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India vs New Zealand, 3rd T20I

IND
184/7 (20)
NZ
111/10 (17.2)

India won by 73 runs.

Rohit Sharma (Indian Captain, Player of the Series): It's very important to start well. That's always been my mindset. Once you've seen the pitch you know what you need to do. It was nice coming onto the bat with the dew coming early. We had something planned as a batting group. Wouldn't say it worked out well. Room for improvement in the middle order. The batting front - KL missed out today but his form is critical. Middle-order didn't get much opportunity except today. The spinners did the job for us in the entire series. The way Ashwin bowled, Axar. And how Chahal came back. Good to see Venkatesh Iyer bowling those overs with the skills he has. Important for us going forward. I would prefer that going forward .. teams around the world bat deep till No.8, No.9. Harshal, when he plays for Haryana, he opens the batting for them. And then Deepak, we've seen what he did in SL. Chahal was looking forward to bat as well. I've grown up playing on a concrete pitch back in the day. Once I started opening a lot of things changed. Won't say it comes naturally. I've practiced a lot playing those shots. Some days it comes off very well but I've got out also playing that shot. That's why I say when you've got a certain strength, you've got to back it.

Mitchell Santner (New Zealand Captain): Tough to predict what the dew is going to be like. They bowled very well at the top, especially Axar. Credit to India for the way they played throughout the series. We were probably off.  It was difficult to come back after losing three wickets at the start. Come up against a very good Indian side. There were periods in every game. The pressure Rahul and Rohit put on us was tough to come back from. Kane is obviously a great player for us. With the schedule being quite tight, it gives other guys an opportunity. With the WC being in 11 months' time you always look ahead. The way Guptill batted at the top, different guys chipping in at different times. Challenging as a spinner with dew around. The second game was very wet. The way Ashwin and Axar adapted was great. 

Player of the Match: Axar Patel

Dream 11 Game Changer of the Match: Harshal Patel

Rahul Dravid: It was a really good win. Everyone played really well throughout the series. It feels really good, nice to start well. We are also quite realistic. We have to keep our feet on the ground and be a bit realistic about this win. Not easy for New Zealand to play a World Cup final and then to turn up three days later to play three games in six days, was never going to be easy for them. Nice from our perspective but we have to learn from this series and move forward. It's a long journey ahead over the next 10 years and we'll have our share of ups and downs. It's been really good to see some of the young guys come through. We have given an opportunity to some of the boys who haven't played a lot of cricket over the last few months. We have seen some of the skills available to us and we have to keep building on those skills as we go forward.

Ishan Kishan: Trent got me out in the World Cup by bowling me on the pads, so I was ready for that ball. I'll do whatever whether it's keeping to fielding, depending on what the team asks me to do. The coach and our captain asked me to keep things simple. They asked me to play my shots, and it was fine even if I got out in the process.

Yuzvendra Chahal: I understood my mistake after bowling two overs. It was drifting down the leg-side at the start, but I got the line right when the ball started to grip. I was working on my googlies. It has helped me to confuse the batters, so I'm happy with that.

17.2W

DL Chahar to LH Ferguson, no run, Caught out!! inswinger good length, outside off, Lockie Ferguson plays lofted of the backfoot to the back to bowler where Deepak Chahar completes catch. Gone. c & b DL Chahar

17.1 1

DL Chahar to TA Boult, 1 run, inswinger good length, on the middle stump, Trent Boult plays flick, of the backfoot to mid wicket for 1 run

END OF OVER 1715 runs

Score after 17 overs110/9

Lockie Ferguson

14(7)

Trent Boult

1(1)

Harshal Patel

3-0-26-2

16.6 1

HV Patel to TA Boult, 1 run, full toss, on the off stump, Trent Boult plays of the frontfoot to long on for 1 run

16.5 1

HV Patel to LH Ferguson, 1 run, inswinger good length, on the middle stump, Lockie Ferguson plays flick, of the frontfoot to mid wicket for 1 run

16.5 1wd

HV Patel to LH Ferguson, 1 wide, inswinger good length, outside the leg stump, Lockie Ferguson plays on the frontfoot, but ball was way too far and given wide by the umpire, but fails to act on ball.

16.46

HV Patel to LH Ferguson, Six, excellent shot!! A sight to watch! inswinger good length on the off stump Lockie Ferguson plays lofted of the frontfoot over the long on

16.30

HV Patel to LH Ferguson, no run, dot ball!! inswinger good length, outside the leg stump, Lockie Ferguson plays of the backfoot, but fails to act on ball.

16.26

HV Patel to LH Ferguson, Six, excellent shot!! A sight to watch! inswinger good length outside off Lockie Ferguson plays flick, of the frontfoot over the long on

16.1W

HV Patel to IS Sodhi, no run, Caught out!! inswinger full length, outside off, Ish Sodhi plays lofted of the frontfoot to the long on where Suryakumar Yadav completes catch. Gone. c SA Yadav b HV Patel

END OF OVER 162 runs

Score after 16 overs95/8

Ish Sodhi

9(10)

Lockie Ferguson

1(3)

Venkatesh Iyer

3-0-12-1

15.6 1

VR Iyer to IS Sodhi, 1 run, inswinger back of length, outside off, Ish Sodhi plays lofted of the frontfoot to mid wicket for 1 run

15.50

VR Iyer to IS Sodhi, no run, dot ball!! yorker, outside off, Ish Sodhi plays of the backfoot, but fails to act on ball.

15.4 1

VR Iyer to LH Ferguson, 1 run, inswinger full length, outside off, Lockie Ferguson plays drive, of the frontfoot to mid off for 1 run

15.30

VR Iyer to LH Ferguson, no run, dot ball!! inswinger good length, outside off, Lockie Ferguson plays of the backfoot, but fails to act on ball.

15.20

VR Iyer to LH Ferguson, no run, dot ball!! inswinger full length, outside off, Lockie Ferguson plays of the frontfoot, but fails to act on ball.

15.1W

VR Iyer to AF Milne, no run, Caught out!! inswinger back of length, outside off, Adam Milne plays drive, of the frontfoot to the cover where Rohit Sharma completes catch. Gone. c Rohit Sharma b VR Iyer

END OF OVER 151 runs

Score after 15 overs93/7

Adam Milne

7(5)

Ish Sodhi

8(8)

Yuzvendra Chahal

4-0-26-1

14.60

Yuzvendra Chahal to IS Sodhi, no run, dot ball!! legbreak full length, outside off, Ish Sodhi plays drive, of the frontfoot to cover.

14.50

Yuzvendra Chahal to IS Sodhi, no run, dot ball!! googly full length, outside off, Ish Sodhi plays of the backfoot