India had a patient start, although they nearly lost Sharma’s wicket on the very first ball of the super over. Wicket-keeper Tim Seifert had failed to collect a ball from the deep and although Sharma was way off the mark, he narrowly made ground. After picking three off the first two balls, KL Rahul slammed a boundary off the third bowled by Southee, before picking a single off the next one.
Thus, India was left to chase 10 off two deliveries with Rohit Sharma on strike. Rohit rose to the task by hitting two consecutive sixes in the last two balls, leading his team to their first T20I series win in New Zealand. With the victory, India now leads the five-match series 3-0.
Earlier, Mohammed Shami’s superb last over restricted New Zealand from chasing the 180-run target, which led to a super over after the match was tied. The Kiwi’s came out to bat first, where the New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson scored 12 runs to set a target of 18 runs in the super over.
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India: Rohit Sharma, Lokesh Rahul (wk), Virat Kohli (c), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah
New Zealand: Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, Kane Williamson (c), Colin de Grandhomme, Ross Taylor, Tim Seifert (wk), Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Scott Kuggeleijn, Ish Sodhi, Hamish Bennett
Kane Williamson won the toss and choose to bowl against India at Seddon Park in Hamilton.
Indian openers Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul with a decent start in the 3rd T20I with a current run rate 8.67
Rohit Sharma completed his half-century in just 23 balls by hitting a magnificent six straight down the ground.
New Zealand successful in breaking the Indian openers momentum by taking KL Rahul down at 27 runs. Live Score: 89/1 in 9 overs.
Variation in the Indian batting order as Shivam Dube steps in at number three for team India in the 3rd T20I against New Zealand
Big blow for team India as Rohit Sharma dropped at 65 in 44 balls. Bennett managed to take Sharma’s wicket as he was caught by Tim Southee.
The variation in the batting order did not really work for Team India as Shivam Dube who came in for number three got dropped pretty early by scoring 3 runs in 7 balls.
Good comeback by the Kiwi’s in the 3rd T20I as they managed to slow down the pace of team India by picking three quick wickets.
2nd T20 start player, Shreyas Iyer lost his wicket in the 17th over in the 3rd T20, as Mitchell Santner takes his revenge by taking Iyer down at 17 runs in 16 balls.
Indian skipper Virat Kohli caught out by Southee, bowled by Bennett in the 18th over by scoring 38 runs in 27 balls.
India Vs New Zealand: NZ lost its first wicket.
New Zealand scores 33 runs in 4 overs.
Great comeback by New Zealand cricket team in the 3rd T20I restricted team India at a final score of 179/5 in 20 overs.
India gets its first breakthrough by taking Martin Guptill down as he was caught out by Sanju Samson after scoring 31 runs in 21 balls
Colin Munro dropped by Ravindra Jadeja in the 7th over after scoring 14 runs in 16 balls
New Zealand needs 113 runs in 72 balls
Excellent comeback from Chahal as he bowled out Mitchell Santner on 9 runs. New Zealand’s middle order does not stand strong as India managed to pick the third wicket in the 11th over.
New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson completed his half-century by hitting a four on a slow delivery by Shami.
Shardul Thakur picked up his second wicket in the 16th over by departing Grandhomme on 5 runs in 12 balls.
14 runs scored in the third last over of the match bowled by Bumra, New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson trying hard defend the series as he hit three consecutive fours in the 17th over.
New Zealand team picking quick singles to chase the 180 run target in the 3rd T20I against India. New Zealand needs 9 runs in the final over.
New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson lost his wicket after hitting a six in the first ball of the final over.
New Zealand need 1 run in 1 ball
Superb over bowled by Mohammed Shami as he restricts New Zealand to chase the 180-run target and picking a wicket in the last ball of the second inning. Super over will decide the winner of 3rd T20I between India and NZ in Hamilton.
1st Ball: 1 Run
2nd Ball: 1 Run
3rd Ball: 6 Runs
4th Ball: 4 Runs
5th Ball: 1 Run
6th Ball: 4 Runs
New Zealand set a tough 18-run target against India in the first inning of the super over in the 3rd T20.
1st Ball: 2 Runs
2nd Ball: 1 Run
3rd Ball: 4 Runs
4th Ball: 1 Run
5th Ball: 6 Runs
6th Ball: 6 Runs
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