Kolkata, Oct. 22 -- India's top order orchestrated a spectacular takedown of 225 for the loss of six wickets in the first T20I against New Zealand at Christchurch, but not without a late wobble.

Sanju Samson (67 off 33 balls) and Abhishek Sharma (29 off 12 balls) tore into the bowling in the Powerplay before Shreyas Iyer (42 off 28 balls) steadied the chase and Naman Dhir (42 off 15 balls) delivered the decisive blows as India won with two balls to spare.

New Zealand had every reason to believe they had set India an exacting challenge. Glenn Phillips struck an unbeaten 82 from 40 balls, Finn Allen hit 45 from 24 balls and Bevon Jacobs contributed 31 from 16 as the hosts equalled the highest T20I total against India.

Yet on a night when...