The New Zealand women's team defeated India by 23 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match T20I series.  India won toss and choose to bowl first. While New Zealand  posted a total of 159 runs for the loss of four wickets. Opener Sophie Devine was the top-scorer, scoring 62 runs off 48 deliveries in an innings comprising of six boundaries and two sixes. But Indian team sum up at 139 run by loss of 10 wickets.

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The star batswoman of the Indian team Smriti Mandhana, etched her name in the history books when she scored the fastest T20I half-century by an Indian woman. While playing her inning, Mandhana reached the 50-run mark off just 24 balls in the first T20I against New Zealand at the Westpac Stadium in Wellington during India's run-chase. The left-handed batswoman smashed Kiwi medium-pacer Sophie Devine out of the field for a six to reach her half-century. But her heroics were not enough for the team as New Zealand won the match easily by a margin of 23 runs after bowling out the visitors for 136 in 19.1 overs.