NEW ZEALAND WIN BY 47 RUNS!!!

Ind 79-all out (18.1 ovs) vs NZ 126-7 | Scorecard

This is India's second worst total in T20 Internationals as their losing run against New Zealand continues in the shortest format of the game, having lost all five matches against the Kiwis.

The Nagpur pitch will once again be in the focus with the ball turning sharply right from the start.

The New Zealand spinners destroyed the Indian batting line-up with Santner 4-11, Sodhi 3-18 and McCullum 2-15 claiming nine wickets between them.

India's net run rate also takes a big beating after this heavy loss. They will look to bounce back when they take on arch-rivals Pakistan in a high-profile match in Kolkata on March 19.

NEW ZEALAND WIN BY 47 RUNS!!!

Ind 79-all out (18.1 ovs) vs NZ 126-7 | Scorecard

Dhoni not going down without a fight. The India captain looks to give the charge but he doesn't as Santner drops short which Dhoni pulls through midwicket for a four, the first of Santner's bowling, in his fourth and final over.

Dhoni looks for another big hit down the order but McCullum takes a superb catch at long-on diving forward.

Dhoni walks back for 30 as India look set for a humiliating defeat in the opening match of World T20.

Santner finishes with wonderful figures of four for 11 in four overs, the best figures by a New Zealand bowler in T20 Internationals.

Milne finishes off things in the next over as he bowls Ashish Nehra for a duck to send India crashing for a paltry 79 in 18.1 overs.

Ind 73-8 (17 ovs) vs NZ 126-7 | Scorecard

Anderson comes back as Dhoni has a wild swing at the first ball but misses it completely before he takes one from the second ball. It's only singles at the moment as just four runs come from that over, with the equation looking out of hand at the moment, with 67 needed from four overs for victory.

With the match slipping away, Dhoni briefly ignites some hope as he comes down the track and lofts Sodhi down the ground for a six.

But two balls later, he makes it worse for India with the wicket of Ashwin, who is stumped for 10 with the hosts slipping to 73 for eight in the 17th over.

Sodhi bowls a perfect leg-spinning delivery which draws Ashwin out of his crease before spinning past the face of his bat leaving Ronchi to complete an easy stumping.

Ashish Nehra has no clue about one which turns big before he throws his bat at the final delivery but the thick outside edge falls safely on the off-side and Dhoni turns down the single.

Ind 61-7 (15 ovs) vs NZ 126-7 | Scorecard

McCullum comes back and he sends down a tidy over, conceding just four singles as India struggle to 49 for seven in 12 overs, with another 78 needed from eight overs for victory.

Pacer Milne comes back. Ashwin takes a single from the first ball to thirdman to bring up India's 50, in the 13th over.

New Zealand continue to keep up the pressure as Milne concedes just four singles. India's last boundary came in the fifth over and since then nearly nine overs have passed away without a single four or a six.

Three runs off Santner's third over, who figures read three for seven in three overs.

The Kiwi spinners are just rushing through their overs with both Dhoni and Ashwin managing just singles.

Dhoni tries to heave Sodhi through the leg side but fails to make proper connection for two runs to midwicket but Sodhi still gives only four runs in that over.

India are 61 for seven in 15 overs with only three boundaries hit so far. They need another 66 runs from the last five overs for victory.

Ind 45-7 (11 ovs) vs NZ 126-7 | Scorecard

Jadeja falls for a duck as Sodhi takes a superb diving catch on his follow through, on his left.

India's batting has gone from bad to worse as they collapse to 43 for seven, in the 11th over.

The spinners are running through the Indian batting line-up with Sodhi taking two for five in two overs and Santner claiming three for three in two overs, while McCullum has two for 11 in two overs for combined figures of seven wickets for 18 runs in six overs.

Ind 42-6 (10 ovs) vs NZ 126-7 | Scorecard

Still no bowling for leg-spinner Ish Sodhi as part-timer Elliott continues, who bowls another tidy over conceding just six runs for a total of 10 runs given in two overs.

