New Zealand v India, 1st Twenty20, Christchurch, 20 – 20 live score, New Zealand beat India by 7 wickets
The first Twenty20 match between New Zealand and India, was played at Christchurch. Here is summary of match:
Match was played at AMI Stadium, Christchurch, on 25 February 2009 – day/night (20-over match)
New Zealand won Toss and chose to field first
Indian Innings: Indian made 162 rund for 8 wickets in 20 overs at 8.10 rund per over. Suresh Raina 61 not out and Sehwag 26 (10 balls) were the highest scorers. Ganbhir, Yuvraj and Dhone failed to make any impact. Harbhajan Singh (Bhajji) was a surprise for New zealand as he made 21 rus of 22 balls. Yusuf Pathan though out for 20 made them in just 8 balls.
New Zealand Innings: In reponse New Zealand lost an early wicket of JD Ryder. At the time of writing this post they were playing at 54 for 2 in 7th overs with MJ Guptill just got out by Bhajji at 41. The other playesr scored as – MJ Guptill (41), LRPL Taylor (31), JDP Oram (29 not out) and BB McCullum (56 not out).
New Zealand won by 7 wickets with 7 balls remaining
Umpires and refrees
Umpires GAV Baxter and EA Watkin
TV umpire AL Hill
Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire DM Quested
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