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One down. Handy over from Stone.

4. Wonderful smack by Temba. Short and pulled for 4.Reaches 50 with that. Well played

NZ opt to bat first having won the toss.

Hardik has promoted himself as opening bowler since he took over T20 captaincy or was it the same underRohit?

Yuzi strikes in his first over.Finn Allen out for 11. Didn't look good in three balls he faced from Yuz.

Maiden Wicket over

NZ 21/1 in 4 overs.

Spin from the other end. Washington Sundar into the attack.

Out. Washington Sundar strikes. Devon caught behind by Ishan as he attempts a sweep. Usually he has played sweep extremely well in India since last year matches. Big wicket given his recent form.

NZ 28/2 in 4.4 overs.

Deepak Hooda into the attack. 7 bowling options for India with Hardik and Deepak bowling.

Bowled. Third down as Glenn Phillips is bowled by Deepak. Totally missed getting bat on the sweep shot.

NZ 35/3 in 6.5 overs.

Kuldeep into the attack now. India has 4 options with spin. Kuldeep, Yuz, Washington Sundar and Deepak.

Daryl Mitchell bowled by Kuldeep. 48/4 .

If Sam Curran isn't going to take the new ball is there any point him playing 50 over cricket for England?

Bavuma gets his century!

andy wrote:If Sam Curran isn't going to take the new ball is there any point him playing 50 over cricket for England?

He never seems to go for many. England need wicket takers though.

India need 99 to win. Superb bowling effort that. Once the spinners were introduced, the wickets started to fall and Kiwis oculd not score enough runs. This will be a big ask from NZ bowlers to defend this total.