contest against two very good sides. It's always tight in the first game. We went far off against a quality Pakistan side but we need to look forward to such a short tournament. There are no easy games so it's now about focus shifting towards India.

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India vs New Zealand Highlights, T20 World Cup 2021: New Zealand crush India by 8 wickets

New Zealand pacer Trent Boult

India skipper Virat Kohli

New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson after winning the toss

New Zealand fast bowler Tim Southee

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Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai

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