India vs New Zealand 1st T20I 2017: 5 reasons why India won in Delhi

Yuzvendra Chahal
Chahal was brilliant with the ball

#3 Virat Kohli’s cameo

Virat Kohli
Kohli was brilliant towards the end

Virat Kohli is generally known for building an innings and the accelerating. However, the captain was in a different zone in this innings as he astounded the Dehi crowd with a swashbuckling innings of 26 runs from 11 balls.

After the fall of the first wicket in the form of Shikhar Dhawan, Hardik Pandya came to bat, but he fell to a ripping leg-spin by Ish Sodhi. However, Kohli teed off from the very first ball and managed to clear the ropes thrice in his 11-ball stay.

This knock gave the last kick to the Indian innings, which took India over the 200-run mark. T

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