India vs New zealand 5th T20 / India won by 7 runs, the first country to do a clean sweep in a 5-match series; Kohli the first captain to win 10 bilateral series
India defeated New Zealand by 7 runs in the last match of the five T20 series. With this victory, he won the series 5–0. India became the first country to do a clean sweep in the 5 match series. Also, Team India was successful in winning 8 consecutive matches for the first time. At the same time, the New Zealand team lost in the sixth match in a row. India, batting first in the match, scored 163 for 3 in 20 overs. The New Zealand team, chasing the target, scored 156 runs in 9 overs in 20 overs. The first match of the 3 ODIs series between the two teams will be held in Hamilton on 5 February.
Virat Kohli became the first captain to win the most 10 bilateral series. He left Faf Duplessis (9 Series) of South Africa behind. Eoin Morgan of England won 7, Darren Sammy of West Indies 6 and Mahendra Singh Dhoni won 5 bilateral series.
India won two matches in the series Super Over
The first match of the series took place in Auckland, where the Indian team defeated New Zealand by 6 wickets. The second match also took place on the same ground, in which India won by 7 wickets with 15 balls to spare. The third and fourth matches were tied, which resulted in a super over. In Hamilton T20, Rohit Sharma won the team for the first time in New Zealand by hitting two consecutive sixes. While Rahul and Kohli won in the fourth Wellington match.
New Zealand lost both 5 match series
Winner against whom T20 difference in series
Malawi Mozambique 7 5-1 2019
Vanuatu Malaysia 5 3-2 2019
England New Zealand 5 3-2 2019
India New Zealand 5 5-0 2020
Taylor-Shiffert together scored 34 runs in Shivam Dubey’s over.
This was Ross Taylor’s 100th T20. He was dismissed for 53 runs. Tim Shiffert was out for 50 off Navdeep Saini. Taylor-Shiffert scored 34 runs in an over by Shivam Dubey. Dubey became the highest run bowler in an over for India in T20s. He left Stuart Binny behind. Binny had given 32 runs against West Indies in 2016 at Lauderhill, US.
Rohit and Rahul shared 88 runs
Rohit Sharma scored 60 and Lokesh Rahul scored 45 runs. Shreyas Iyer scored 33 and Manish Pandey scored 11 not out. Scott Kuglin took 2 wickets for New Zealand. Rohit retired due to injury after playing 41-ball innings. He scored the 21st half-century of his career. Now Rahul is captaining. Rohit and Rahul shared an 88-run partnership for the second wicket. Shivam Dubey was out for 5 off Kuglin.
Sanju Samson flopped again
Sanju Samson returned to the pavilion after scoring 2 runs. He was caught by Centner on Kuglin’s ball. Samson flopped for the third consecutive match after his return. He could only score 8 runs in the fourth T20. Before that he had scored 6 runs against Sri Lanka in January.
Scorecard: India
Batsman runs ball 4s 6s
Lokesh Rahul Cai Santner Bow Bennett 45 33 4 2
Sanju Samson Ka Santner Bow Kuglin 2 5 0 0
Rohit Sharma Retired Heart 60 41 3 3
Shreyas Iyer not out 33 31 1 2
Shivam Dubey Bruce Bow Kuglin 5 6 1 0
Manish Pandey 11 4 1 1
Runs: 163/3, Over: 20, Extra: 7.
Wicket Fall: 8/1, 96/2, 148/3.
Bowling: Tim Southee: 4-0-52-0, Scott Kuglin: 4-0-25-2, Hamish Bennett: 4-0-21-1, Ish Sodhi: 4-0-28-0, Mitchell Sentner: 4 -0-36-0.
Scorecard: New Zealand
Batsman runs ball 4s 6s
Martin Guptill LBW Bow. Bumrah 2 6 0 0
Colin Monroe Bold Bow. Pretty 15 6 2 1
Tim Chiffert CA Samson Bow Saini 50 30 5 3
Tom Bruce Runout (Samson / Rahul) 0 3 0 0
Ross Taylor CA Rahul Bo Saini 53 47 5 2
Darrell Mitchell Bold Bow. Bumrah 2 4 0 0
Michelle Santner CA Pandey Bow Thakur 6 7 0 0
Scott Kuglin CA Beautiful bo Thakur 0 1 0 0
Tim Saudi Bold Bow. Bumrah 6 5 1 0
Ish Sodhi not out 16 10 0 2
Hamish Bennett not out 1 2 0 0
Runs: 156/9, Over: 20, Extra: 5.
Wicket Fall: 7/1, 17/2, 17/3, 116/4, 119/5, 131/6, 132/7, 133/8, 141/9.
Bowling: Washington Sundar: 3-0-20-1, Jaspreet Bumrah: 4-1-12-3, Navdeep Saini: 4-0-23-2, Shardul Thakur: 4-0-38-2, Yuzvendra Chahal: 4 -0-28-1, Shivam Dubey: 1-0-34-0.
