India vs New Zealand, 1st T20I, New Zealand tour of India, 2026 - Player Highlights

Santner to Suryakumar Yadav, out Caught by Tim Robinson!! This is the matchup battle that Santner has won again. He's got SKY for the fourth time in T20s. You would have to say that's another soft dismissal from India. Full delivery on the stumps, seemed like SKY didn't really go through fully with the loft. Hit it flatter, long-on ran in and dove full length forward at pace and took an excellent catch. Decent hand from the Indian captain. Suryakumar Yadav c Tim Robinson b Santner 32(22) [4s-4 6s-1]

Santner to Suryakumar Yadav, 1 run, in the airrrr, doesn't carry to long-on! Teased SKY with a full ball on the stumps and got some turn, SKY wanted to loft down the ground, sliced it over extra-cover and escaped the mishit

Ish Sodhi to Suryakumar Yadav, 1 run, driven to long-off

Ish Sodhi to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR, some shot from SKY. Ish Sodhi spotted SKY stepping out so he dropped this short and quick. It had no room, SKY didn't have time either. But he quickly got a high elbow somehow to get under the ball and play a back foot lofted drive over mid-wicket without pulling or sloggling. Both long-on and deep mid-wicket could no nothing about it

Ish Sodhi to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR, it's tough to keep him off the sweep shot! Santner did a fine job by bowling really full. Sodhi drops it way too short this time and SKY was literally down on one knee to execute that shot over short fine leg

Ish Sodhi to Suryakumar Yadav, 1 run, fullish delivery on the stumps, SKY advances and flicks to mid-wicket

Santner to Suryakumar Yadav, 1 run, he wanted the big lofted inside out cover drive, luckily the inside edge escaped safely behind square

Santner to Suryakumar Yadav, 1 run, now waits and drives past cover for a single. Santner bowling really full, possibly to stop SKY from attempting the sweep - a shot he plays well

Santner to Suryakumar Yadav, no run, advances and yorks himself, digs it out to cover

Phillips to Suryakumar Yadav, 1 run, flatter delivery just outside off stump, SKY slices it to backward point

Ish Sodhi to Suryakumar Yadav, 1 run, googly troubling SKY on the back foot! Wanted to back away and drive off the back foot, but got an inside edge that rolled behind square

Ish Sodhi to Suryakumar Yadav, no run, very full delivery, SKY drives to cover

Ish Sodhi to Suryakumar Yadav, 1 run, full delivery on the stumps, SKY drives to long-on

Kristian Clarke to Suryakumar Yadav, 1 run, worked away to deep square leg

Kristian Clarke to Suryakumar Yadav, SIX, ohhh, SKY gets a maximum with his favourite pick-up shot of his. This is the same shot that troubled him recently. His average till Oct 2024 with that shot was 53.00, SR nearly 250 and it dipped to an average of 6.14 since then. Is this the change of fortune he needed? Short of a length delivery on the leg stump, SKY backs himself and sends it soaring over long leg. Hit a pretty good in the nets in the build up to the game and he's started well here

Jamieson to Suryakumar Yadav, 1 run, full delivery outside off stump, SKY leans forward and drives to deep point

Jamieson to Suryakumar Yadav, no run, short of length delivery outside off stump, SKY dabs to backward point

Kristian Clarke to Suryakumar Yadav, no run, slower delivery, keeps a little low, SKY manages to knock it to mid-on

Kristian Clarke to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR, leans into the drive. Literally jumped into the drive with a last second hop from the crease. To the right of cover, Santner tries to hunt it down from mid-off. He gives a committed chase and dives, but the ball beats him to the fence

Kristian Clarke to Suryakumar Yadav, no run, oh this one nips back in and keeps a shade low to threaten LBW/bowled. SKY did well to get his bat down in time to save his wicket. Did keep quite low

Kristian Clarke to Suryakumar Yadav, no run, oh past the outside edge! Short of a length delivery nipping away, SKY moves across and looks to push, ball nips away to beat the bat

Jacob Duffy to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR, meanwhile, SKY has literally run in to show some intent and he plays a brilliant back foot drive through cover. Short of a length delivery just outside off stump, SKY rose tall, creamed the drive and once it found the gap at cover it raced away