Abhishek Sharma’s storm: India scored a mammoth total by smashing 84 runs in 35 balls.

Nagpur: Abhishek Sharma’s blazing knock of 84 runs off 35 balls helped India post a mammoth total of 238 for seven against New Zealand in the first T20I of the five-match series here on Wednesday. Apart from Abhishek, Rinku Singh (44 not out off 20 balls), Suryakumar Yadav (32 off 22 balls), Hardik Pandya (25 off 16 balls) also made useful contributions when India were called upon to bat first. For New Zealand, Jacob Duffy (2/27), Kyle Jamieson (2/54), Mitchell Santner (1/37) and Ish Sodhi (1/38) took the wickets. Brief Scores: India: 238 for 7 in 20 overs (Abhishek Sharma 84, Rinku Singh 44 not out; Jacob Duffy 2/27)