The opening batsmen, KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma set Team India off to a flying start. To interrupt the establishing opening partnership, New Zealand revised their tactics and brought Mitchell Santner into the attack, who made the first breakthrough by picking KL Rahul 15 (14). Despite losing the first crucial wicket, captain Rohit Sharma took the initiative, along with Suryakumar Yadav, hitting big knocks and establishing an important wicket-to-wicket partnership.
The Kiwis, on the other hand, are trying to restrict the runs and grab wickets at regular intervals with their strong bowling unit. Meanwhile, Trent Boult sacked Rohit Sharma on 48 (36) and Suryakumar Yadav 62 (40)
