NZ vs IND 1st T20I Live Score - Christchurch (22 October 2026)

Starts with a full toss, on the leg stump, Finn Allen drives it to mid on. The replay shows that his bat actually twisted at the point of contact.

Short of a length, on top of off, Finn Allen controls the pull shot over mid-wicket for a couple of runs.

Cannons it on a good length, on the leg stump, 139 kph. Finn Allen hops back to create room and knocks it to the mid on region for a single.

Spears it full at 144 kph, outside the off stump. Tim Seifert shuffles outside off, and tries to play the scoop shot but he is purely beaten by the excessive pace. Good heat from Mayank.

Swing and a miss! Hits the length hard, outside the off stump. Tim slashes hard to carve it over point but the ball kicks up and zips over the angled bat.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Mayank gets the reward for his disciplined bowling. Slams it really hard into the pitch, outside the off stump. Tim Seifert opens the body by clearing the front leg and tries to hammer it down the ground but the ball nips away, takes the feather off the outside edge and nestles into Sanju Samson's gloves behind the stumps. A huge breakthrough for the tourists and New Zealand are 49/1.

Pushed through, on a length. Allen leans back and powers the drive straight to mid off.

SIX! Lovely extension of the arms. A bit of air given, full and around the off stump. Allen makes room for himself and with a clean swing of the arms, he thumps it over long off for a biggie. The 50 comes up for New Zealand.

Good hustle! Flat and sliding on with the arm, fractionally arm, on the off stump. Allen makes room to force it through the off side. He slaps it towards extra cover, where the fielder gives chase and makes a half stop, taking the sting out of the shot. Ishan Kishan from cover gives chase and hauls it in with a slide. Three runs taken.

SIX! No sighters needed for Mitchell. Straighter from Axar, on a good length, on middle. Mitchell dances down the track and extends his hands into the lofted hit, clearing the long on fence with relative ease.

Missed out. Low full toss, on off, there to be put away with the field up on the off side. Mitchell knocks it to cover without much timing.

Darted in at the pads, on the shorter side. Daryl tucks it to the left of square leg for a single to close out the Powerplay. Despite a quiet first couple of overs, New Zealand finish the Powerplay at 65/1.

Yadav bashes the hard length, on off. Mitchell shuffles across and drops it beside the strip on the leg side for a single.

Mayank pitches it up, on off. Allen gets his hands through the line and picks the bones out of it as he slams it down the deck. Hits it too straight as the ball crashes into the stumps at the bowling end.

Wide. Dug in short, over off, too high. Allen lets it go as the ball sails over his head.

FOUR! Straight as an arrow. Change-up by Mayank as he takes pace off, on a length, on off. Allen picks the slower one and opens up the front hip. He pauses his bat swing before pumping it back over the bowler's head.

At 136 kph, on a good length, outside off. Allen walks across for the scoop but does not connect.

What happened there? Another bumper, on off. Allen takes on the short ball and tries to clear the long boundary on the leg side. Gets it more off the toe end as the ball flies flat towards deep square leg. Ishan Kishan tries to get in off the ropes and stumbles a bit but manages to stay on his feet and sticks out his right hand over his head to make the stop. Just a single. Even without the stumble, the ball was not going to carry to Kishan.

Gets away with it. Short and wide on off, there to be put away. Mitchell cuts but picks out Axar Patel at backward point.

SIX! Axar Patel is being taken to the cleaners here. Floated up, on off. Allen makes room for himself and gets under the ball to slam it back over the bowler's head for half a dozen.

This is slowed down and the length is dragged back, on off. A bit of grip and turn as Allen chips it back over Axar and takes a single.

Darted in, on a good length, on middle. Mitchell pushes it to long on for a single.

OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! Axar Patel has the last laugh in his battle against Finn Allen. No roar or big celebration from Axar, who simply raises his right hand after the catch is taken. Axar bowls it slower through the air, on the shorter side, on off. Allen backs away towards the leg side and sets up to go down the ground with a horizontal bat. Ends up slicing it high in the air and only gets the height and not the distance. Tilak Varma settles under the skier and takes the catch close to his chest. New Zealand are 2 down for 80.

Flat and short, on off. Glenn Phillips tucks it to mid-wicket.

Skidding through in line with the off stump, on a nagging length. Glenn taps it wide of cover and gets off the mark with a single.

At 131 kph, full and on the off stump. Phillips pushes it to cover.

Angled in at the sticks, on a good length. Phillips plays it with soft hands towards the vacant mid on region and calls for two straight away. They eventually settle with a single as Reddy hunts down the ball himself.

Pushes the length up, on off. Mitchell plays a wristy drive towards long on and rotates the strike.

Not all that short, on off. Phillips hangs back and plays the short-arm jab towards deep mid-wicket. They cross.

Full and straight on off, Mitchell tries to smoke it over long on by clearing his front leg, but gets it off the toe end and it rolls to widish long on for a single.

Keeps the stumps in play, on a length. Phillips pushes at the ball with hard hands. Gets it off the inner half behind square leg. Ishan Kishan runs in off the ropes and keeps the batters down to a single. A tidy first over from Reddy, just 5 runs off it.

Slanting in at the hips. Phillips nudges it behind square leg and takes the first run hard. Mitchell sets off for the second run before being sent back and rightly so, as Arshdeep Singh was quick to get on the ball.

Low full toss, on off. Mitchell wrists it to long on and crosses over.

On a good length, on the off stump. Phillips punches it to deep cover for another single.

2 runs, the batter goes back in the crease and flicks it away through mid wicket for a couple.