World T20 opener - New Zealand outplays India on all fronts at Nagpur

India is known to be the master of playing spin bowling but they met their nemesis at Nagpur in the form of New Zealand who outplayed India on all fronts to score a thumping victory. Set to score 127 to win, India folded up meekly for 78 and could not even play out the allotted 20 overs. It was a miserable performance by the batsmen. M S Dhoni top scored with 30 while Virat Kohli made 23 runs and Ravichandra Ashwin scored 10 - they were the only three batsmen to score in double digits.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 15 March 2016.

For New Zealand, it was five matches, five wins and they maintained their 100% success rate over India in Twenty20 internationals. They struggled to score 126 runs but defended it successfully, thanks to their spin trio. Mitchell Santner scalped 4/11 while Ish Sodhi returned figures of 3/18. Obviously, New Zealand read the pitch better than India and spun their way to victory, thanks to failure of the Indian batting stalwarts to deliver.
New Zealand struggled to cope with the tough conditions after Kane Williamson opted to bat. They had dropped Tim Southee and Trent Boult and accommodate three spinners which was a masterstroke.


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