Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    7.5 Fine relay catch at the edge of the midwicket boundary from Rohit. Back-of-a-length slower ball, 119ks, cramps Guptill on the pull. He can't manufacture enough pace for himself and splices a pull. Rohit gets under the ball at the midwicket boundary, catches it, but the momentum causes him to fall back beyond the rope. He shows good presence of mind, tosses the ball into play, then jumps back in to snaffle it. Much-needed breakthrough for India 80/1
    11.5 taken at square leg. Thakur is under the pump. He doesn't have the pace to frighten batsmen, which is apparent from his being clubbed all over the park. So he backs himself to take all the pace off. An offcutter that he hits into the pitch. Munro has to wait a tad bit - and he does - before going for the pull but the simple fact there is not so much pace to work with means the shot goes straight to the fielder. Long square boundaries here, remember 116/2
    16.6 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 178/4
    12.2 taken at short fine leg. This is the spinner's plan. Cramp the batsmen. Deny them room to swing. Jadeja targets leg stump. It's very quick as well. De Grandhomme plays the orthodox shot - the most sensible shot - a leg glance, but he forgets to place it. Straight to Dube 117/3
    not out
    54
    27
    3
    3
    200.00
    17.5 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 181/5
    not out
    2
    2
    0
    0
    100.00
    Extras
    6 (lb 1, w 5)
    TOTAL
    203/5 (20 Overs, RR: 10.15)
    Fall of wickets: 1-80 (Martin Guptill, 7.5 ov), 2-116 (Colin Munro, 11.5 ov), 3-117 (Colin de Grandhomme, 12.2 ov), 4-178 (Kane Williamson, 16.6 ov), 5-181 (Tim Seifert, 17.5 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    JJ Bumrah403117.7582020
    SN Thakur3044114.6653400
    Mohammed Shami4053013.2565330
    YS Chahal403218.0085000
    S Dube302418.0071200
    RA Jadeja201819.0021100
  • BATSMEN
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    1.4 Santner finds turn with the new ball and scalps Rohit. He slows his pace down briefly and gets it to break away outside off. Rohit aims to slog-sweep against the turn from an off-stump line and skews a catch to backward point, where Taylor settles under it 16/1
    9.6 Southee runs in from off and NZ finally hang onto a chance! Sodhi ventures wide of the crease, tosses it outside off. Rahul, having jumped outside the line of the stumps, then gets inside the line. He aims a loft, instead slices it down to long-off, where Southee judges it perfectly and gives NZ an opening. Who can bring the battering ram now? 115/2
    11.1 Marty Guptill again. He took out Dhoni in the World Cup semi-final. He takes out Kohli here! Outstanding catch. Unreal catch. Sprinting in off the rope. Diving full length forward. Never once looking like he was in trouble. And picking the ball up inches off the grass. Huuuuge pressure catch made to look like it is a foregone conclusion. But seriously, how did the ball get that far? Kohli is just looking to clip it over midwicket, perhaps looking just a single, but the leg cutter makes him lose control just a little bit 121/3
    not out
    58
    29
    5
    3
    200.00
    13.2 brave captaincy! The legspinner would be turning the ball into the left-hander. He's been having a poor match as well. But Williamson backs him against a couple of India batsmen who aren't that experienced and Dube, after showing great composure in the last over, goes looking for another six and is caught out at long-on. Good, pressure catch from Southee 142/4
    not out
    14
    12
    0
    1
    116.66
    Extras
    11 (nb 1, w 10)
    TOTAL
    204/4 (19 Overs, RR: 10.73)
    Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Rohit Sharma, 1.4 ov), 2-115 (KL Rahul, 9.6 ov), 3-121 (Virat Kohli, 11.1 ov), 4-142 (Shivam Dube, 13.2 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    TG Southee4048012.0052400
    MJ Santner4050112.5054320
    HK Bennett403609.0034010
    BM Tickner3034111.3341211
    IS Sodhi403629.0062150

Match Details

Toss

India , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Series result

India led the 5-match series 1-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

19.50 start, First Session 19.50-21.20, Interval 21.20-21-40, Second Session 21.40-23.10

Match days

24 January 2020 - night match (20-over match)

T20I debut

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Match Notes

India 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st16RG SharmaKL Rahul
2nd99V KohliKL Rahul
3rd6V KohliSS Iyer
4th21SS IyerS Dube
5th62MK PandeySS Iyer