1st Match - India v New Zealand (15th March)

[abmk]

cricinfo : 10.45 pm India remain winless in T20 internationals against New Zealand, having lost five in five.

really !?

 

[Burgey]

Lol.

Fantastic

 

[Moss]

Sodhi WAG. What an asset he's turning out to be. (Pun highly intended)

 

[Black_Warrior]

Lol.

Fantastic

I thought someone was not going to stay up?

 

[kiwiviktor81]

Great win. Almost as good as beating Australia in the first match of the 1992 CWC.

BCs were paying 10.50 at the innings break, I decided to hold on for 20, so my greed cost me bad there.

 

[vcs]

Do we get knocked out if we lose to Pakistan next? That will be fun.

 

[Pratters]

One of the better T20 games I have watched even though India batted like ****. Play straight, ****s. NZ bowled well though and kudos to them on their team selection. Rahane should have been there in the first XI for this pitch.

 

[cricman]

Do we get knocked out if we lose to Pakistan next? That will be fun.

NRR is atrocious, basically 1 foot out the door already.

They have to win the remaining matches and still might need help

 

[thundaboult]

It's moments like these I get motivated to better my game and appreciate this sport so much. Makes me reflect on the very first cricket match I ever watched (Shane bond 6-23 vs AUS WC 2003) and just smile through all passages of play since then, good or bad.

By the way, I'll be meeting up with a distant buddy of mines soon and he just got his Indian jersey....we're supposed to be taking a photo together in our respective NZ and IND outfit...easy to say that I'll be grinning ear to ear and sledge the **** outta him. Welcome back son. Meet your T20 tormentor.

India were definitely bleeding blue today....black and blue lawlz

 

[Black_Warrior]

The amazing world of T20 cricket where New Zealand outspin India in a match in India.

 

[Black_Warrior]

It's that horrible, unplayable, bad for cricket Nagpur pitch again

Ban cricket in Nagpur I say

 

[Black_Warrior]

The astro turf pitch with cigarette burns on a length at my old school was better than that wicket

- Ben Stokes

 

[Pratters]

The New Zealand jerseys today were super cool. Tempted to buy one.

 

[thundaboult]

The New Zealand jerseys today were super cool. Tempted to buy one.

They look even better after tonight! Although I got the world cup 2015 shirt to be honest. Too many good memories associated with that shirt, had to buy it while it was still out on limited release! But my eyes are now on the T20 outfit! #BleedBlackandBeige

 

[fredfertang]

Bloody hell - that wasn't quite the scorecard I expected to see when I got in from work

 

[Howsie]

Northern Districts!!!!!!!!

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

The New Zealand jerseys today were super cool. Tempted to buy one.

Awesome jersey

 

[G.I.Joe]

Dear MS don't ever complain about Pitches in Bangladesh ever again

Wot? You realize that this actually lends some credence to his complaint that the pitches in Bangladesh weren't good preparation for the World T20? They're completely different.

 

[Pratters]

- Ben Stokes

The wicket wasn't that bad. Was a slow turner but if one waited for the deliveries instead of playing across at every thing, it wasn't impossible to make runs.

 

[Tec15]

NZ are shitting the bed colossally here. And with this terrible team selection too. If they're going to be this awful, they should lay down and die and die against Bangladesh as well. At least help a more deserving team into the semi-finals.

Well, this makes me look extremely foolish now . Well done New Zealand for exposing India completely here and in particular making their usual pitch doctoring tactic backfire spectacularly.