Sharma-led India beat the Kiwis

Neither India nor New Zealand made no changes to their playing eleven.

On winning the toss, Rohit Sharma, India’s skipper, chose to field.

The first Powerplay of New Zealand’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the 10^th over. They scored 15, and lost four wickets.

New Zealand’s openers failed to get off the mark. Finn Allen, who faced five balls, did not open his account. Five balls into the match, he was dismissed by Mohammed Shami, the player of the match.

Henry Nicholls, who faced 20 balls, scored a couple. Forty-eight balls later, he was caught by Shubman Gill. Mohammed Siraj broke the eight-run stand.

Daryl Mitchell, who faced three balls, scored a run. Four balls later, he was caught by Shami, who broke the one-run stand.

Although his 16-ball innings included a boundary, Devon Conway had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 21 balls later, he was caught by Hardik Pandya, who broke the six-run stand.

The second Powerplay of New Zealand’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the 11^th and the 40^th over. They scored 93, and lost half-a-dozen wickets.

The fifth-wicket pair did not get off the mark. Tom Latham, New Zealand’s skipper, faced 17 balls, scoring just a run. Five balls after Conway’s dismissal, he was caught by Gill off the bowling of Shardul Thakur.

Fourteen overs into the match, the drinks break was taken. New Zealand had scored 28 for the loss of five wickets at that point. While Glenn Phillips had scored eight, Michael Bracewell had scored four.

New Zealand scored 50 off 18.1 overs (109 balls). India had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

Bracewell, whose 30-ball innings included four boundaries, eventually scored 22. Forty-eight balls after Latham’s dismissal, he was caught by Ishan Kishan. Shami broke the 41-run stand.

New Zealand scored 100 off 29.2 overs (176 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave India no reason to be in seventh heaven. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Mitchell Santner, whose 39-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 27. Seventy balls after Bracewell’s dismissal, Hardik broke the 47-run stand.

It was at that point that the drinks break was taken. Phillips had scored 36.

The eighth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Phillips didn’t add to the aforementioned score. His 52-ball innings included five boundaries. Half-a-dozen balls after Santner’s dismissal, he was caught by Suryakumar Yadav off the bowling of Washington Sundar.

Henry Shipley, who faced nine balls, scored just a couple. He was unbeaten.

Lockie Ferguson, who faced nine balls, scored just a run. A dozen balls after Phillips’ dismissal, he was caught by Suryakumar Yadav. Sundar broke the two-run stand.

Two hundred and seven balls (34.3 overs) into the match, New Zealand sought a batting review. Blair Tickner, the batsman, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored just a couple. It was struck down by umpire K N Ananthapadmanabhan. He was trapped leg before wicket by Kuldeep Yadav, who broke the three-run stand.

New Zealand were bundled out for 108.

Thakur and Siraj bowled half-a-dozen overs, including a maiden, each. While the former conceded 26, the latter conceded 10. They conceded a wicket apiece, as did Kuldeep, who bowled 7.3 overs, conceding 29.

Sundar bowled three overs, including a maiden. He had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he picked up a couple of wickets, as did Hardik, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceding 16.

Shami bowled half-a-dozen overs, including a maiden. He conceded 18, picking up three scalps.

The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the 10^th over. They scored 52, without the loss of a wicket.

India’s openers put on 50 off 9.4 overs (58 balls). New Zealand hadn’t conceded any extras at that point. While Rohit’s contribution to the partnership was 37, Gill’s contribution to it was 14.

The second Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the 11^th and the 40^th over. They scored.

Seventy-five balls (12.3 overs) into the chase, New Zealand sought a bowling review. Gill was the batsman. It was struck down by Ananthapadmanabhan.

Rohit’s half-century – which included seven boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 47 balls.

He eventually scored 51 off 50 balls. Eighty-six balls into the chase, he was trapped leg before wicket by Shipley, who broke the 72-run partnership.

Virat Kohli, whose nine-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 11. Twenty-three balls after Rohit’s dismissal, he was stumped by Latham. Santner broke the 26-run stand.

India scored 100 off 18.3 overs (111 balls). New Zealand had conceded an extra at that point. That was, incidentally, the only extra they eventually conceded.

Gill, whose 53-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, eventually scored 40. He was unbeaten, as was Kishan, who faced nine balls, scoring eight. His runs came by way of boundaries.

India, who scored 111 for the loss of a couple of wickets off 20.1 overs, won by eight wickets with 179 balls to spare.

Bracewell, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 13.

Tickner, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 19.

Ferguson, who bowled five wicketless overs, conceded 21.

Santner, who bowled 4.1 overs, conceded 28. He picked up a scalp, as did Shipley, who bowled five overs, conceding 29.

India led the three-match series 2-0. In fact, they won the series with a match to spare.