On Wednesday (6 February), New Zealand won the first T20I of the three-match T20I series at Westpac Stadium (Wellington). With this victory, New Zealand has taken the 1-0 lead of the series with two to go.
After winning the toss, the Indian skipper Rohit Sharma decided to field first. New Zealand scored a massive total of 219/6 in 20 overs. In reply, the visiting side India only managed to score 139 runs before losing their all wickets.
Brief Score: New Zealand – 219/6 in 20 overs (Tim Seifert 84, Colin Munro 34; Hardik Pandya 2/51)
India – 139 in 19.2 overs (MS Dhoni 39, Shikhar Dhawan 29; Tim Southee 3/17)
Result – New Zealand won by 80 runs.
Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:
(1st innings)
Colin Munro
i) New Zealand cricketer Colin Munro played his 50th T20I.
- Seventh New Zealand cricketer to play 50 or more T20Is. The other six players are Ross Taylor (86 T20Is), Martin Guptill (76 T20Is), Brendon McCullum (71 T20Is), Nathan McCullum (63 T20Is), Tim Southee (56 T20Is) and Kane Williamson (55 T20Is).
ii) New Zealand cricketer Colin Munro scored 5,000 T20 runs.
- Colin Munro became the fourth New Zealand batsman to score 5,000 or more runs in the T20 career. The other three in this list are Brendon McCullum (9,922 runs), Martin Guptill (6,301 runs) and Ross Taylor (5,731 runs).
Kane Williamson
iii) By the end of the match, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson reached 1,036 runs as a T20I captain.
- Third most run-scorer as a T20I captain. The top two in this list are Faf du Plessis (South Africa) and MS Dhoni (India) who have scored 1,252 runs and 1,112 runs respectively.
Tim Seifert
iv) New Zealand opener and wicketkeeper-batsman Tim Seifert scored 84 runs.
- Third highest T20I score by a New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman.
| Player | Runs scored | Opposition | Venue | Date |
| Brendon McCullum | 123 | Bangladesh | Pallekele | 21 September 2012 |
| Brendon McCullum | 91 | India | Chennai | 11 September 2012 |
| Tim Seifert | 84 | India | Wellington | 6 February 2019 |
- Third highest T20I score by a New Zealand batsman against India.
| Player | Runs scored | Venue | Date |
| Colin Munro | 109* | Rajkot | 4 November 2017 |
| Brendon McCullum | 91 | Chennai | 11 September 2012 |
| Tim Seifert | 84 | Wellington | 6 February 2019 |
Hardik Pandya
v) Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya had the bowling figures of 4-0-51-2.
- Second most expensive T20I bowling figure by an Indian pacer outside the Indian soil. The most-expensive bowling figure in this list is 4-0-57-0 by Joginder Sharma against England at Durban on 19 September 2007.
New Zealand national cricket team
vi) New Zealand scored 219/6 in 20 overs.
- It was the third highest T20I total for New Zealand.
| Total | Opposition | Venue | Date |
| 243/5 (20 overs) | West Indies | Mount Maunganui | 3 January 2018 |
| 243/6 (20 overs) | Australia | Auckland | 16 February 2018 |
| 219/6 (20 overs) | India | Wellington | 6 February 2019 |
- It was the joint second highest T20I total for any team against India.
| Team | Total | Venue | Date |
| West Indies | 245/6 (20 overs) | Lauderhill | 27 August 2016 |
| South Africa | 219/6 (20 overs) | Johannesburg | 30 March 2012 |
| New Zealand | 219/6 (20 overs) | Wellington | 6 February 2019 |
(2nd innings)
MS Dhoni
i) Indian wicketkeeper-batsman MS Dhoni has scored 554 runs in away T20Is (home of the opposition).
- Most runs scored by a wicketkeeper-batsman in away T20Is. MS Dhoni surpassed former New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman Brendon McCullum who scored 521 runs in away T20Is.
ii) Indian wicketkeeper-batsman MS Dhoni has scored 1,526 runs in T20I career.
- MS Dhoni became the second wicketkeeper-batsmen to score 1,500+ runs in T20I career. Afghanistan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Shahzad is on top of this list with 1,918 T20I runs.
- MS Dhoni became the fourth Indian batsman to score 1,500+ T20I runs. The other three cricketers are Rohit Sharma (2,238 runs), Virat Kohli (2,167 runs) and Suresh Raina (1,605 runs).
Tim Southee
iii) New Zealand pacer Tim Southee has taken 37 T20I wickets at home.
- Highest wicket-taker in home T20I. Tim Southee surpassed the record of Bangladesh left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan who has picked up 35 T20I wickets at home.
New Zealand national cricket team
iv) New Zealand won the match by 80 runs.
- It was the largest T20I defeat (by runs) for India. Their previous largest T20I defeat was by 49 runs against Australia at Bridgetown on 7 May 2010.