Leg-spinner Sodhi comes on to bowl the ninth over. He strikes with his very first delivery with the big wicket of Kohli, who is caught behind for 23.

He walks off instantly without waiting for the umpire's decision as India slip further to 39 for five in the ninth over.

A dream start for Sodhi, as he gets the big wicket of Kohli in his opening over which goes for only two runs.

Spin from both ends as Santner is called into the attack. He traps Hardik Pandya leg before wicket as India slip to a lowly 42 for six, in the 10th over.

At the halfway stage, India are tottering on 42 for six in 10 overs, needing another 85 runs from the last 10 overs for victory with just four wickets in hand.

Dhoni will have to play out of his skin to take India to an unlikely victory on a wicket which is turning square at the moment.

Ind 33-4 (7 ovs) vs NZ 126-7 | Scorecard

New Zealand are yet to introduce fast bowler Adam Milne as part-time medium pacer Grant Elliott comes into the attack in place of Anderson, who bowled two overs for 13 runs with the new ball.

He starts with two dot balls to Kohli, who then takes a single on the leg side before Dhoni picks one through midwicket. A single to Kohli from the last ball ends a good first over from Elliott as India struggle to 29 for four after six overs.

Fast bowler Adam Milne finally comes into the attack. He oversteps off the first ball to give a no-ball but Kohli can't make most of the free hit and is caught at midwicket for a dot ball.

Three more singles in the over as New Zealand continue to bowl tight overs and build up the pressure with India struggling on 33 for four in seven overs.

Ind 26-4 (5 ovs) vs NZ 126-7 | Scorecard

Despite the double-wicket over from Santner, New Zealand persist with pacer Anderson from the other end.

Kohli releases some pressure as he cuts the second ball behind point for a four through the vacant thirdman region. Two balls later he punches a full delivery through midwicket for another boundary followed by a single to make it nine runs from the over.

New Zealand juggling their bowlers early on as McCullum comes back, replacing Santner despite the left-armer taking two wickets in his first over.

Kohli flicks the second ball through square leg for one before Yuvraj sweeps the fourth ball fine for a boundary which also helps him get off the mark.

But the left-hander falls off the very next delivery, hitting it straight back to the bowler. The Kiwis go up in appeal as the umpire is unsure and refers it to third umpire, who rules it in the bowler's favour.

Yuvraj is dismissed for four as India collapse to 26 for four in the fifth over.

Ind 12-3 (3 ovs) vs NZ 126-7 | Scorecard

Corey Anderson to bowl the second over. The first ball is on the pads which Kohli flicks through square leg for two runs followed by a single off the next.

Rohit picks a single from the fifth ball as just four runs come from the second over.

McCullum is taken off the attack despite taking a wicket in the first over as he makes way for left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner.

He strikes in his very first over as Rohit comes down the track but is beaten in the flight coupled with turn with wicketkeeper Ronchi completing an easy stumping despite the initial fumble.

Suresh Raina also falls in the same over as he offers a simple catch to midwicket to be dismissed for one to leave India reeling on 12 for three in the third over.

Ind 6-1 (1 ov) vs NZ 126-7 | Scorecard

India's openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan walk out to the middle and would be hoping to continue the momentum after a fine showing by their bowlers.

New Zealand also open with spin as offie Nathan McCullum is handed the new ball. Rohit plays the first ball uppishly through the leg side for a single to get off the mark.

Dhawan is beaten off the next ball outside the off-stump before he takes a single through the off-side.

Rohit plays a risky loft through midwicket where Elliott does well run to his left from deep square leg but the two openers pick up three runs.

McCullum strikes with the fifth ball of the over. Dhawan plays a reckless sweep shot but fails to make connection and is trapped leg before wicket for one.

Just like New Zealand, India also lose a wicket in the first over of the innings.

NZ 126-7 (20 ovs) vs India | Scorecard

Great stuff from the Indian pacers with all of them including part-timer Raina claiming a wicket each. Hardik Pandya bowled just one over, conceding 10 runs but Raina did an excellent job with the ball and also claimed a vital run out.

