IND vs NZ 1st T20I Live Score: Abhishek Sharma's Impressive Knock And Rinku Singh's Impactful Cameo Propel India To 238-7

IND vs NZ 1st T20I Live Score: After boundaries galore from Rinku Singh in the final over, New Zealand need 239 runs to win the T20I series opener against India

IND vs NZ 1st T20I Live Score: Axar Patel's shot is caught by Mitchell. India are seven down with 13 balls to go. 

IND vs NZ 1st T20I Live Score: With 16 overs done, Hardik Pandya was dismissed for 25 runs off Duffy's delivery. 

IND vs NZ 1st T20I Live Score: Shivam Dube walks off to the pavilion after just getting nine runs. Rinku Singh up next. 

IND vs NZ 1st T20I Live Score: Abhishek Sharma dismissed for 84 runs off 34 deliveries. Shivam Dube joins Hardik Pandya in the middle. 

IND vs NZ 1st T20I Live Score: Captain Suryakumar Yadav walks back to the pavilion after being dismissed for 32 runs. Hardik Pandya comes in the middle and starts things off with a boundary. 

IND vs NZ 1st T20I Live Score: The skipper looks to be slowly getting back on his previous form. The player smashed two boundaries in Sodhi's over. 

IND vs NZ 1st T20I Live Score: The duo continues their attack on New Zealand with a current partnership of 80 runs off 40 deliveries. 

IND vs NZ 1st T20I Live Score: Abhishek Sharma gets his half-century off 22 deliveries. The player smashed three fours in this over to reach fifty runs. 

IND vs NZ 1st T20I Live Score: India get eight runs out of Sodhi's over, with one boundary from Abhishek Sharma. 

IND vs NZ 1st T20I Live Score: Abhishek Sharma smashes two sixes in Jamieson's second over. India is currently at 54-2. New Zealand's K. Clarke is up next. 

IND vs NZ 1st T20I Live Score: The skipper scored a four in Clarke's over. Abhishek Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav are trying to build a steady partnership. 

IND vs NZ 1st T20I Live Score: Ishan Kishan departs just after making eight runs. Captain Suryakumar Yadav has come in to steady the shaky India boat. 

IND vs NZ 1st T20I Live Score: Sanju Samson registered two boundaries this over before getting caught by Rachin Ravindra. Ishan Kishan comes on next and gets a four on his first delivery. 

IND vs NZ 1st T20I Live Score: Abhishek Sharma gets his first six of the innings. India get eight runs out of the first over. 

IND vs NZ 1st T20I Live Score: Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson start things off for India in the T20I opener against New Zealand. The duo hopes for a strong start for the Men in Blue. 

Here's New Zealand's playing XI: Tim Robinson, Devon Conway(w), Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner(c), Kristian Clarke, Kyle Jamieson, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy

India's playing XI: Sanju Samson(w), Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh

IND vs NZ 1st T20I Live Score: New Zealand have opted to bowl first in Nagpur after winning the toss. 

Here's a look at India's preparations ahead of the T20I series opener against New Zealand:

New Zealand's full squad for the T20I series against India: Tim Robinson, Devon Conway(w), Rachin Ravindra, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner(c), Kyle Jamieson, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy, Matt Henry, Bevon Jacobs, Kristian Clarke, Zakary Foulkes

India's full squad for T20I series against New Zealand: Sanju Samson(w), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Ishan Kishan, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh

Toss to take place at 6:30 PM IST.

The 1st IND vs NZ T20I match will have a live telecast on Star Sports Network, while the live streaming will be available on JioHotstar app and website.

Nagpur hasn't been a traditional big-scoring ground, and the black soil is likely to help the fast bowlers. India have played four matches so far, losing two and winning two.

Suryakumar Yadav needs just 25 runs to complete 9000 runs in T20 cricket.

While speaking at the pre-match press conference, India captain Suryakumar Yadav confirmed that Ishan Kishan will be playing at number 3.

Men In Blue haven't lost a single T20I series since the last T20I World Cup.

India to kick off the five-match T20I series against New Zealand in Nagpur on Wednesday.