IND vs NZ 1st T20I: New Zealand defeated India by 21 runs in the T20 match played on Friday (January 28) in Ranchi. New Zealand had scored 176 runs while batting first here, in response the Indian team could score only 155 runs. This was the fourth time that the Kiwi team defended a score of less than 200 against Team India on Indian soil in a T20 match. Apart from New Zealand, no other team has been able to do this even once in India.
New Zealand did charisma on these three occasions before Ranchi
Chennai 2012: For the first time in September 2012, New Zealand defended a score of less than 200 against India in India . In the T20 match played at Chepauk Stadium, New Zealand had scored 167 runs while batting first, in response the Indian team could score only 166 runs in the stipulated overs.
Nagpur 2016: During the T20 World Cup in March 2016, in a Group-2 match in Nagpur, New Zealand scored just 126 runs while batting first, yet they were able to defend this score. Was successful. Kiwi bowlers all out the Indian team for just 79 runs here.
Rajkot 2017: In November 2017, the New Zealand team scored 196 runs while batting first, in response the Indian team could score only 156 runs. The Kiwi team had registered a one-sided victory here by 40 runs.
Ranchi 2023: Batting first, New Zealand scored 176 runs thanks to half-centuries from Devon Conway (52) and Daryl Mitchell (59), in response, the Indian team was limited to 155 runs in the allotted overs. Could make From India, only Washington Sundar (50) and Suryakumar Yadav (47) were able to present a challenge to the Kiwi bowlers.
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