India galloped 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 partnership between Coli𒊎n 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 out for 65 and th♉en the two best death over bowlers, Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar K🙈umar put pressure on the Kiwi batsmen and finally won the match for their side by 6 runs.
Cricket fraternity wa🐓s keeping a check on this humdinger and applauded In🃏dia 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 gam𓄧e. Great work & . Keep it up boys. My Best wis⛎hes for the T20Is
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt)
Congratulations for winning the series. One more feather to the cap for our cap✱tain and vice captain ✌️
— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha)
35 were needed in 4 💖overs at this stage. Duaaon me bahut taakat hai , Bumrah aur Bhuvi ke 🐬skills me bhi. Badhhai Team India.
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
Well done team India for hard fought series win,Virat Rohit bu🌳mrah special effort guys
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Bumrah was simply outstanding in the end. NZ foughℱt really well bu🅘t 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 Buuuummmmrr♛r♒rraaaahhhhh 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🇮🇳��
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
Inspite of the huge score, the last 4 overs from Bhuvi and Bumrah was 🌳𒊎eventually the difference. Great effort on winning the series
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
Congrats for winning their 7෴th consecutive ODI series and well fought . & were brilliant today
— MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj)
Fabulous effort in Kanpur…close but no cigar! 👌 Well done & team for series win 👏
— Danny Morrison (@SteelyDan66)
