IND vs NZ: Black Caps stand-in captain Tim Southee© AFP
After losing the first T20I against India by five wickets, New Zealand captain Tim Southee on Wednesday said the way Mark Chapman batted and took the visitors to a competitive total, the team can be proud of. Suryakumar Yadav (62) and captain Rohit Sharma (48) performed brilliantly with the bat as India chased down 165 runs to beat New Zealand by five wickets in the first T20I of the three-match series at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. .
“You always want to come out on the right side of the result. We played our best cricket and took it deep. Mark Chapman hasn’t played a lot of cricket lately, and the way he played was a very pleasant side. It was a game of fine margins,” Saudi told host broadcaster Star Sports in a post-match presentation.
“It was a good score, we wanted to start well with the ball but we did well to get back in the middle and of course Mitch Santner was excellent with the ball and took it deep and took it to the last over. Leaving was a positive sign for us,” he said.
Earlier, Martin Guptill and Mark Chapman scored 70 and 63 respectively as New Zealand posted a total of 164/6. Ravichandran Ashwin and Bhuvneshwar Kumar returned with two wickets each for India.
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“It’s always tough with different grounds and things like that but we have high expectations of ourselves, we’re a little off on the field and it’s an area we pride ourselves on and over the last few months We’ve been very good. It’s always tough. Daryl’s got a lot of training and he’s always wanted to bowl but in the end maybe he didn’t give him enough runs.”
With this win, India have taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match series, with the second game to be played on Friday.
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