Ronchi played a cameo at the end, hitting 21 from 11 balls, as New Zealand scored 15 runs from the final over of the innings, bowled by Nehra.

Anderson was the top-score for the Kiwis as he made 34 from 42 balls but the rest of the bowlers gave their wickets away with some poor shots.

India should fancy their chances of chasing down this total but they will need to be wary of New Zealand's three-man spin attack.

Stay tuned for India's run chase!

NZ 126-7 (20 ovs) vs India | Scorecard

Elliott tries to disturb Bumrah's rhythm as he comes down the track but the young pacer bowls a good slower to beat the right-hander all ends up.

He makes room to the next ball and manages to drive the next ball through point for two runs followed by a single.

Bumrah yet again foxes Elliott with the slower delivery as the ball passes over the stumps before he takes a risky single from the last ball of the over.

A superb exhibition of fast bowling from Bumrah, who finishes with wonderful figures of one for 15 in his four overs.

Jadeja to bowl the 19th over. Elliott makes room and looks to hit over the off-side but is beaten as Dhoni appeals for stumping which is referred to the third umpire.

Dhoni did well to dislodge the bails in no time but Elliott managed to drag his feet back in time and is saved by a whisker. Good glovework from the Indian skipper.

Luke Ronchi makes room and lofts Jadeja over the off-side for a four to get a much-needed boundary for the Kiwis with three more singles from the last three balls making it eight from the over.

The experienced Nehra to bowl the final over of the innings. He also does well to bowl it full and on the stumps as New Zealand can only take singles before Elliott is run out off the third ball going for an impossible second run as Dhawan's flat throw catches him short.

Ronchi gets an inside edge off the fourth ball for a four through fine followed by a six over midwicket.

He took two runs from the last ball as New Zealand finished on 126 for seven in their 20 overs.

NZ 98-6 (17 ovs) vs India | Scorecard

Santner looking to get after Jadeja as he plays a cross batted sweep for two runs before lofting the left-arm spinner down the ground over long-on for a four.

But Jadeja gets revenge with the wicket of the left-handed Santner, who looks for another big shot down on the leg side but gets a leading edge and is caught by Dhoni behind the wickets.

Santner walks back for 18 as New Zealand are further reduced to 98 for six , in the 17th over.

NZ 90-5 (16 ovs) vs India | Scorecard

Bumrah bowling yorkers with control as even the well-settled Anderson is unable to get a run two balls in a row.

He decides to break Bumrah's rhythm as he walks across his stumps and looks to paddle fine but misses another yorker, which crashes right into his middle stump.

Anderson was unable to get the boundaries despite spending 42 balls at the crease, hitting just three fours for his 34.

New Zealand's batting woes continue as they are reduced to 89 for five in the 16th over.

New batsman Grant Elliott gets two yorkers in a row as he drives the last ball down to long-on for a single.

Impressive stuff from the young Bumrah, who is playing in his first World Cup match. His figures now read one for 10 in three overs.

NZ 88-4 (15 ovs) vs India | Scorecard

Santner is cut into half by a big turning delivery from Jadeja as goes right through his defences and beats Dhoni for four byes.

The left-hander comes down the track and is beaten but a slight deflection off the gloves takes it away from Dhoni and saves him from getting stumped.

Jadeja fires it down the leg side as Santner looks to sweep it but is beaten and Dhoni is struck on the gloves and seems to have suffered an injury on his hands.

Santner has a clue against Jadeja at the moment as he gets an inside edge and picks a single. Anderson looks to smash one through the off-side but is beaten as the ball looks to have clipped the stumps before going through to Dhoni.

A top over from Jadeja, who still ends up conceding 12 runs.

Raina ends his spell with another tight over, giving away just three runs, to finish with wonderful figures of one for 15 in four overs.

Dhoni introduces all-rounder Hardik Pandya and Santner manages to release some pressure as he flicks the second ball over midwicket for a boundary.

He repeats the shot off the fifth ball for a couple before taking a single to keep strike.

