India 15-0 (5 ovs) vs NZ 300-8 |
Scorecard
The chase is on. India need 301 runs to go 1-0 up in the three-match series.
Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill are out in the middle. Kyle Jamieson to open the bowling for New Zealand.
Rohit is on strike. Good length delivery outside off and Rohit plays it defensively. Rohit is beaten on the outside edge off the next ball.
A wide and three follows. Four! Short and wide and Rohit opens his account with a cracking boundary by chopping it past cover-point.
Four runs come off the over.
Zakary Foulkes to operate from the other end. Gill is on strike and a wide slip is in place. After two dots, Gill dabs the back of a length delivery behind square for a single.
Three dots to end the over. Just a single came off it.
Jamieson with his second over and Gill makes room and taps the length ball on stumps to mid-wicket. No run on offer. A slip and gully in place. Four more dots follow. Nice and tight from Jamieson as he bowls a maiden over.
Foulkes continues and Rohit chips it over the in-field fielders for a boundary. Kristian Clarke gets a hand, but could not stop the ball from touching the ropes.
Good comeback by Foulkes as he bowls five consecutive dots. Just a boundary off the over.
Jamieson continues and Gill is beaten on the outside edge. Probing stuff from the lanky pacer.
Four! Slightly overpitched delivery and Gill has enough room to free his arms and find the gap wide of cover.
Follows it up with a single through backward square on off-side.
Two dots to end the over. Five runs came off it.
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