India's Ashish Nehra, front left, walks with his teammate Rohit Sharma at the end of his last international cricket match, during the first Twenty20 cricket match against New Zealand in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. | AP
India's Ashish Nehra, front left, walks with his teammate Rohit Sharma at the end of his last international cricket match, during the first Twenty20 cricket match against New Zealand in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. | AP
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On Ashish Nehra's farewell game, India registers their first ever T20 win against Kiwis in Delhi

India finally tasted success against the team that has been their Achilles heel for long in this format when they outplayed butter-fingered New Zealand by 53 runs in the first Twenty20 International in Feroz Shah Kotla.
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India's Rohit Sharma plays a shot against New Zealand. The game was marked by openers Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma’s blazing half-centuries, during which they produced an Indian record of 158-run partnership to power the team to a formidable 202 for three. | PTI
India's Rohit Sharma plays a shot against New Zealand. The game was marked by openers Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma’s blazing half-centuries, during which they produced an Indian record of 158-run partnership to power the team to a formidable 202 for three. | PTI
India's Shikhar Dhawan plays a shot against New Zealand. The packed crowd at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium was treated to some delightful – as well as unorthodox – cricketing shots by both the openers. Dhawan started the innings with a flurry of boundaries – flicking one through mid-wicket, hit Trent Boult for boundaries on either side of the wicket and then sliced Tim Southee for same result. | PTI
India's Shikhar Dhawan plays a shot against New Zealand. The packed crowd at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium was treated to some delightful – as well as unorthodox – cricketing shots by both the openers. Dhawan started the innings with a flurry of boundaries – flicking one through mid-wicket, hit Trent Boult for boundaries on either side of the wicket and then sliced Tim Southee for same result. | PTI
Dhawan was offered a life when he was dropped at point off Boult, and luck also smiled on Sharma who was dropped on long off by Southee. The Mumbaikar was bating on 16 then, and if his eventual score was any indication, the visitors paid a huge price. | PTI
Dhawan was offered a life when he was dropped at point off Boult, and luck also smiled on Sharma who was dropped on long off by Southee. The Mumbaikar was bating on 16 then, and if his eventual score was any indication, the visitors paid a huge price. | PTI
Dhawan found the fence from the word go with consummate ease. He launched into spinner Ish Sodhi for a six over his head and followed that up with a boundary. | PTI
Dhawan found the fence from the word go with consummate ease. He launched into spinner Ish Sodhi for a six over his head and followed that up with a boundary. | PTI
New Zealand's Ish Sodhi, center, celebrates the dismissal of India's Shikhar Dhawan during their first Twenty20 cricket match in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. The opening partnership eclipsed the previous best of 138 held by Kohli and Sharma, against South Africa in 2015. | AP
New Zealand's Ish Sodhi, center, celebrates the dismissal of India's Shikhar Dhawan during their first Twenty20 cricket match in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. The opening partnership eclipsed the previous best of 138 held by Kohli and Sharma, against South Africa in 2015. | AP
New Zealand's Tom Latham plays a reverse sweep during the first Twenty20 cricket match against India in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. Set a daunting target of 203 in the allotted 20 overs, New Zealand were off to a poor start as they lost Guptill in the second over. They were never in the chase, as they lost wickets at regular intervals and could manage only 149-8. | AP
New Zealand's Tom Latham plays a reverse sweep during the first Twenty20 cricket match against India in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. Set a daunting target of 203 in the allotted 20 overs, New Zealand were off to a poor start as they lost Guptill in the second over. They were never in the chase, as they lost wickets at regular intervals and could manage only 149-8. | AP
Indian cricketers celebrate the dismissal of New Zealand's Kane Williamson. The Kiwi skipper, who made 28 runs in 24 deliveries, edged an outswinger from Hardik Pandya to wicketkeeper MS Dhoni. | AP
Indian cricketers celebrate the dismissal of New Zealand's Kane Williamson. The Kiwi skipper, who made 28 runs in 24 deliveries, edged an outswinger from Hardik Pandya to wicketkeeper MS Dhoni. | AP
Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli gestures as he celebrates the dismissal of New Zealand's Tom Bruce. The 53-run triumph is Men in Blue's sixth biggest in terms of runs in T20Is, with their their largest being 90 runs vs England at Colombo (RPS) on September 23, 2012. It was also their first victory against Kiwis in the six encounters played so far. | AP
Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli gestures as he celebrates the dismissal of New Zealand's Tom Bruce. The 53-run triumph is Men in Blue's sixth biggest in terms of runs in T20Is, with their their largest being 90 runs vs England at Colombo (RPS) on September 23, 2012. It was also their first victory against Kiwis in the six encounters played so far. | AP
Indian cricketer Ashish Nehra, second right, pose for a photograph with his family, and cricket captain Virat Kohli, right. Nehra, who bowled the matches’s final over, returned respectable figures of none for 29 in his four-over spell. He came close to picking up a wicket, but Hardik Pandya could not latch on to this one after making a valiant attempt running backwards from cover. | AP
Indian cricketer Ashish Nehra, second right, pose for a photograph with his family, and cricket captain Virat Kohli, right. Nehra, who bowled the matches’s final over, returned respectable figures of none for 29 in his four-over spell. He came close to picking up a wicket, but Hardik Pandya could not latch on to this one after making a valiant attempt running backwards from cover. | AP
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