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17th over: 211-4 (Pandya 4, Varma 4)
Finn Allen drops Tilak Varma! The balls goes almost straight to him at backwards point but it bounces off Allens strapped left hand. He grimaces. Duffy still manages a relatively tight over, though.
Lawrence Ostlere8 March 2026 14:56
WICKET! Suryakumar Yadav c Ravindra b Neesham 0 (1 ball), India 205-4
Wow – Suryakumar Yadav tries to hook deep fine leg but Ravindra gets round brilliant before sliding to take the catch just inside the boundary. Three wickets off the over!
Lawrence Ostlere8 March 2026 14:52
WICKET! Ishan Kishan c Chapman b Neesham 54 (25 balls), India 204-3
Yadav opts to send Hardik Pandya in next, who picks up a single before watching Kishan send one into the hands of long-on. Neesham’s pumped.
Lawrence Ostlere8 March 2026 14:50
WICKET! Sanju Samson c sub (CE McConchie) b Neesham, 89 (46 balls) India 203-2
Finally Samson falls, for the same figure he reached against England, caught in the deep. Sensational innings by India’s opener.
Lawrence Ostlere8 March 2026 14:46
15th over: India 203-1 (Samson 89, Kishan 54)
Kishan joins Abhishek and Samson in making a half century, off Santner’s last over, and he takes India past 200. Still five overs to come…
Lawrence Ostlere8 March 2026 14:45
14th over: India 191-1 (Samson 88, Kishan 43)
Samson hits three sixes in a row off Ravindra’s bowling and this is absolutely astonishing. New Zealand are cooked here, surely.
Lawrence Ostlere8 March 2026 14:42
12th over: India 161-1 (Samson 67, Kishan 34)
Ferguson is belted all around the ground as back-to-back sixes from Samson keep India racing through their innings. They pass 150 and Kishan takes his turn, smashing a six which just clears the rope at long-on, before Samson finishes the over with a four, rocking on to his back foot before clearing mid-on. Devastating batting!
Lawrence Ostlere8 March 2026 14:29
11th over: India 137-1 (Samson 50, Kishan 27)
Santner continues – and that’s 50 for Sanju Samson! Off 33 balls. What a World Cup his is having.
Lawrence Ostlere8 March 2026 14:26
10th over: India 127-1 (Samson 48, Kishan 19)
Jimmy Neesham comes into the attack and Samson produces a brilliant stroke to send his yorker to the boundary.
Lawrence Ostlere8 March 2026 14:24