New Zealand go steady

Sun, 11 January 2026
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NZ 76-0 (15 ovs) vs India | Scorecard

Washington Sundar with his second over. Nicholls is on strike and he taps one behind the bowler for a single. 

Two dots and three singles follow. Five runs come off the over. 


Prasidh Krishna continues and Conway chops the short and wide delivery straight to the fielder at backward point. 

A single through third man follows. 

Two singles and two dots follow. Three runs come off the over. 

New Zealand are currently scoring at a rate of 4.67. 


Washington Sundar with his third over. No run off the first delivery as Conway hits the tossed up delivery straight back to the bowler. 

A single through long-on follows. 

Four! Tossed up delivery and Nicholls goes down on his knees and sweeps it through backward square leg for a boundary. 

Two singles and a dot to end the over. Seven runs come off it. 


Prasidh continues and after a dot Conway inside-edges one to mid-on for a single. 

Another dot follows before Nicholls shuffles across and sweeps the shortish delivery to backward square leg where Siraj puts in a full-stretched dive but fails to stop the ball from touching the ropes. 

A dot and a single to end the over. Six runs come off it. 


Kuldeep Yadav comes into the attack. Tossed up delivery and Nicholls inside-edges it behind square for a single. 

A dot later, Conway punches the flighted delivery square off the off-side and gets off the strike. 

Four! Nicholls goes down on his knees and reverse sweeps and beats the fielder at backward point. 

A single and a dot to end the over. Seven runs come off it.