Twitter Reacts As New Zealand Thrash India In T20I-Opener

Feb 6, 2019 at 4:06 PM

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Twitter Reacts As New Zealand Thrash India In T20I-Opener

Tim Seifert starred with the bat, slamming 84 off just 43 balls as New Zealand beat India by 80 runs in the first T20I to take the lead in the three-match series. Put in to bat first, the New Zealand openers – Seifert and Colin Munro fired on all cylinders.  The two added 86 runs in just 49 deliveries before Krunal Pandya gave the visitors the first breakthrough by dismissing Munro.

But it did not bring any respite for India as Seifert went on hammering the Indian bowlers, thus setting the platform for a huge total. India finally dismissed him in the 13th over but the damage was already done. Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor and Scott Kuggeleijn then played handy knocks to ensure that New Zealand fully capitalise on the strong start.

Seifert slammed 84 (Credits: Getty)

In reply, India were all out for just 139. The Men in Blue rarely looked in contention to chase down the total and kept on losing wickets at regular intervals. The likes of Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant all failed to get going as New Zealand asserted their authority over India in T2oIs once again. MS Dhoni top-scored for India, scoring 39 while Vijay Shankar and Dhawan scored 27 and 29 respectively.

For New Zealand, Tim Southee was the pick of the bowler, picking up three wickets while Ish Sodhi, Mitchell Santner and Lockie Ferguson picked up two apiece.

Here is how Twitter reacted to the match:

https://twitter.com/brainfadesmith2/status/1093094206837469189

https://twitter.com/brainfadesmith2/status/1093090062382710785

https://twitter.com/m_SumitKhatkar/status/1093092219475644416

https://twitter.com/CouchCoachRFC/status/1093092968410402816

https://twitter.com/iamzyan_/status/1093087708883218432

https://twitter.com/JagratiYadav3/status/1093078582669205504

 

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