Black Caps big win over India in fourth T20
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The Black Caps have beaten India by 50 runs in the fourth T20 for their first win of the five-match series in Visakhapatnam.
Put in to bat, New Zealand had a century opening stand between Tim Seifert with 62 from 36 balls including seven fours and three sixes and Devon Conway 44 from 23.
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However the remainder of the innings faltered at times, but they still posted a total of 215-7.
Raching Ravindra made 2, Glenn Phillips 24, Mark Chapman 9 before Daryl Mitchell contributed 39 not out from 18.
Captain Mitchell Santner scored 11, Zak Foulkes 13 while Matt Henry was not out 11.
The tourists then returned to bowl out India for 165 in 18.4 overs despite Shivam Dube's belligerent 65 off 23 balls that included seven sixes.
At bat India rested top-order batter Ishan Kishan, who sustained a niggle in their victory in Guwahati, and their rejigged batting order was immediately under pressure.
Their in-form opener Abhishek Sharma, currently the top-ranked T20 batter, fell for a first-ball duck to Henry while skipper Suryakumar Yadav (eight) did not last long either.
A promoted Rinku Singh made 39, but wickets kept tumbling with Santner claiming 3-26.
Dube kept India in the hunt but his run-out, when Harshit Rana's drive was deflected onto the stumps at the non-striker's end by bowler Henry in his follow-through, effectively sealed India's defeat as they were all out for 165 in the 19th over
Santner had the best figures of 3-26, Jacob Duffy 2-33 and Ish Sodhi 2-46.
India lead the series 3-1 ahead of Saturday's final match in Thiruvananthapuram.