New Zealand have not been allowed to break free as they reach 88 for four in 15 overs with Anderson on 34 from 39 balls and Santner on 11 from 13 balls.

NZ 63-4 (12 ovs) vs India | Scorecard

Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja comes into the attack. Taylor survives a confident shout for LBW off the first ball with the ball looking to have pitched a touch outside the leg stump.

Anderson also has a close shave in that over as he comes down the track but is lucky that the inside edge manages to take the ball away from Dhoni while fetching him a single.

A superb start from Jadeja, conceding just four runs in his opening over.

Raina makes it worse for New Zealand with the wicket of the experienced Taylor. It is his brilliance in the field that gets India the wicket as Raina dives to stop the ball on his follow through before flicking it back on to the stumps at the bowler's end with Taylor struggling to get back to his crease after taking a start.

Taylor walks back for 10 with New Zealand in big trouble on 61 for four in the 12th over.

New Zealand continue to move around their batsmen as Mitchell Santner walks in ahead of Luke Ronchi and Grant Elliott.

NZ 55-3 (10 ovs) vs India | Scorecard

Bumrah bowls a full delivery which Anderson drives down the ground for a four before he takes a single from the next ball.

Ross Taylor taking his time to get his eye in as he defends three balls from Bumrah before taking one to long-on for one and Anderson takes a single from the last ball to make it seven runs from the over.

Raina continues after picking up a wicket in his first over. Anderson turns the first ball square on the leg side for two runs followed by a single off the next.

Taylor picks one before Anderson again takes two runs through the leg side and keeps strike with a single from the last ball.

Ashwin will finish off early here as he comes on to bowl his fourth over, the 10th of the innings. Just a single from the first three balls before Taylor plays a delicate late cut which goes fine on the off-side for a four followed by a single as New Zealand reach 55 for three in 10 overs.

After initially looking to be aggressive, Anderson has settled down nicely to score 26 from 27 balls, while Taylor is on seven.

NZ 35-3 (7 ovs) vs India | Scorecard

Captain Dhoni introduces part-time off-spinner Suresh Raina into the attack, who strikes in his very first over.

New Zealand skipper Williamson decides to attack the part-time spinner as he comes down the track but is beaten and is stumped for a poor innings of eight from 16 balls.

Raina did well to adjust quickly and fire it full and wide as Williamson struggled to get his bat on it and Dhoni completed a regulation stumping.

New Zealand in trouble at 35 for three in the seventh over with the top three batsmen back in the hut.

Ross Taylor tries to paddle sweep Raina off the first ball but fails to make connection and survives a leg before appeal.

Superb start from Raina as he concedes just two runs and picks up the key wicket of Williamson to leave the Kiwis in further trouble at 35 for three in seven overs.

NZ 33-2 (6 ovs) vs India | Scorecard

Ashwin to bowl his third over on the trot as Dhoni decides to bowl his majority of the overs with the new ball.

Anderson gives Ashwin the charge who gives it a lot of flight as the left-hander manages to loft it over the leg side for a four.

Two singles before Anderson powerfully sweeps the last ball of the over for another boundary to get 10 runs from the over.

Nehra, who bowled a superb first spell of one for six in two overs, makes way for young fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah.

Williamson struggling to get away and is also finding it difficult to get the singles to rotate the strike.

He tries to paddle Bumrah but fails to make connection and Anderson survives a run out chance off the next ball as he backs up a bit too far.

Williamson finally gets a single from the fifth ball which turns out to be the only run of the over.

After starting the match with a six, New Zealand have struggled after the two early wickets to reach 33 for two in six overs.

Williamson, in particular, has struggled to get going to score seven from 13 balls, while Anderson has made 13 from 15 balls.

NZ 22-2 (4 ovs) vs India | Scorecard

Ashwin to continue for India with the new ball. Anderson defends the first two balls before he picks a single from the third ball and Williamson takes a single two balls later to get off the mark.

Anderson sweeps the last ball of the over fine for a single as Ashwin concedes just three runs in his second over.

