5th T20 highlights: India beats New Zealand by 7 runs, clinches series 5-0
Chasing the target, the Black Caps were tottering at 17 for three in 3.2 overs. Tim Seifert (50) and Ross Taylor (53) then added 99 runs for the fourth wicket as New Zealand recovered to 116.
India cricket team registered a rare 5-0 whitewash against New Zealand cricket team after notching up a seven-run win in the fifth and final T20 International at Bay Oval, Mount Maungani on Sunday. Electing to bat, India posted 163 for three, riding on Rohit Sharma's 60 off 41 balls and a 33-ball 45 from K L Rahul. The visitors then restricted the hosts to 156 for nine with Jasprit Bumrah claiming three wickets for 12 runs.
Chasing the target, the Black Caps were tottering at 17 for three in 3.2 overs. Tim Seifert (50) and Ross Taylor (53) then added 99 runs for the fourth wicket as New Zealand recovered to 116. Seifert clobbered a 30-ball 50 studded with five fours and three sixes, while Ross Taylor hit two sixes and five fours in his 47-ball 53-run innings. However, once Seifert was dismissed in the 13th over, the hosts suffered a collapse, losing five wickets, including Taylor, for 25 runs to loss the plot in the end.
India vs New Zealand 5th T20 full scorecardOver 20; India wins
Over 19; New Zealand need 21 runs in 6 balls
Hamish Bennett, left handed bat, comes to the crease
Over 18; Ross Taylor departs
Navdeep Saini [3.0-0-16-1] is back into the attack
Ish Sodhi, right handed bat, comes to the crease
Over 17; Shardul scalps two wickets in a over
Shardul Thakur [2.0-0-21-0] is back into the attack
Tim Southee, right handed bat, comes to the crease
Scott Kuggeleijn, right handed bat, comes to the crease
Over 16
Yuzvendra Chahal [3.0-0-21-0] is back into the attack
Ball 6: WIDE
Over 15; New Zealand need 42 runs in 30 balls
Washington Sundar [2.0-0-17-1] is back into the attack
Mitchell Santner, left handed bat, comes to the crease
Over 14; Bumrah cleans up Daryl
Bumrah continues
Over 13; New Zealand need 48 runs in 42 balls
Navdeep Saini [2.0-0-13-0] is back into the attack
Daryl Mitchell, right handed bat, comes to the crease
Over 12; New Zealand need 51 runs in 48 balls
Jasprit Bumrah [1.0-1-0-1] is back into the attack
Over 11; New Zealand need 57 runs in 54 balls
Over 10; Shivam Dube leaks 34 runs
Ball 5: FREE HIT, A full delivery outside off and Ross Taylor slogs toward deep mid-wicket boundary for SIX.
Over 9; New Zealand need 100 runs in 66 balls
Over 8
Shardul Thakur [1.0-0-10-0] is back into the attack
Ball 5: Ross Taylor smashes FOUR
Over 7
Over 6
Saini continues
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First Published: Feb 02 2020 | 9:49 AM IST