India made just one change to their playing eleven – Yuzvendra Chahal made way for Kuldeep Yadav.
New Zealand made just one change to the eleven that
last played the Indians – Lockie Ferguson made way for Twenty20 International
debutant Blair Tickner.
On winning the toss, Rohit Sharma, India’s skipper,
inserted the hosts.
The first Powerplay of New Zealand’s
innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the
sixth over. They scored 66, without the loss of a wicket.
New Zealand’s openers put on 50 off 5.2 overs (32
balls). India had conceded an extra at that point. While the contribution of
Tim Seifert, the player of the series, to the partnership was 28, the Co(li)ntribution
of Munro, the player of the match, to it was 24.
Seifert, whose 25-ball innings included three
boundaries and as many sixes, eventually scored 43. Forty-six balls into the
match, he was stumped by Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Yadav broke the 80-run
partnership.
New Zealand scored 100 off 10.1 overs (61 balls).
India had conceded an extra at that point.
The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 30 balls. While
Munro’s contribution to the partnership was 35, the contribution of Kane
Williamson, New Zealand’s skipper, to it was 15. Extras didn’t contribute to
the partnership.
Munro, whose 40-ball innings included five boundaries
and as many sixes, eventually scored 72. Thirty-four balls after Seifert’s dismissal,
he was caught by Hardik Pandya. Yadav broke the 55-run partnership.
New Zealand scored 150 off 14.3 overs (87 balls).
India had conceded five extras at that point.
Williamson, whose 21-ball innings included three boundaries,
eventually scored 27. Eight balls after Munro’s dismissal, he was caught by
Yadav. Khaleel Ahmed broke the 15-run stand.
De Grandhomme, whose 16-ball (Col)innings included
three boundaries and a six, scored 30. Twenty-two balls later, he was caught by
Dhoni. Bhuvneshwar Kumar broke the 43-run stand.
New Zealand scored 200 off 18.5 overs (113 balls). The
number of extras they had conceded gave India no reason to be in seventh heaven.
That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.
Daryl Mitchell, whose 11-ball innings included three boundaries,
scored 19. He was unbeaten, as was Ross Taylor, who scored 14. His seven-ball
innings included a boundary and a six.
India scored 212 for the loss of four wickets off 20
overs.
The five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.
The Pandya brothers were wicketless. While Krunal
conceded 54, Hardik conceded 44.
Ahmed and Kumar picked up a wicket apiece. While the
former conceded 47, the latter conceded 37.
Yadav, who conceded 26, picked up a couple of scalps.
The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the
mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 57,
for the loss of a wicket.
Shikhar Dhawan, whose four-ball innings included a
boundary, scored five. Five balls into the chase, he was caught by Mitchell.
Mitchell Santner broke the six-run stand.
India scored 50 off 5.2 overs (32 balls). New Zealand
had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.
The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 29 balls. While
Sharma’s contribution to the partnership was 20, Vijay Shankar’s contribution to
it was 24. Extra’s contribution to the partnership was half-a-dozen.
Shankar, whose 28-ball innings included five
boundaries and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 43. Forty-six balls after
Dhawan’s dismissal, he was caught by de Grandhomme. Santner broke the 75-run
partnership.
India scored 100 off 9.2 overs (56 balls). New Zealand
had conceded eight extras at that point.
Rishabh Pant, whose 12-ball innings included a boundary
and three sixes, scored 28. Twenty-four balls after Shankar’s dismissal, he was
caught by Williamson. Tickner broke the 40-run stand.
Sharma, whose 32-ball innings included three boundaries,
eventually scored 38. Ten balls later, he was caught by Seifert. Mitchell broke
the 20-run stand.
Hardik, whose 11-ball innings included a boundary and
a couple of sixes, scored 21. Five balls later, he was caught by Williamson. Scott
Kuggeleijn broke the four-run stand.
The sixth-wicket pair D(hon)idn’t get off the mark.
The man from Ranchi faced four balls, scoring a couple. Three balls later, he
was caught by Southee off the bowling of Mitchell.
India scored 150 off 15.4 overs (94 balls). New
Zealand had conceded eight extras at that point.
The seventh-wicket pair put on 50 off 22 balls. While Dinesh
Karthik’s contribution to the partnership was 24, Krunal’s contribution to it
was 25. Extra’s contribution to the partnership was three.
India scored 200 off 19.4 overs (118 balls). New
Zealand had conceded 11 extras at that point.
Karthik, whose 16-ball innings included four sixes, eventually
scored 33. He was unbeaten, as was Krunal, who eventually scored 26. His
13-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes.
New Zealand eventually conceded a dozen extras. India,
who scored 208 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 20 overs, lost by four
runs.
Ish Sodhi, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 30.
He was wicketless, as was Southee, who bowled four overs, conceding 47.
Kuggeleijn and Tickner bowled four overs each, picking
up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 37, the latter conceded 34.
Santner and Mitchell bowled three overs each, picking up
a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 32, the latter conceded
27.
New Zealand won the three-match series 2-1.
