Tim Southee's 9 wkts with excellent pace bowling led New Zealand to upset India by huge 10 wkts and led series 1-0

1st Test match of two test match series played between India and New Zealand at Basin Reserve, Wellington during Feb 21 to 25 2020. New Zealand with wonderful pace bowling performances knees down India by 10 wickets. Tim Southee took 9 wickets in match and declared man of the match. Earlier New Zealand won the toss and put India into bat first. India made 165 runs. Rahane was top scorers with 46 runs. Southee and KA Jamieson took 4 wickets each for Kiwis. New Zealand made 348 runs in 1st inning with KS Williamson's 89 runs and LRPL Taylor and KA Jamieson's 44 runs each. Ishant Sharma took 5 wickets for India.

India in 2nd all out scoring 191 runs. Southee took 5 wickets and TA Boult picked up 4 wickets for New Zealand. New Zealand required just 9 runs to win the match. New Zealand made 9 runs in 1.4 overs and won the match comprehensively by 10 wickets. New Zealand led the 2-match series 1-0.

Man of the match :- Tim Southee (NZ)
Series - New Zealand led the 2-match series 1-0
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