Riding on skipper Harmanpreet Kaur's century, India beat New Zealand by 34 runs in the ICC World T20 opener here yesterday. Kaur, became the first Indian woman to record a century in the shortest format, her scintillating 51-ball 103 powering the team to an imposing 194-5.

New Zealand in reply, got off to a solid start as openers Suzie Bates (67) and Anna Peterson put on 52 runs in just 6.3 overs before the latter was dismissed by spinner Dayalan Hemalatha (3-26) for 14. Spinner Poonam Yadav (3-33) claimed the wickets of Sophie Devine (9) and Jess Watkin (0) off back-to-back deliveries to reduce New Zealand to 93-3 in the 10th over. New Zealand couldn't recover thereafter and ended up scoring 160-9 in their 20 overs.