IND v/s NZ 1st T20, Highlights: 'Nehraji' bids adieu as India beat New Zealand by 53 runs in Kotla

Ashish Nehra bid adieu to his illustrious 18-year international career at his home ground as India beat New Zealand by 53 runs in the first T20I of the three-match series on Wednesday at Delhi Feroze Shah Kotla stadium. 

India v/s New Zealand 1st T20: Live Cricket Score

Here is how it happened:

'22:23

Ashish Nehra bowls the last over- his final in international cricket. Kotla show their appreciation for the local hero.

7 runs off the over. 

INDIA win the first T20I by 53 runs.
 
NZ- 149/8 after 20 overs

'22:18

SIX and FOUR

After Bhuvneshwar, Santner gives the same treatment to Bumrah. 

Again Santner flicks one over wide long-on. Follows it with hammering one well over long-on. 

NZ- 142/8 after 19 overs

'22:14

SIX and FOUR

Santner can bat- and he plays a great pull to deep midwicket off Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

He then follows it with a flick over deep midwicket for the MAXIMUM.

NZ- 126/8 after 18 overs

22:09

OUT

Bumrah returns and sends back Southee. It was a very a healthy edge and Dhoni wasn't letting it go. 

NZ- 111/8 after 16.4 overs

'22:06

FOUR

Southee finishes the over with a boundary but New Zealand are too far away from the target now. The required run rate is 24.5 now.

NZ- 105/7 after 16 overs

'22:02

OUT

Latham (39) is gone and with him go New Zealand's hopes of winning this match. He comes down the track, Chahal fires one flat and away from him. Dhoni effects the stumping. 

NZ- 99/7 after 15.3 overs

'21:59

OUT

Direct hit and Nicholls is gone. It was driven to mid-off and they take off for the single. Kohli has a clear sight of the stumps and nails the throw. 

NZ- 94/6 after 14.4 overs

'21:56

Just 6 runs off Chahal's over. The Indian spinners are taking the game away from the Kiwis. And so far dew haven't troubled much. 

113 runs required from 36 balls.

NZ- 90/5 after 14 overs

'21:52

OUT

de Grandhomme is gone. He tries to slog a short and slow one. Again no pace on the ball does the trick. Dhawan takes a simple catch. 

NZ- 84/5 after 13 overs

OUT

Patel gets the reward for some great bowling here. He slows it up again and Bruce gets down for a big slog sweep. No pace on the all and it goes straight to deep midwicket. 

NZ- 83/4 after 12.4 overs

'21:47

SIX

Latham picks up the googly and pulls it over deep midwicket. Big one.

Chahal is back.

NZ- 80/3 after 12 overs

'21:43

What a spell Axar Patel is bowling here. In a match where required run rate is over 14 now, his figures are 3-0-16-0. Just brilliant.

132 runs required from 54 balls.

NZ- 71/3 after 11 overs

'21:37

FOUR and FOUR

Pandya gets punished for the short length he is bowling. New Zealand need 138 runs off 60 balls now. Latham is their BIG hope now.

NZ- 65/3 after 10 overs

'21:34

OUT

Pandya gets the big wicket of Williamson. 

It was short and wide with extra bounce. Williamson slashes hard and gets the outside edge. Easy one for Dhoni. 

NZ- 54/3 after 9.1 overs

'21:33

Another tidy over from Patel, New Zealand need to up the ante soon.

NZ- 54/2 after 9 overs

'21:28

DROPPED

Again off Nehra's bowling. Kane Willamson hits it in the air and pedals back and leaps up to get his hand to it but the ball slips past him. Tough chance. 

NZ- 48/2 after 8 overs

'21:23

Axar Patel into the attack and bowls a very good over. Just 5 off it. Will dew be a factor here?

NZ- 38/2 after 7 overs

21:18

SIX 

WHAT A GOOD SHOT! Williamson walks across towards off to Bhuvneshwar, gets down on one knee and scoops it fine. MAXIMUM.

NZ- 33/2 after 6 overs

'21:14

5 overs gone, India have made a great start here. The spinner has bowled one over and got a wicket (thanks to a great catch). The pacers- Nehra, Bhuvi and Bumrah- are bowling with good pace and line. 

