India gꦗalloped to its seventh consecutive ODI series wins by defeating New Zealand by 6 runs in a thrilling encounter at the Green Par🦋k stadium in Kanpur.
The Men in Blue batted first after Blackcaps’ skipper Kane Williamson won the toss and put 337 runs on the board. Rohit Sharma (147) and Virat Kohli (113) added 230 runs for the second wicket to set up the innings for India while MS Dhoni and Kedar Jadhav provided the late innings finish to Indian scoreboard.
India knew they needed wickets to win the match and a hundred run pa𒁏rtnership between Colin Munro (75) and Kane Williamson (64) put Kiwis on the 🅺track. But Yuzvendra Chahal removed the duo quickly.
Jasprit Bumrah removed Taylor and though Tom Latham and Henry Nicholls threatened to take the game away from India. Latham got out꧙ for 65 and then the two best death over bowlers, Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar put pressure on the Kiwi batsmen and fina♎lly won the match for their side by 6 runs.
🔯Cricket fraternity was keeping a check on this humdinger and applauded India on winning the match and series.
Here are some of the best Twitter reactions:
What a comeback 👌Literally snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. Let's grab the T20 cup already😜 .
— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina)
Perfect finish to a thrilling game. Great work & . Keep it up boys. My Best wishes for the T2🐽0Is
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt)
Congratulations for winning tꦑhe series. One more feather to the cap for our captain and vice captain ✌️
— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha)
35 were needed in 4 overs at this stage. Duaaon m🍌e bahut taakat hai , Bumrah aur Bhu🐬vi ke skills me bhi. Badhhai Team India.
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
Well done team India for hard fought series win,Virat Rohit bumrah ♍special eff💜ort guys
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Bumrah was simply outstandin𝄹g in the end. NZ fought really well but India were🦩 simply relentless to win the series after being 1-0 down
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281)
Two centuries from Indian batsmen but my Man of the Match is the man with two wickets. Jasprit Bumrah. Bat canceled bat…Boom Boom won it.
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
Boom boom♚ Buuuummmmrrrrraaaahhhhh 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🇮��🏏
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
Inspite of the huge score, th♛e last 4 overs from Bhuvi and Bumrah was eventually the difference. Great effort on winning the series
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
Congrats for winning th🔴eir 7th consecutive ODI series and well ꦚfought . & were brilliant today
— MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj)
Fabulous effort in Kanpur…close but no cigar! 👌 Well done & team for series win 👏
— Danny Morrison (@SteelyDan66)
