The third match of the 5-match T20 series between India and New Zealand is in Wellington today. Team India won the toss and invited New Zealand to bat first. Kiwi team has come with 3 changes. Nathan Smith, Matt Henry and Lockie Ferguson have been dropped and Adam Milne, Kyle Jamieson and Matthew Fisher have been included in the playing XI. The Indian team has entered without any changes. Read moment-to-moment updates.
India vs New Zealand, Live Updates:
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08:25
Reddy's excellent bowling
Nitish Kumar Reddy is casting an amazing spell. So far he has spent only 23 runs in 3 overs. Nitish gave only 4 runs in the 15th over.
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08:04
Axar took the wicket of Phillips
Akshar Patel has taken the wicket of Glenn Phillips. New Zealand has suffered its third setback at the score of 123. Phillips, who played half-centuries in both the opening matches of the series, returned to the pavilion after scoring 17 runs in 14 balls. Mitchell is present at the crease after scoring a half-century.
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07:48
Reddy took the big wicket of Allen
Nitish Kumar Reddy, who was called to bowl in the 9th over, took the big wicket of Finn Allen as soon as he came. Naman Dheer also had a big contribution in this wicket. He took a diving catch while running forward from long on. Allen returned to the pavilion after scoring 40 runs in 25 balls.
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07:45
Allen-Mitchell are dealing in sixes only
Finn Allen and Darryl Mitchell are just dealing in sixes. After the end of the powerplay, both of them hit 4 sixes in the next 2 overs. At the end of 8 overs, New Zealand's score is 88/1.
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07:32
Allen-Mitchell is batting brilliantly
Finn Allen and Darryl Mitchell batted brilliantly and took New Zealand beyond 50 in the powerplay. Both of them have recovered the Kiwi team from the initial setback.
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07:12
Arshdeep sent Seifert to the pavilion
Arshdeep Singh has once again broken New Zealand's opening pair early. Left arm fast bowler Arshdeep sent Seifert (2 runs in 6 balls) to the pavilion.
07:04
New Zealand starts batting
New Zealand has scored only 4 runs in the first over. Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled a tight first over.
New Zealand – Finn Allen, Tim Seifert (wk), Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Bevon Jacobs, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Matthew Fisher, Kyle Jamieson, Adam Milne, Jacob Duffy
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07:00
Playing XI of both the teams
India – Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer (captain), Tilak Verma, Naman Dheer, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Prince Yadav, Arshdeep Singh.
New Zealand – Finn Allen, Tim Seifert (wk), Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Bevon Jacobs, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Matthew Fisher, Kyle Jamieson, Adam Milne, Jacob Duffy
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06:57
New Zealand made 3 changes
Indian team won the toss New Zealand has been called to bat first. Team India has entered without any changes. The Kiwi team has made 3 changes. Nathan Smith, Matt Henry and Lockie Ferguson have been dropped and Adam Milne, Kyle Jamieson and Matthew Fisher have been included in the playing XI.