New Zealand have Latham and Williamson at the crease.

NZ- 24/2 after 5 overs

'21:08

OUT

Bhuvneshwar does it with a yorker. Munro is unable to bring his the bat down in time. It take a little edge and finds the stumps.

NZ- 18/2 after 3.4 overs

'21:00

DROPPED 

Oh, Nehra has missed out on a wicket here. It is Hardik Pandya who drops the catch. Munro gets the toe end of the bat and Pandya runs back from cover and gets more or less under it but ends up dropping it. 

NZ- 15/1 after 3 overs

'20:54

OUT

Chahal sends back Guptill.

Though, the wicket belongs to Hardik Pandya who takes stunning a catch. Guptill launches one straight down and Hardik Pandya runs across to his right from long-off- makes a brilliant dive and the catch is taken.

WHAT A CATCH. 

Spin from the other end, Chahal to begin.

NZ- 6/1 after 1.3 overs

'20:50

FOUR

A very weird looking shot. Guptill moves across and waits for the slowerrrrrr ball to come to him. He then flat-bats it straight down. 

A good over otherwise.

NZ- 5/0 after 1 over

'20:45

Ashish Nehra to bowl from the Nehra end. 

HERE WE GO. THE NEW ZEALAND CHASE IS ABOUT TO BEGIN. They need 203 off 120 balls.

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'20:33

17 runs off the last over as India cross the 200 mark. New Zealand need 203 to win. It won't be easy to defend considering the dew factor.

SIX

Dhoni reads the slower one well and sends his first ball flying out to deep midwicket. 

SIX

Third SIX for Captain Kohli. Steps out and sends the ball over long-on

IND- 202/3 after 20 overs

'20:25

OUT

WHOOOOOA!

What happened here- appeal for caught behind. They go to check the edge and the ruling is not out.

But then NZ review it and the ultra-edge shows a faint knick. Rohit has go to back. 

IND- 185/3 after 19 overs

'20:24

FOUR

Rohit is living a charmed life here, all his edges are flying off the boundary.

SIX

Kohli now goes over midwicket. He gets on top of short ball and sends it away. 

'20:20

DROPPED, SIX and FOUR

Lots of drama in this over. Kohli is the new man in. 

Dhawan starts the over with a boundary behind the keeper. 

Kohli then hits the second ball he faces today over the ropes. He picks the offcutter and launches it over long-on.

Kohli is then dropped at deep midwicket by Guptill. 

IND- 174/2 after 18 overs

'20:15

OUT

...and Pandya's out.

WHAT BOWLING THIS! The ball drifts in towards leg stump, draws the batsman forward, and spins square to kiss the wicket.

IND- 158/2 after 16.4 overs

OUT

Sodhi sends Dhawan back. The googly does the job, Dhawan is down the pitch leg and has no chance of making contact. Latham does the rest.

Pandya's in...

IND- 158/1 after 16.2 overs

'20:12

FOUR and FOUR

Dhawan hits a low full toss down the ground. This one went a like bullet. 

Dhawan whisks the slower one to the fine leg boundary. Good looking.

SIX

We have seen that before... Sharma goes down on one knee and the scoop sails over the boundary behind fine leg.
 
IND- 158/0 after 16 overs

'20:07

FOUR

A Full-toss and Sharma places it left of long-off. 

FOUR

Sharma is having fun now- he hits this one past the right of long-on.

SIX

Sharma gets to FIFTY. He launches it straight over the top. Not from the middle of the bat but plenty on that. 

IND- 140/0 after 15 overs

'20:02

SIX

Dhawan ruins a good over from Southee. He steps forward to slower ball and hits it over midwicket.

IND- 125/0 after 14 overs

'19:58

FOUR

Dhawan sweeps the googly and it goes straight to the square leg boundary. No chance for Guptill here. 

SIX 

Dhawan picks the googly and sends it over deep midwicket. 

IND- 114/0 after 13 overs

'19:54

Dhawan gets to his FIFTY. 

Another over with 6 singles and India bring up their 100. 

