India made one change to their playing (Pat)eleven – Mohammed Siraj made way for Twenty20 International debutant Harshal, the player of the match.
New Zealand made three
changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Rachin Ravindra, Todd
Astle and Lockie Ferguson made way for James Neesham, Adam Milne and Ish Sodhi.
On winning the toss, Rohit
Sharma, India’s skipper, chose 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 64, and lost a wicket.
Guptill, whose 15-ball
(Mart)innings included three boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 31.
Twenty-six balls into the match, he was caught by Rishabh Pant. Deepak Chahar
broke the 48-run stand.
New Zealand scored 50 off
4.3 overs (27 balls). India had conceded an extra at that point.
Mark Chapman, whose 17-ball
innings included three boundaries, scored 21. Twenty-seven balls after
Guptill’s dismissal, he was caught by Lokesh Rahul. Axar Patel broke the 31-run
stand.
Daryl Mitchell, whose
28-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 31. Fifteen balls later, he
was caught by Suryakumar Yadav. Harshal broke the 11-run stand.
New Zealand scored 100 off
13 overs (78 balls). India had conceded three extras at that point.
Tim Seifert, whose 15-ball
innings included a boundary, scored 13. Twenty-three balls after
Mitchell’s dismissal, he was caught by Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Ravichandran Ashwin
broke the 35-run stand.
Glenn Phillips, whose
21-ball innings included a boundary and three sixes, scored 34. Eight balls
later, he was caught by substitute, Ruturaj Gaikwad. Harshal broke the 12-run
stand.
Neesham, who faced a dozen
balls, scored just three. Ten balls later, he was caught by Pant. Bhuvneshwar
broke the three-run stand.
New Zealand scored 150 off
19.2 overs (117 balls). India had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.
Mitchell Santner, who faced
nine balls, scored eight. He was unbeaten, as was Milne, who faced four balls,
scoring five.
The number of extras they
eventually conceded gave India no reason to be in seventh heaven. New Zealand
scored 153 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 20 overs.
Chahar, Bhuvneshwar, Axar
and Ashwin bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. They
conceded 42, 39, 26, and 19 respectively.
Harshal, who bowled four
overs, conceded 25. He 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 45, without the loss of a wicket.
India’s openers put on 50
off 6.4 overs (40 balls). New Zealand had conceded three extras at that point.
While Rahul’s contribution to the partnership was 36, Sharma’s contribution to
it was 11.
Ten overs into the chase,
the drinks break was taken. India had scored 79 without the loss of a wicket at
that point. While Rahul was batting on 45, Sharma was batting on 30.
Rahul’s half-century –
which included four boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 40 balls.
India’s openers put on 100
off 11.4 overs (70 balls). New Zealand had conceded five extras at that point.
While Rahul’s contribution to the partnership was 59, Sharma’s contribution to
it was 36.
Rahul, whose 49-ball innings
included half-a-dozen boundaries and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 65.
Eighty balls into the chase, he was caught by Phillips. Tim Southee, New
Zealand’s skipper, broke the 117-run partnership.
Sharma’s half-century –
which included a boundary and five sixes – came off 35 balls.
He eventually scored 55 off
36 balls. Thirteen balls after Rahul’s dismissal, he was caught by Guptill.
Southee broke the 18-run stand.
Venkatesh Iyer, whose 11-ball
innings included a couple of boundaries, scored a dozen. He was unbeaten.
Yadav, who faced a couple
of balls, scored a run. Three balls after Sharma’s dismissal, Southee broke the
two-run stand.
Ninety-eight balls (16.2
overs) into the chase, New Zealand sought a bowling review. Pant was the
batsman. It was struck down by umpire Anil Chaudhary.
India scored 150 off 17.2
overs (104 balls). New Zealand had conceded 10 extras at that point. That was, incidentally,
the number of extras they eventually conceded.
Pant, who faced
half-a-dozen balls, eventually scored a dozen. His runs came by way of sixes.
He was unbeaten.
India, who scored 155 for
the loss of three wickets off 17.3 overs, won by eight wickets with 15 balls to
spare.
Neesham, who bowled a
couple of wicketless balls, conceded 12.
Sodhi, who bowled a couple
of wicketless overs, conceded 13.
Milne, who bowled three
wicketless overs, conceded 39.
Trent Boult and Santner bowled
four wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 36, the latter conceded
33.
Southee, who bowled four
overs, conceded 16. He picked up all the three wickets that fell.
India led the three-match
series 2-0. In fact, they won the series with a match to spare.
