India vs New Zealand Live Score, 3rd T20: Nitish Reddy provides India breakthrough as Finn Allen departs

New Zealand vs India Live Score : 117/2 (11.2 overs) 11.2: Axar Patel to Glenn Phillips, Short and outside off, punched off the back foot to cover..New Zealand vs India Live Score : 117/2 (11.1 overs) 11.1: Axar Patel to Glenn Phillips, FOUR! Nicely played! Fuller and tossed outside off, Glenn Phillips presses forward and excellently lofts it inside out over cover for a boundary..New Zealand vs India Live Score : 113/2 (10.6 overs) 10.6: Nitish Kumar Reddy to Daryl Mitchell, SIX! FIFTY FOR DARYL MITCHELL! A rapid innings and it has taken him just 26 balls to get to his 9th T20I half-century. He has led the counterattack magnificently for the hosts and will look to bat till the end. Another half-volley by Nitish, outside off, Mitchell clears the front leg and smokes it over deep mid-wicket for a biggie..New Zealand vs India Live Score : 107/2 (10.5 overs) 10.5: Nitish Kumar Reddy to Daryl Mitchell, FOUR! Hit powerfully! Long half-volley by Reddy, outside off. Mitchell stays deep in the crease and maintains great shape before thumping it down the ground, beating long on to his left for a boundary..New Zealand vs India Live Score : 103/2 (10.4 overs) 10.4: Nitish Kumar Reddy to Glenn Phillips, Oh, trying to be a bit adventurous there. Phillips shuffles across to scoop the full ball, but Nitish follows him so he tries to reverse scoop, and ends up getting an underedge to the left of short third. A single taken..New Zealand vs India Live Score : 102/2 (10.3 overs) 10.3: Nitish Kumar Reddy to Daryl Mitchell, Slips in a low full toss, on off, Mitchell drills it to long on for a single..New Zealand vs India Live Score : 101/2 (10.2 overs) 10.2: Nitish Kumar Reddy to Glenn Phillips, Another full delivery and angling in at 130 kph, Glenn flicks it neatly to deep mid-wicket for a single..New Zealand vs India Live Score : 100/2 (10.1 overs) 10.1: Nitish Kumar Reddy to Glenn Phillips, Full and straight, around off, Phillips strokes it straight to the mid off fielder.. Drinks Break! We are halfway through the first innings, and what an entertaining first half it has been. New Zealand are cruising at a good pace but India, with Allen's dismissal, have managed to pull things back a bit in the last two overs, conceding just 12 runs. However, with Mitchell well set now and Phillips, featuring in his 100th T20I, the platform is very much set for these two to keep hammering runs. Conditions look pretty good for batting so it looks like another 200-plus total is on the cards..New Zealand vs India Live Score : 100/2 (9.6 overs) 9.6: Axar Patel to Glenn Phillips, One more to end the over, and that also brings up the 100 for New Zealand. Good length on the pads, tucked away off the back foot and past square leg for a run..New Zealand vs India Live Score : 99/2 (9.5 overs) 9.5: Axar Patel to Daryl Mitchell, On a length and at the stumps, worked away in front of square leg for a single..New Zealand vs India Live Score : 98/2 (9.4 overs) 9.4: Axar Patel to Glenn Phillips, Quicker one, at 96 kph, and darting it down leg. Phillips tries to get inside the line and flick it fine but gets it off the pads to short fine leg. Prince Yadav dives to his right and makes a stop as the batters pick up a leg bye..New Zealand vs India Live Score : 97/2 (9.3 overs) 9.3: Axar Patel to Daryl Mitchell, Floated up outside off, Mitchell skips down the track and punches it away to long off for one more..New Zealand vs India Live Score : 96/2 (9.2 overs) 9.2: Axar Patel to Glenn Phillips, Bowled with a high arm, fuller and sliding it into the stumps. Glenn Phillips eases it down to long on and rotates strike..New Zealand vs India Live Score : 95/2 (9.1 overs) 9.1: Axar Patel to Daryl Mitchell, Flatter one around off, Mitchell strides ahead and smothers it away through covers for a quick single.. Change? Yup. Axar Patel (1-0-14-0) returns. He replaces Prince Yadav..New Zealand vs India Live Score : 94/2 (8.6 overs) 8.6: Nitish Kumar Reddy to Glenn Phillips, That's a jaffa, and even Phillips lets out an 'ooh.' Full of a good length and on off, Phillips looks to drive straight but the ball nips away late and breezes past the outside edge. 6 runs and a wicket off Reddy's first over..New Zealand vs India Live Score : 94/2 (8.5 overs) 8.5: Nitish Kumar Reddy to Glenn Phillips, FOUR! Just a hint of width on offer, and Phillips picks his spot perfectly. Back of a length and wide outside off, dabbed away down between backward point and short third for a boundary..New Zealand vs India Live Score : 90/2 (8.4 overs) 8.4: Nitish Kumar Reddy to Glenn Phillips, Skiddy length on off, darting back in. Glenn Phillips plays with a vertical bat but gets it off the inside half of the bat to mid on.. The bowling change has worked for the Men in Blue. A timely breakthrough for them. In walks the man in form, Glenn Phillips. Two back-to-back high scores of 82 not out and 72 in the series so far. And the platform is very much set for him to go bang-bang..New Zealand vs India Live Score : 90/2 (8.3 overs) 8.3: Nitish Kumar Reddy to Finn Allen, OUT! CAUGHT! That's a fine catch in the deep, and the 86-run stand is finally broken. Nitish Kumar Reddy keeps bowling it full, but angles it into the batter this time. Finn Allen looks to whip it off his toes but ends up hitting it flatter and wide of long on. Naman Dhir at long on attacks the ball well, runs in a bit to his right and lunges ahead to grab it with both hands. New Zealand are now 90/2..New Zealand vs India Live Score : 90/1 (8.2 overs) 8.2: Nitish Kumar Reddy to Daryl Mitchell, Full-pitched delivery, slightly straighter and banged away from inside the crease by Mitchell, towards long on for one more..New Zealand vs India Live Score : 89/1 (8.1 overs) 8.1: Nitish Kumar Reddy to Finn Allen, Pitched up on the fourth-stump line, Allen stays back before driving it hard and down to long off for just a single.. The Kiwis are galloping at 11 runs per over now. As India hunt for a wicket desperately, Nitish Kumar Reddy is brought into the attack, replacing Axar Patel..New Zealand vs India Live Score : 88/1 (7.6 overs) 7.6: Prince Yadav to Finn Allen, Another good yorker, but 16 runs come off that over. Full and straight, right in the blockhole. Allen toe-ends it towards mid on and picks up a single..New Zealand vs India Live Score : 87/1 (7.5 overs) 7.5: Prince Yadav to Daryl Mitchell, Good comeback delivery from Yadav, but the damage is already done. Prince nails the yorker at the toes, and Mitchell jams it down to long on for a single..New Zealand vs India Live Score : 86/1 (7.4 overs) 7.4: Prince Yadav to Daryl Mitchell, SIX! Wow, Daryl Mitchell has climbed into that one and sent it a long way into the stands. Banged in short and at the batter, Mitchell reaches up to pull and clobbers it over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. It is raining sixes right now in Wellington..New Zealand vs India Live Score : 80/1 (7.3 overs) 7.3: Prince Yadav to Finn Allen, Full and straight, nearly a perfect yorker. Allen hangs deep and digs it away through the mid-wicket region and rotates strike..New Zealand vs India Live Score : 79/1 (7.2 overs) 7.2: Prince Yadav to Daryl Mitchell, Back of a length and angled into the batter, Mitchell hops up a bit and nudges it down through square leg for a single..New Zealand vs India Live Score : 78/1 (7.1 overs) 7.1: Prince Yadav to Daryl Mitchell, SIX! Mitchell has made that look so easy. A length ball at the stumps, Mitchell lunges across to the off side, stays low and just helps it over short fine leg and the ball sails over the ropes for another six.. Prince Yadav (1-0-10-0) is back on, replacing Arshdeep Singh..New Zealand vs India Live Score : 72/1 (6.6 overs) 6.6: Axar Patel to Finn Allen, SIX! That deserved to be