SKY-led India (Ki)win the series

India made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Arshdeep Singh and Varun Chakravarthy made way for Ravi Bishnoi and Jasprit Bumrah (the player of the match).

New Zealand made one change to their playing eleven – Zak Foulkes made way for Kyle Jamieson.

On winning the toss, Suryakumar Yadav, India’s skipper, elected to field.

The first Powerplay of New Zealand’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 36, and lost three wickets.

Devon Conway, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. Three balls into the match, he was caught by Hardik Pandya. Harshit Rana broke the two-run stand.

Rachin Ravindra, who faced five balls, scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. Seven balls later, he was caught by Bishnoi. Hardik broke the 11-run stand.

Tim Seifert, whose 11-ball innings included a boundary, scored 12. Twenty-one balls later, Bumrah broke the run-a-ball stand.

New Zealand scored 50 off as many balls (8.2 overs). India had not conceded any extras at that point.

Ten overs into the match, the drinks break was taken. New Zealand had scored 75 for the loss of three wickets at that point. While Glenn Phillips had scored 30, Mark Chapman had scored 28.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 38 balls. While Phillips’ contribution to the partnership was 19, Chapman’s contribution to it was 31. Extras did not contribute to the partnership.

Chapman, whose 23-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, eventually scored 32. Forty-one balls after Seifert’s dismissal, he was caught by Sanju Samson. Bishnoi broke the 52-run partnership.

New Zealand scored 100 off 13.1 overs (79 balls). India had not conceded any extras at that point.

Daryl Mitchell, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 14. Sixteen balls after Chapman’s dismissal, he was caught by Ishan Kishan. Hardik broke the 26-run stand.

The sixth-wicket pair did not get off the mark. Phillips, whose 40-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six, missed his half-century by a couple of runs. Three balls later, he was caught by Bishnoi off the bowling of Hardik.

Jamieson, who faced five balls, scored three. Thirteen balls later, Bumrah broke the 20-run stand.

The eighth-wicket pair put on a couple. Matt Henry, who faced a ball, scored one. A couple of balls later, Kishan and Bumrah ran him out.

Santner, whose 17-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 27. Nine balls later, he was caught by Abhishek Sharma. Bumrah broke the 10-run stand.  

New Zealand scored 150 off 19.4 overs (118 balls). India had conceded five extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Ish Sodhi, who faced five balls, scored a couple. He was unbeaten, as was Jacob Duffy, who faced three balls, scoring four.

India scored 153 for the loss of nine wickets off 20 overs.

Shivam Dube, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 24. He was wicketless, as was Kuldeep Yadav, who bowled three overs, conceding 32.

Rana, who bowled four overs, conceded 35. He picked up a wicket.

Hardik, who bowled three overs, conceded 23. He picked up a couple of wickets, as did Bishnoi, who bowled four overs, conceding 18.

Bumrah, who bowled four overs, conceded 17. He picked up three scalps.

The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 94, and lost a couple of wickets.

India’s openers did not get off the mark. Samson, who faced a ball, did not open his account. A ball into the chase, he was dismissed by Henry.

India scored 50 off 3.1 overs (19 balls). New Zealand had conceded a couple of extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 18 balls. While Abhishek’s contribution to the partnership was 23, Kishan’s contribution to it was 28. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

Kishan, whose 13-ball innings included three boundaries and a couple of sixes, did not add to the aforementioned score. Nineteen balls after Samson’s dismissal, he was caught by Chapman. Sodhi broke the 53-run partnership.

Abhishek’s half-century – which included five boundaries and four sixes – came off 14 balls.

India scored 100 off 6.3 balls (39 balls).

Forty balls (6.4 overs) into the chase, New Zealand sought a bowling review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Suryakumar was the batter. It was struck down by umpire J Madanagopal.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 22 balls. While Abhishek’s contribution to the partnership was 33, Suryakumar’s contribution to it was 19. Extras did not contribute to the partnership.

India scored 150 off 9.5 balls (59 balls).

Suryakumar’s half-century – which included five boundaries and three sixes – came off 25 balls.

The third-wicket pair put on 100 off 40 balls. While Abhishek’s contribution to the partnership was 45, Suryakumar’s contribution to it was 57 (off 26 balls, which included half-a-dozen boundaries, in addition to the aforementioned number of sixes). The pair was unbeaten. Extras did not contribute to the partnership.

Abhishek, whose 20-ball innings included seven boundaries and five sixes, eventually scored 68.

India, who scored 155 for the loss of a couple of wickets off 10 overs, won by eight wickets with 10 overs to spare.

Jamieson and Phillips bowled a wicketless over apiece. While the former conceded 17, the latter conceded 16.

Duffy and Santner bowled two wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 38, the latter conceded 28.

Henry and Sodhi bowled two wicketless overs apiece. They conceded 28, picking up a scalp apiece.

India led the five-match series 3-0. In fact, they won it with a couple of matches to spare.