India made three changes to their playing eleven – Dinesh Karthik, Kuldeep Yadav and Khaleel Ahmed made way for Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Vijay Shankar and Mohammed Shami, the player of the series.
New Zealand made just one change to the eleven that last played the Indians – Martin Guptill made way for Colin Munro.
On winning the toss, Rohit Sharma, India's skipper, chose to bat.
The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the 10th over. They scored 22 and lost four wickets.
Sharma, who faced 16 balls, scored just a couple. Twenty-five balls into the match, Matt Henry broke the eight-run stand.
Shikhar Dhawan, whose 13-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Ten balls later, he was caught by Henry. Trent Boult broke the four-run stand.
Shubman Gill, whose 11-ball innings included a boundary, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – seven balls later, he was caught by Mitchell Santner. Henry broke the five-run stand.
Forty-nine balls into the match, New Zealand sought a bowling review. Dhoni was the batsman. It was struck down by New Zealand umpire Wayne Knights.
The man from Ranchi, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored just a run. Fifteen balls after Gill's dismissal, Boult broke the one-run stand.
The second Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the 11th and the 40th over. They scored 146 and lost a wicket.
Sixteen overs into the match, the first drinks break was taken. India had scored 40 for the loss of four wickets at that point. While Ambati Rayudu, the player of the match, was batting on three, Shankar had scored a dozen.
India scored 50 off 18.1 overs (109 balls). New Zealand had conceded nine extras at that point.
The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 77 balls. While Rayudu’s contribution to the partnership was 13, Shankar’s contribution to it was 27. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was 10.
India scored 100 off 29 overs (174 balls). New Zealand had conceded 11 extras at that point.
The fifth-wicket pair put on 98. Shankar, whose 64-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 45. A hundred and thirty-four balls after Dhoni’s dismissal, Jimmy Neesham and Munro ran him out.
Thirty-five overs into the match, the second drinks break was taken India had scored 129 for the loss of five wickets at that point. While Rayudu was batting on 52, Kedar Jadhav was batting on four.
Rayudu’s half-century – which included four boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 86 balls.
India scored 150 off 38.4 overs (232 balls). New Zealand had conceded 14 extras at that point.
The third Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the 41st and the 50th over. They scored 84 and lost five wickets.
The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 49 balls. While Rayudu’s contribution to the partnership was 31, Jadhav’s contribution to it was 18. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.
Rayudu, whose 113-ball innings included eight boundaries and four sixes, eventually scored 90. Sixty-nine balls after Shankar’s dismissal, he was caught by Munro. Henry broke the 74-run partnership.
India scored 200 off 45 overs (271 balls). New Zealand had conceded 15 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.
Jadhav, whose 45-ball innings included three boundaries, eventually scored 34. A dozen balls after Rayudu’s dismissal, Henry broke the 13-run stand.
Hardik Pandya, whose 22-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and five sixes, eventually scored 45.
Twenty-two balls later, he was caught by Boult. Neesham broke the 45-run stand.
India scored 250 off 49.1 overs (296 balls).
Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who faced eight balls, scored half-a-dozen. Four balls after Pandya's dismissal, he was caught by Ross Taylor. Boult broke the run-a-ball stand.
The last-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Shami, who faced a ball, scored a run. The next ball, Boult ran him out. Yuzvendra Chahal, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. He was unbeaten.
India were dismissed for 252 off 49.5 overs. Santner, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 18. Todd Astle, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 35. Colin de Grandhomme, who bowled seven wicketless overs, conceded. Munro, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 47.
Neesham, who bowled five overs, conceded 32. He picked up a wicket. Boult bowled 9.5 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 39, picking up three wickets. Henry bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 35, picking up four scalps.
The first Powerplay of New Zealand’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the 10th over. They scored 38 and lost a couple of wickets.
Henry Nicholls, whose 15-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. Twenty-one balls into the chase, he was caught by Jadhav. Shami broke the 18-run stand.
Munro, whose 24-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 19. Thirty-four balls later, Shami broke the 19-run stand.
The second Powerplay of New Zealand’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the 11th and the 40th over. They scored 151 and lost five wickets.
Taylor, who faced four balls, scored a run. Pandya had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the one-run stand.
New Zealand scored 50 off 15.1 overs (91 balls). India hadn’t conceded any extras at that point.
Sixteen overs into the match, the first drinks break was taken. New Zealand had scored 54 for the loss of three wickets at that point. While Kane Williamson, their skipper, was batting on 15, Tom Latham had scored half-a-dozen.
The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 68 balls. While Williamson’s contribution to the partnership was 26, Latham’s contribution to it was 23. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.
New Zealand scored 100 off 24 overs (144 balls). India had conceded an extra at that point.
Williamson, whose 73-ball innings included three boundaries, eventually scored 39. Ninety-two balls after Taylor’s dismissal, he was caught by Dhawan. Jadhav broke the 67-run partnership.
Latham, whose 49-ball innings included three boundaries, eventually scored 37. Seventeen balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Chahal, who broke the 14-run stand.
De Grandhomme, whose eight-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 11. Fifteen balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Chahal, who broke the 16-run stand.
Thirty-three overs into the match, the second drinks break was taken. New Zealand had scored 141 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets at that point. While Neesham was batting on 17, Santner was batting on three.
New Zealand scored 150 off 33.5 overs (203 balls). India had conceded a couple of extras at that point.
The seventh-wicket pair put on 41. Neesham, whose 32-ball innings included four boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 44. Thirty-two balls after de Grandhomme's dismissal, Dhoni ran him out.
The third Powerplay of New Zealand’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the 41st and the 50th over. They scored 28 and lost three wickets.
Two hundred and forty-five balls into the match, New Zealand sought a batting review. Astle was the batsman. It was struck down by South African umpire Shaun George.
He scored 10 off 16 balls, which included a boundary. Twenty-seven balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Chahal, who broke the 18-run stand.
New Zealand scored 200 off 42 overs (252 balls). India had conceded three extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.
Santner, who faced 37 balls, eventually scored 22. Fourteen balls after Astle's dismissal, he was caught by Shami. Pandya broke the 10-run stand.
Henry, whose nine-ball innings included a boundary and two sixes, scored 17. He was unbeaten.
Boult, who faced three balls, scored a run. Half-a-dozen balls after Santner's dismissal, he was caught by Shami. Kumar broke the 13-run stand.
New Zealand, who were dismissed for 217 off 44.1 overs, lost by 35 runs. Shankar, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 19. Jadhav, who bowled seven overs, conceded 34. He picked up a wicket, as did Kumar, who bowled 7.1 overs, conceding 38.
Pandya and Shami bowled eight overs each, picking up two wickets apiece. While the former, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 50, the latter conceded 35. Chahal, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 41. He picked up three scalps.
India won the five-match series 3-1.
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