put away. Dragged well short and outside off, Finn Allen rocks back again before laying into the shot and forcing it flat over the cover fence for six runs..New Zealand vs India Live Score : 66/1 (6.5 overs) 6.5: Axar Patel to Finn Allen, That's cleverly bowled. Quick and a bit full again, pushing it well wide of the off stump. Allen is late to pick it and ends up leaving it alone..New Zealand vs India Live Score : 66/1 (6.4 overs) 6.4: Axar Patel to Finn Allen, The quicker one now, relatively full and speared into the stumps. Allen backs away and stabs it to the cover fielder..New Zealand vs India Live Score : 66/1 (6.3 overs) 6.3: Axar Patel to Finn Allen, SIX! That's a fine shot. Just marginally short from Axar, at the stumps. Finn Allen goes deep in his crease and just swats it away with quick hands, dumping it over cow corner for a biggie..New Zealand vs India Live Score : 60/1 (6.2 overs) 6.2: Axar Patel to Daryl Mitchell, Fractionally shorter now, over middle, tucked away off the back foot into the vacant space at mid-wicket for a single..New Zealand vs India Live Score : 59/1 (6.1 overs) 6.1: Axar Patel to Finn Allen, On a good length to begin with, darting it back in towards the stumps. Allen rocks back and smacks it wide of deep cover, looking for two, but Nitish Kumar Reddy gets quickly across to his right and keeps it down to one run.. A Powerplay of two halves, really. 22/1 in the first three overs and then a counterattack by these two helped the hosts to smash 36 in the next three. Righto, as the field spreads, Axar Patel is brought into the attack, replacing Prince Yadav..New Zealand vs India Live Score : 58/1 (5.6 overs) 5.6: Arshdeep Singh to Daryl Mitchell, FOUR LEG BYES! Down the wrong line, and New Zealand ends the Powerplay at 58/1. Very full and around leg, Mitchell moves inside the line to flick but the ball brushes the pads and goes quickly past the diving keeper and into the fine leg fence..New Zealand vs India Live Score : 54/1 (5.5 overs) 5.5: Arshdeep Singh to Daryl Mitchell, FOUR! Gets enough on it, does Mitchell, and brings up the 50-run stand between himself and Allen. Shorter this time, in and around off. Mitchell backs away and wallops it down the ground, catching it high on the blade. The ball lands safely and plugs a bit but does trickle away into the fence..New Zealand vs India Live Score : 50/1 (5.4 overs) 5.4: Arshdeep Singh to Daryl Mitchell, Another yorker nailed by Singh. Arshdeep goes full and wide, nailing it just inside the tramline outside off. Mitchell tries to reach it but is unable to do so..New Zealand vs India Live Score : 50/1 (5.3 overs) 5.3: Arshdeep Singh to Daryl Mitchell, A smidge fuller than the last one, and angled across off. Mitchell tries to back away and hit it through the off side but ends up squeezing it out..New Zealand vs India Live Score : 50/1 (5.2 overs) 5.2: Arshdeep Singh to Daryl Mitchell, A full ball around off, jammed across to mid-wicket..New Zealand vs India Live Score : 50/1 (5.1 overs) 5.1: Arshdeep Singh to Daryl Mitchell, SIX! Banged away, but there's a look of worry on Daryl Mitchell's face. It seems like the ball just missed a security personnel member, whizzing past his face. This is dug in short and on leg, Mitchell pulls it off the front foot, nailing it flat and hard over deep square leg for a biggie. 50 up for New Zealand.. Double change? Nope, Arshdeep Singh will continue....New Zealand vs India Live Score : 44/1 (4.6 overs) 4.6: Prince Yadav to Finn Allen, Oh, a bit of aggression there! Prince fires in a full toss, aimed at the stumps. Finn Allen drills it back to the bowler. Yadav gathers it on his follow-through and hurls it flat towards the batting end, with the throw striking Allen on his left leg..New Zealand vs India Live Score : 44/1 (4.5 overs) 4.5: Prince Yadav to Daryl Mitchell, Shorter and on middle, nipping in. Mitchell pulls it to the left of deep square leg for a single.