India began their T20 world cup tournament with a lose to the Daniel Vettori’s New Zealand team by 9 runs in a practise match. 

Ravinder Jadeja, Suresh Raina &  Rohit Sharma were the only batsman who could put up any show against the Jacob Oram, Vettori & Franklyn’s inspired bowling.

Earlier Ishant Sharma took 4 wickets to help India restrict New Zealand to 271 runs.