Nehra drifts on the pads but Anderson is unable to make most of it as the ball flicks the pads and goes fine which is collected by Dhoni on the leg side. India continue to bowl tight, not letting the Kiwis away and make most of the two early wickets.

Anderson plays three dot balls before he picks a single from the fourth ball.

Williamson breaks the shackles as he slaps the last ball of the over through the covers for a four to take the score to 22 for two after four overs.

NZ 14-2 (2 ovs) vs India | Scorecard

Veteran Ashish Nehra to bowl the second over. Left-hander Munro looks to heave on the leg side but fails to make connection and is struck on the pads and is beaten off the next ball as he looks for another pull shot.

He looks to loft the third ball down the ground but fails to make proper connection and is caught at mid-off for seven.

New Zealand's aggressive tactics not working as they are reduced to 13 for two in the second over.

Corey Anderson gets off the mark with a single on the leg side as Nehra bowls a superb first over, conceding just a single while picking up a wicket.

NZ 13-1 (1 ov) vs India | Scorecard

New Zealand have a potent opening combination in Kane Williamson and Martin Guptill as India open the bowling with off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin against the two right-handers.

The first ball is flighted up and Guptill wastes no time in lofting back over Ashwin's head for a straight six to get the innings off in smashing fashion.

Guptill looks to sweep the next delivery but misses and is trapped leg before wicket as he walks back for a six.

Colin Munro also decides to target Ashwin in the very first over as he reverse sweeps the second ball he faces, for a flat six over point. The next ball is smashed through the covers but Hardik Pandya makes a good diving stop to save some runs.

Williamson is beaten off the last ball as he looks to steer it to thirdman but is beaten as NZ score 13 runs from a dramatic first over.

A round of applause by the fans and the players and a small tribute on the giantscreen for New Zealand batting great Martin Crowe, who passed away recently, ahead of the World T20 match in Nagpur.

New Zealand's players are sporting black armbands as a mark of respect to the departed former captain.

Crowe died after a long battle with cancer on March 3 in Auckland aged 53 and the funeral was conducted on March 11.

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Check out how the two teams line-up for today's match:

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ashish Nehra, Jasprit Bumrah.

New Zealand: Kane Williamson (captain), Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, Ross Taylor, Corey Anderson, Grant Elliott, Luke Ronchi (w/k), Mitchell Santner, Nathan McCullum, Adam Milne, Ish Sodhi.

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has won the toss and elected to bat against India in the opening match of the World T20 in Nagpur.

New Zealand have made a brave decision to field three spinners against India, leaving out the pacers Mitchell McClenaghan, Tim Southee and Trent Boult.

Nathan McCullum, Mitchell Santner and Ish Sodhi are the three frontline spinners for the visitors.

On the other hand, India have decided to play their settled combination, which means Hardik Pandya is the preferred all-rounder which means veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh is omitted yet again.

It will be interesting to see if India retain their trust in all-rounder Hardik Pandya or bring in off-spinner Harbhajan Singh to counter the threat of the dangerous left-handers in the Kiwi line-up, namely Corey Anderson and Colin Munro.

Also, remains to be seen if the Kiwis going in with three spinners or two and include a couple of all-rounders in their playing eleven.

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Welcome to the coverage of the opening match of the World T20 between India and New Zealand at the Vidarbha Cricket Association, in Nagpur, on Tuesday.

The sixth edition of the World T20 kicks off with a high-voltage clash between the 2007 champions and the high-flying Kiwis, who have never lost to the Indians in four T20 Internationals.

The superb build-up run has made India the clear favourites for an unprecedented second World Twenty20 title but the in-form hosts will have to guard against complacency when they take on a spirited New Zealand.

No host country has won the T20 world title in the last five editions and none has repeated a title triumph, but India's settled combination, led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, and familiarity with the conditions make them the odds-on favourites to script history.

The 2007 Champions, India go into the Super 10 Group 2 clash against New Zealand with their tails up as the number one ranked team in the world.

India have been on a roll in the shortest form of the game, winning their last seven outings which included a 3-0 whitewash of World 50-over champions Australia in the latter's backyard.