WATCH: Ranchi crowd goes wild with 'Dhoni' chants as legendary captain appears on screen

Even though New Zealand won first T20I against Team India by 21 runs on January 27, one moment from match that yet delighted Ranchi fans was sight of legendary captain MS Dhoni. As seen in video below, Ranchi crowd went wild when former Team India skipper appeared on screen as y loudly began chanting 'Dhoni, Dhoni' from  stands. 41-year-old ackwledged reception he received by waving at crowd.

India vs New Zealand: Blackcaps land first blow in 3-match series

Devon Conway and Daryl Mitchell conjured up fluent and fiery half-centuries before spinners choked hosts as New Zealand outplayed India by 21 runs in opening T20I to take a 1-0 lead in three-match series on Friday. Asked to take first strike, opener Conway continued his purple patch with a 35-ball 52, while Mitchell smashed a 30-ball unbeaten 59, which included a last-over thrashing of Arshdeep Singh for 27 runs, to power Black Caps to a challenging 176 for loss of six wickets.

With ball in hand, Kiwi bowlers never let Team India settle. New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner led from front as he ended with outstanding figures of 2/11 and picked up wickets of dangerous Ishan Kishan and all-rounder Deepak Hooda. Meanwhile, Michael Bracewell and Lockie Ferguson also picked up two wickets each to restrict Team India to just 155 runs for loss of nine wickets from ir 20 overs.

When it came to Team India's batting, only Suryakumar Yadav and Washington Sundar contributed with meaningful scores. Suryakumar smacked 47 runs off 34 deliveries before chipping a ball off Ish Sodhi to Finn Allen at long-on. Sundar seemed most comfortable with bat as he smacked an outstanding fifty off just 28 deliveries but his kck came too late as New Zealand were already on verge of victory by this st.

(Inputs from PTI)