New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: The fifth and final match of the ongoing T20I series between India and New Zealand is underway at Mount Maunganui. Men in Blue who have already 4-0 ahead in the series, who won the toss and elected to bat first, is eyeing for a 5-0 clean sweep. For the hosts, it is all about playing for pride after they lost the third and fourth T20I in the Super Over, having dominated majority of the game in both the encounters.
Virat Kohli and Kane Williamson are rested in the final fixture.
Batting first, India scored 163 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. Skipper Rohit Sharma scored unbeaten 60 runs while KL Rahul contributed 45 runs.
Teams:
New Zealand (Playing XI): Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, Tim Seifert(w), Ross Taylor, Tom Bruce, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner, Scott Kuggeleijn, Tim Southee(c), Ish Sodhi, Hamish Bennett
India (Playing XI): Lokesh Rahul(w), Sanju Samson, Rohit Sharma(c), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah
Here are the LIVE updates:
4:07 pm: INDIA WIN by 7 runs. Scorecard | NZ: 156/9
4:06 pm: The match isn't finished. Sodhi slams another six as NZ need 9 off 2.
4:05 pm: Ish Sodhi hits six off third delivery.
4:05 pm: Kiwis need 21 runs off the penultimate over.
3:59 pm: Bumrah gets his third wicket, Tim Southee departs for 6.
3:52 pm: Ross taylor departs for 53. Saini gets eighth wicket for India.
3:51 pm: Navdeep Saini with the bowl. New Zealand need 31 runs off 18 balls.
3:48 pm: Another wicket for Thakur, Kuggeleijn departs for a golden duck.
3:45 pm: Mitchell Santner departs for 6, gets caught out to Pandey off Thakur.
3:41 pm: Kiwis are 129/5 in 16 overs. Taylor and Santner are batting on 50 and 5 runs.
3:40 pm: Taylor smashes his fifty his 100th game.
3:30 pm: D Mitchell (2) gets bowled OUT to Bumrah. Kiwis lose two wickets in two overs.
3:27 pm: New Zealand are 116/4 in 13 overs. Taylor is batting on 45.
3:23 pm: Seifert departs after scoring fifty, gets caught out to Samson off Saini.
3:18 pm: Kiwis are 113/3 in 12 overs. Sifert, Taylor are batting on 49 and 43 runs.
3:12 pm: Hosts score 34 runs in the 10th over, bowled by Shivam Dube.
3:04 pm: NZ are 64/2 in 9 overs. Seifert and Taylor are batting on 19 and 25.
2:53 pm: After 7 overs, Kiwis are 44/3. Taylor and Seifert are batting on 16 and 9 runs respectively.
2:48 pm: Taylor hits consecutive fours off Shardul Thakur.
2:45 pm: Kiwis are 32/3 in 5 overs. Seifert, Taylor are batting on 8 and 6 runs.
2:39 pm: New Zealand are 22/3 in 4 overs. Sifert and Taylor are batting on 4 and 1 run respectively.
2:35 pm: Tom Bruce is run out for a duck. NZ are 17/3 in 3.2 overs.
2:29 pm: Washington Sundar gets the crucial wicket of Munro (15). Kiwis are 17/2 in 2.3 overs.
2:27 pm: It's a wicket maiden for Bumrah.
2:25 pm: Guptill (2) gets lbw off Jasprit Bumrah.
2:21 pm: New Zealand are 7/0 in 1 over.
2:17 pm: Colin Munro, Martin Guptill walk out to open innings for the hosts. Washington Sundar to open the proceedings with the bowl.
2:09 pm: India suffer huge blow as Rohit Sharma walks off field after calf-injury
2:07 pm: Innings BREAK!
2:06 pm: India score 163/3 in stipulated 20 overs.
2:04 pm: Men in Blue are 148/3 in 19 overs. Iyer is batting on 30.
1:59 pm: India lose third wicket. Shivam Dube departs for 5 as Kuggeleijn takes second wicket.
1:57 pm: A tight over from benett, just 3 runs off 18th over.
1:52 pm: India are 140/2 in 17 overs. Iyer is batting on 27.
1:50 pm: Rohit (60) seems in extreme discomfort now. He is walking off. Shivam Dube comes in to bat
1:39 pm: Fifty up for Rohit Sharma!
1:38 pm: Rohit (47), Iyer (18) take Men in Blue to 117/2 in 15 overs.
1:28 pm: India are 104/2 in 13 overs. Rohit and Iyer are batting on 44 and 8.
1:21 pm: Iyer walks out to the crease, off the mark with a four. 100 up for Men in Blue.
1:20 pm: KL Rahul (45) gets caught out to Santner off Benett.
1:15 pm: India score 84/1 in 10 overs.
1:12 pm: India are 69/1 in 9 overs. Rahul and Rohit are batting on 37 and 25 runs respectively.
1:05 pm: Rahul (34), Rohit (16) take Men in Blue to 55/1 in 7 overs.
12:57 pm: India are 44/1 after 5 overs. Rohit and Rahul are batting on 25 and 12 runs.
12:46 pm: India are 25/1 after 3 overs. Rahul and Rohit Sharma are batting on 21 and 2 runs.
12:42 pm: KL Rahul slams his first six of the match.
12:37 pm: Kuggeleijn gets rid of Samson, Kiwis gets first wicket.
12:35 pm: India are 8-0 in 1 over. Rahul, Samson are batting on 6 and 2 runs.
12:30 pm: KL Rahul, Sanju Samson begin innings for Men in Blue.
12:03 pm: Hopefully, we bowl well and chase down the total. Late change: Kane is feeling discomfort with the throwdowns. Winning is ideal, but we got back to what we do well and the result takes care of itself. Same team as Wellington: Tim Southee
Kane Williamson misses another game.
12 pm: Rohit Sharma-led India have won the toss and have opted to bat first.
Looks like a good pitch and something we want to challenge ourselves. Virat is just resting. We want to continue the momentum; not always you get the chance to make it 5-nil. We can't afford to be complacent, we want to be on the money. Just one change. Sanju will open, I will bat at No.3: Rohit
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11:55 pm: "It's a good surface normall. Average score batting first is 183. Looks a hard surface with an event covering of grass. Dimension-wise, it's a pretty big ground as well. The wind will be a major factor too, as hitting against it won't be easy at all. Batting first have won five of the six games here." - Mike Hesson and Deep Dasgupta.
11:50 pm: Ross Taylor is gearing up for his 100th T20I. His teammate Guptill hands him his 100th cap.