India took a 1-0 lead in the series by defeating New Zealand by 48 runs in the first T20 International played in Nagpur. Batting first on Wednesday, India scored 238 runs for 7 wickets, which is India’s highest T20 score against New Zealand so far. Chasing the target, the Kiwi team could score only 190 runs. The biggest hero of this victory was Abhishek Sharma, who played an inning of 84 runs. During this, he hit 8 or more sixes in an innings for the fourth time. Whereas, India got a big success in the beginning of New Zealand’s innings, when Sanju Samson took a diving catch of Devon Conway with one hand in the first over. Read the top records and moments of the first T20… 1. India’s biggest T20 score against New Zealand India made its highest ever score of 238/7 runs against New Zealand in Nagpur. Earlier, India’s best score was 234/4 runs, which was made in Ahmedabad in 2023. India has scored 200+ 5 times against New Zealand. 2. Surya played his 100th T20I match in 1774 days. Suryakumar Yadav played his 100th T20I match in just 1774 days after his debut in T20 International cricket, which is the fastest record to reach this milestone among players from full member countries. Earlier this record was in the name of Pakistan’s Babar Azam, who took 2410 days to play 100 T20s. 3. Abhishek’s fastest T-20 fifty against New Zealand: Abhishek Sharma scored the fastest half-century for India in T-20 against New Zealand. He completed his fifty in just 22 balls. Earlier this record was in the name of KL Rahul (Auckland, 2020) and Rohit Sharma (Hamilton, 2020), who scored half-centuries in 23 balls each. Abhishek also became the batsman who scored the most number of half-centuries in 25 or less balls. He has done this feat 8 times. After Abhishek, Phil Salt, Suryakumar Yadav and Evin Lewis are in second place, who have completed fifty in 25 or less balls 7 times each. 4. Abhishek hit 8+ sixes in his innings for the fourth time. Talking about innings with 8 or more sixes for India in T-20 International, Abhishek Sharma has topped the list. He has achieved this feat 4 times so far, while Rohit Sharma and Sanju Samson are behind him with 3-3 innings. Abhishek Sharma also completed his 5000 runs in T-20 cricket (including international and league cricket). Now the moments… 1. Ishan’s four on his return after 805 days: Ishan Kishan hit a four as soon as he returned to International T-20 cricket after 805 days. He sent a full length delivery from Kyle Jamieson over long off for a brilliant four. However, Ishaan was out after scoring 8 runs. He was caught by Mark Chapman on the ball of Jacob Duffy and sent to the pavilion. Before this, Ishaan played his last T20 International match against Australia in November 2023. 2. Surya, Hardik and Ishaan hit a four on their first ball. Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya hit a four on their very first ball. Ishaan played a straight shot on Jameson’s full length ball. The ball passed over the infield and reached the boundary. After this, Suryakumar Yadav, as soon as he came to the crease, came forward and hit a classic backfoot drive through cover on the short of length ball of Jacob Duffy. Whereas Hardik Pandya went ahead and played a straight shot on spinner Mitchell Santner on the very first ball and got a four. 3. Sanju caught the catch with one hand. On the very second ball of New Zealand’s innings, Arshdeep Singh sent Devon Conway to the pavilion. Conway tried to play a cover drive on a full length ball, but the ball took the edge of his bat and went towards the wicketkeeper. Sanju Samson dived to the left and took a brilliant catch with one hand very close to the ground. With this, Arshdeep dismissed Conway for the fourth time in T-20 International. Conway was out without opening the account. 4. Rinku missed the catch of Chapman. Mark Chapman got a lease of life in the 11th over. Chapman missed the catch of Rinku Singh on Jasprit Bumrah’s ball. The Kiwi batsman wanted to play very short, but the ball hit square and stood above it. But, Rinku Singh could not catch the high catch. 5. Akshar Patel got hit on his finger by the ball. In the 16th over, Akshar Patel got hit on his finger by the ball. In such a situation, he had to go out of the field. Abhishek Sharma completed his over. Daryl Mitchell played a sharp shot in the direction of the ball. Akshar tried to stop it and the ball hit the same finger with which he spins the ball.
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न्यूजीलैंड के खिलाफ भारत का हाईएस्ट टी-20 टोटल: अभिषेक ने चौथी बार 8+ सिक्स लगाए, संजू का एक हाथ से डाइविंग कैच; रिकॉर्ड्स-मोमेंट्स
