By IANS,
London : Reigning world champions India lost their Twenty20 warm-up game against New Zealand by nine runs here at Lord’s Monday.
Chasing a target of 171 runs, India were restricted to 161 for six in their 20 overs.
Suresh Raina scored 45, Rohit Sharma 36 and Ravindra Jadeja remained unbeaten with 41.
New Zealand Skipper Daniel Vettori claimed three wickets for 24.
Brief scores:
New Zealand 170 for 7 in 20 overs (Brendon McCullum 31, Ross Taylor 41, Scott Styris 29, James Franklin 27, Ishant Sharma four for 25, R.P. Singh 1 for 37, Pragyan Ojha 1 for 34, Harbhajan Sungh 1 for 22).
India 161 for 6 in 20 overs (Rohit Sharma 36, Suresh Raina 45, Ravindra Jadeja 41 not out, Daniel Vettori 3 for 24, Ian Butler 1 for 32, Jacob Oram 1 for 18).