IND- 100/0 after 12 overs

'19:50

FOUR

Rohit hits half-volley outside off to the long-off boundary. Gone, baby, gone. 

SIX

Rohit hits it high and it lands beyond the long-on boundary.

IND- 94/0 after 11 overs

'19:45

6 singles off the over

IND- 80/0 after 10 overs

'19:41

2 no balls in the over. 

Dew is looking dangerous as de Grandhomme's knuckle ball goes soaring over the batsman and the keeper. 4 byes. 

Dhawan then uses the extra delivery at the end of the over play a brilliant shot through cover- 4. 

IND- 74/0 after 9 overs

'19:36

Ish Sodhi, the other spinner, into the attack- he bowls a good over, just 3 off it.

IND- 56/0 after 8 overs

'19:32

FOUR

Very next ball- Rohit sweeps the medium pacer and does it well. 

DROPPED 

This time Rohit Sharma is the lucky one. The ball hit the toe-end of the bat. Southee at long-off dives forward but mucks up all that effort in the end.

de Grandhomme bowls now.

IND- 53/0 after 7 overs

'19:28

FOUR

Rohit gets the boundary off the last ball, lifts it over extra cover.

Santner returns to bowl one more over in the powerplay. After his first over of arm balls, he decides spin one and gets some good turn. 

Overall a good start by India

IND- 46/0 after 6 overs

'19:24

FOUR

Dhawan cuts this one to the left of deep third man. 

New Zealand are continuing with the pace attack after one over of spin. 

IND- 38/0 after 5 overs

'19:19

FOUR and FOUR

Good shot- uses the pace well to put it past point. He waits in his crease and cuts it well.

Dhawan pulls the short ball towards fine leg. The fine leg is up and it is a boundary.

IND- 30/0 after 4 overs

'19:15

SIX

Rohit gets the maximum, he upper cuts it sweetly. Boult tries hard at deep third man but the ball sails over him. 

Just one over of spin- Southee into the attack.

IND- 21/0 after 3 overs

'19:10

DROPPED 

Santner drops a sitter- probably thinking about his bowling! It was an easy chance but Dhawan survives.  

FOUR and FOUR

The second is flicked beautifully and there is no stopping it.

The first one- is glanced fine as Dhawan gives it a little bit of love... sorry, I meant glove. 

Trent Boult is here.

IND- 13/0 after 2 overs

'19:05

Very tidy first over from Santner- just 2 runs off it.

'18:55

Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan to start for India... a spinner to begin for New Zealand. It's Mitchell Santner. Here we go!!!

'18:50

The two teams are out in the middle for the national anthems. 

'18:45

Yup... we noticed.

We're all set to get underway - this is what we're playing for! (Yes Kane is beardless) #indvnz pic.twitter.com/IUhxoi7rKJ

— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) November 1, 2017

'18:40 

Here are the playing XIs for the match-

India: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, MS Dhoni, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah

New Zealand: Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, Kane Williamson, Tom Bruce, Tom Latham, Henry Nicholls, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Ish Sodhi

18:35

New Zealand win the toss and will bowl first. 

Ashish Nehra is playing.​

New Zealand wins the toss. Elects to bowl first #INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/g8kcmvndMw

— BCCI (@BCCI) November 1, 2017

'18:30

Shreyas Iyer makes his T20I debut.

Proud moment for young Shreyas Iyer as he receives his T20I cap from @RaviShastriOfc #TeamIndia #INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/6Men3m6ciz

— BCCI (@BCCI) November 1, 2017

Coming on the back of a 2-1 ODI series win against New Zealand, the Virat Kohli-led side will be aiming to continue their impressive run of form when they head into the opening T20I at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium.

India, who have never beaten the Kiwis in T20Is, will be looking to break this jinx and give a befitting farewell to Nehra by ending his cricketing career with a win.

India: Virat Kohli (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Lokesh Rahul, Manish Pandey, Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Mohammed Siraj, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah.

New Zealand: Kane Williamson (c), Trent Boult, Tom Bruce, Colin de Grandhomme, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Henry Nicholls, Adam Milne, Colin Munro, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor.