@PaulWhite Lose the toss and batting first again. However, nice boundaries from Guptill in the first over.

@AJ And Mitchell in the second. A better start.

2 boundaries this over.

In the last game, they nearly had Indian batsmen in death overs, but I think Mitchell shouldn't have bowled the last over. However, they didn't have any best bowler left at that time.

I had to go to bed. I couldn't keep my eyes open. Surprised it came down to 2 balls.

Ohh. Not a main event to stay awake late. G'night

Guptill hit another six.

@AJ No I meant last time. I'm awake at the moment. Not sure how long I'll last.

Ohh. Maybe you can enjoy NZ's batting before going to bed.

To be honest, I wish for my home team to win but when it's against NZ, I want to see NZ win.

It would be good to have a decider

or the times when NZ is playing with another team.

Another boundary from Guptill

He surpasses Kohli in the most runs in T20 Internationals:

Damn it! Guptill is on fire today.

like the last game.

Seems like a pretty flat track

Could be some big scores if it holds up

it does seem so.

Ah! Gone!

Ha ha jinxed it

Do you know Chahar took his wicket on the very next ball Guptill hit a six on in the last game?

Yes I remember

Same thing happened today

Weird eh

Yep

Still 31 off 15 is a good contribution

Yep

Anyway, it's still very good start.

I read NZ will play under a different captain in all three T20Is

but it doesn't seem so.

Maybe they meant Kane wouldn't captain any of them

Ashwin slowing the scoring rate

I'll never understand scoring in cricket.

@PaulWhite Yeah but he has two overs left and may bowl again in the last 5 overs

Hope Glenn Phillips gets more runs this time

Hmm

From 12 to 7, the rr fell too low

Sure did

Perhaps it would be better if he got out

They won't stand any chance if they score less than 160.

This pitch is well-suited for batting

Yeah I would think 180 is needed at least

Oh dear

Yes otherwise they have to bowl out top three batsman asap

Seifert will hit 50 off 20 balls

From here, if they don't lose any wicket, they can still score 180

@PaulWhite ha ha

Being positive, huh?

😀

Ooo where did that come from

I see potential for a good partnership. Let's see how accurate I am.

Another six

It's a strange pattern

Chahar out of field. Guptill should have wished that earlier.

Oops!

Didn't get 50

Yeah, he was 37 runs short

:p

Fifteen sounds a bit like fifty

Like eeny

180 now seems too far

They have to go with 12 rr now

Four overs to add 52 runs hmmm

Maybe Phillips can fulfill this

Maybe he can

It's good that your wish for Phillips didn't come true.

indeed

sigh

180 seems impossible now.

it does

160 might be a struggle

153 should be nowhere near enough

It's 4:30am so I'm going to bed

Yeah. Chahar has bowled the exact same figure like the last game.

@PaulWhite g'night