New Zealand beat India by 21 runs: Kiwi team leads 1-0 in T-20 series 27

Ranchi. In the first match of the T-20 series, Team India suffered a crushing defeat by 21 runs against New Zealand. With this, the Indian team has lost 0-1 in the bilateral series of 3 matches. With this defeat, India’s unbeaten record on the ground in Ranchi has been broken. Before this, the team had not lost any T20 matches here. Batting first, New Zealand posted a score of 176 runs in Dhoni’s hometown of Ranchi. After that, the Indian batsmen were stopped at 155 for 9 wickets in 20 overs.

Daryl Mitchell and Mitchell Santner were the heroes of the Kiwi team’s victory. Mitchell played an inning of 59 runs in 30 balls. While Mitchell Santner took two wickets for 11 runs including one maiden in four overs. After the partnership of captain Hardik Pandya (21 runs) and Suryakumar (47 runs), Washington Sundar’s (50 runs) half-century at number-6 narrowed India’s margin of defeat, but could not win.