Rohit-led India (Ki)win; Sweep series

India (Shar)made just one change to their playing eleven – Virat Kohli made way for Rohit, who was leading the team, and chose to bat on winning the toss.

New Zealand made no changes to their playing eleven.

The Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 53, and lost a wicket.

Sanju Samson, who faced five balls, scored a couple. Nine balls into the match, he was caught by Mitchell Santner. Scott Kuggeleijn broke the eight-run stand.

India scored 50 off 5.1 overs (31 balls). New Zealand had conceded five extras at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 35 balls. While the contribution of Lokesh Rahul, the player of the series, to it was 28, Sharma’s contribution to it was 17. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was five.

Rahul, whose 33-ball innings included four boundaries and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 45. Sixty balls after Samson’s dismissal, he was caught by Santner. Hamish Bennett broke the 88-run partnership.

India scored 100 off 11.5 overs (71 balls). New Zealand had conceded five extras at that point.

Sharma’s half-century – which included three boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 35 balls.

A hundred balls into the match, India had scored 138 for the loss of a couple of wickets. Sharma, who was batting on 60, retired hurt.

Shreyas Iyer, whose 31-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 33. He was unbeaten.

Shivam Dube, whose six-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. Thirteen balls later, he was caught by Tom Bruce. Kuggeleijn broke the 10-run stand.

India scored 150 off 19.2 overs (116 balls). New Zealand had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

Manish Pandey, who scored four-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 11. He was unbeaten.

The number of extras they eventually conceded gave New Zealand no reason to be in seventh heaven. India scored 163 for the loss of three wickets off 20 overs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece. Tim Southee (New Zealand’s skipper), Santner and Ish Sodhi were wicketless. They conceded 52, 36, and 28, respectively. Bennett, who bowled four overs, conceded 21. He picked up a wicket. Kuggeleijn, who bowled four overs, conceded 28. He picked up a couple of scalps.

The Powerplay of New Zealand’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 41, and lost three wickets.

Guptill, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored a couple. Nine balls (Mart)into the chase, he was trapped leg before wicket by Jasprit Bumrah, the player of the match, who was in seventh heaven.

Munro, whose six-ball (Col)innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 15. Half-a-dozen balls later, Washington Sundar broke the 10-run stand.

The third-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Bruce, who faced three balls, didn’t open his account. Five balls later, Samson and Rahul ran him out.

New Zealand scored 50 off 7.5 overs (47 balls). India had conceded three extras at that point.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 35 balls. While the contributions of both Tim Seifert and Ross Taylor to the partnership were 25 apiece, extras’ contribution to it was three.

New Zealand scored 100 off 10.3 overs (64 balls). India had conceded four extras at that point.

Seifert’s half-century – which included five boundaries and three sixes – came off 29 balls. He eventually faced 30 balls, failing to add to the aforementioned score. Fifty-six balls after Bruce’s dismissal, he was caught by Samson. Navdeep broke the (Sai)ninety-nine-ball partnership.

Taylor’s half-century – which included five boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 42 balls.

Daryl Mitchell, who faced four balls, scored a couple. Eight balls later, Bumrah broke the three-run stand.

Santner had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored just half-a-dozen. Fifteen balls later, he was caught by Pandey. Shardul Thakur broke the 12-run stand.

Kuggeleijn, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. A couple of balls later, he was caught by Sundar. Thakur broke the one-run stand.

Taylor’s half-century – which included five boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 42 balls. He eventually faced 47 balls, scoring 53. A couple of balls later, he was caught by Rahul. Saini broke the one-run stand.

Southee, whose five-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Seven balls later, Bumrah broke the eight-run stand.

New Zealand scored 150 off 19.4 overs (119 balls). India had conceded five extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Sodhi, whose innings included a couple of sixes, scored 16. He was unbea‘ten’.

Bennett, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

New Zealand, who scored 156 for the loss of nine wickets off 20 overs, lost by seven runs.

Dube, who bowled an over, conceded 34. He was wicketless, as was Yuvzvendra Chahal, who bowled four overs, conceding 28.

Sundar, who bowled three overs, conceded 20. He picked up a wicket. Thakur and Saini bowled four overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 38, the latter conceded 23.

Bumrah bowled four overs, including a maiden. He conceded a dozen, picking up three scalps.

India won the five-match series 5-0.