New Delhi. New Zealand has given India a target of 260 runs on the basis of brilliant innings of Glenn Phillips and Michael Bracewell. India won the toss and decided to bowl first. New Zealand scored 259 runs for seven wickets in 20 overs. For the Kiwi team, Phillips scored 107 runs and Bracewell scored 65 runs. There was a partnership of 115 runs between these two batsmen for the fifth wicket. New Zealand was successful in giving a huge target only on the basis of brilliant innings of Phillips and Bracewell.
Read :- From the fourth T20 match, the team management dismissed the pair who created history by scoring 118 runs in the powerplay, result New Zealand lost the match by 87 runs.
Innings Break!
New Zealand post a total of 259/7 for India to chase.
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Read :- After two consecutive defeats from India, many big changes in the New Zealand team, some were out and some got a chance.
For New Zealand, apart from Phillips and Bracewell, Finn Allen scored 31, Daryl Mitchell scored 24, Bevon Jacob scored 7, Mitchell Santner scored 5 and Tim Seifert scored 3 runs. Nathan Smith remained unbeaten on 6 runs and Adam Milne remained unbeaten on 1 run. For India, Mayank Yadav took maximum three wickets, while Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav, Nitish Reddy and Akshar Patel got one wicket each.
Team India has an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series. In such a situation, captain Shreyas Iyer had full opportunity to experiment, despite this, Vaibhav Suryavanshi was made to sit for one match because Ishan Kishan had returned fit. Senior pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who was returning after four years, has also been included.
India's playing eleven: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Tilak Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Naman Dheer, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mayank Yadav and Prince Yadav.
New Zealand's playing eleven: Finn Allen, Tim Seifert (wk), Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Bevan Jacobs, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Nathan Smith, Adam Milne, Jacob Duffy, Matt Fisher