After facing a demoralizing 1-4 loss in the ODI series against Team India, New Zealand will be looking forward to proving their worth against their formidable opponents in the T20I rubber. In the first T20I of the series in Wellington, the Indian skipper Rohit Sharma decided to bowl first and his bowlers didn’t have a great start as the Kiwi openers amassed 66 runs in the first six overs without losing any wickets. India included Dinesh Karthik, Krunal Pandya and Khaleel Ahmed in the team as compared to the final ODI at the same venue.

The New Zealand openers, Colin Munro (34) and Tim Seifert (84) played ferocious knocks as they added 84 runs for the first wicket before, Munro getting dismissed in the 9th over of the game by Krunal. However, the highlight of the inning came in the 15th over as Karthik pulled off an unbelievable catch at the boundary line as India got the wicket of Daryl Mitchell. 

On the final ball of the over bowled by for Hardik Pandya, Daryl made a mistake as the bowled delivered a length ball outside off. The batsman decided to smack the ball in the air over the long-on boundary where DK took a mind-boggling catch at the edge of the boundary.

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Karthik leaped and caught the ball with both hands, but the momentum carries him over the ropes. He tossed the ball into the air, then DK threw himself forward and caught the ball again. He had doubts that his foot was in contact with the rope, but the replays confirmed that it wasn’t. It was a top catch from DK. He sent back Mitchell back for 8 off 6 balls on debut.

Here is the video of the same:

https://twitter.com/videos_shots/status/1093061615388258305

New Zealand amassed as many as 219 runs in their quota of 20 overs with the loss of six wickets, Hardik was the pick of the bowlers for India as he got two wickets but conceded 51 runs as well. All the other bowlers got one-wicket each.