After Bumrah and Bishnoi restricted New Zealand to 153, it was Abhishek’s 14-ball fifty which was the second-fastest T20I fifty for India to hand India secure 3-0 lead against NZ. India 155 for 2 (Abhishek 68*, Suryakumar Yadav 57*, Kishan 28, Henry 1-28) beat New Zealand 153 for 9 by eight wickets.
In T20Is, It was India’s 11th straight series win, as India restricted New Zealand to 153, and chased it down with ten overs to remain. Jasprit Bumrah and Ravi Bishnoi took five wickets between them for 35 runs for this match, before Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan made light work of the target.
With two matches to go, India registered a 3-0 series win. In the first over, Harshit Rana took a wicket, Bumrah flattened the off stump first ball, and Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan hit many boundaries in their first overs.
Abhishek Sharma registered second-quickest half-century in just 14 balls. Not as spectacular as Abhishek, Suryakumar still continued his comeback to form with an unbeaten 57 off 26 balls.
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Captain of New Zealand Mitchell Santner told after second T20I match that you need 300 against “these guys”. Accordingly Devon Conway wanted to begin even though he had taken the wicket of Rana four times in four innings on this tour of New Zealand. At mid-off, Hardik Pandya taken a superb overhead catch, and in the next over with a short ball to Rachin Ravindra created a much simpler chance for Bishnoi.
Bumrah, Bishnoi take over
In the powerplay, India are used to bowling at least one over of Varun Chakravarthy and asked the replacement for the resting No. 1 T20I bowler in the world to play the same role. Trajectory and unusual action of Bishnoi conceded only one run in the fifth over to Tim Seifert and Glenn Phillips.
Abhishek, Kishan kill the chase
Abhishek and Kishan added 53 in 19 balls. Kishan falling to a flipper from Ish Sodhi. Abhishek charged first ball at Jacob Duffy, who followed him, but still deposited him over midwicket. Abhishek followed it up with two fours. Abhishek missed his mentor Yuvraj Singh’s record by two balls, and India missed their highest powerplay total by one run at 94 for 2.
