India would not be too worried about 1st T20I defeat vs New Zealand: Sunil Gavaskar

India crashed to a 80-run defeat against New Zealand in the first T20 International in Wellington on Wednesday. Set 220 to win, India's batsmen failed to put up any kind of fight against some disciplined bowling from the Black Caps on a flat pitch.

New Zealand were asked to bat by Rohit Sharma and the Kiwis were all too thrilled to go first on a batting-friendly surface. Tim Seifert, playing only his 9th T20I and the dangerous Colin Munro added 86 for the first wicket. Krunal Pandya snared Munro for a 20-ball 34 in the ninth over but by then the damage had already been done.

This was India's heaviest defeat in T20Is in terms of runs. In 2010, India had lost to Australia by 49 runs in Bridgetown. In the 2016 World T20, India were subjected to a 46-run defeat against New Zealand. Again in 2017, New Zealand walloped India by 40 runs in Rajkot. Three of India's top four heaviest defeats have now come against New Zealand.