India galloped to its seventh consecutive ODI series wins by defeating New Zealand♈ by 6 runs in a thrilling encounter at the Green Park 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 Colin Munro (75) and Kane Williamson (64) put Kiwis on the track. But Yuzvendra Chaജhal 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 then the two best death over bowlers, Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar put press♌ure on the Kiwi batsmen and finally won the match for their side by 6 runs.
Cricket fraternity was keeping a check on this humdinger a🐎nd applauded In𒉰dia 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 b♚oys. My Best wishes for the T20Is
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt)
Congratulations for winning the series. One more feather to t𓂃he cap for our captain and vice captain ✌️
— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha)
35 were needed in 🔥4 overs at this stage. Duaaon me bahut taaka𒊎t hai , Bumrah aur Bhuvi ke skills me bhi. Badhhai Team India.
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
Well done team India for hard fought series win,Virat Roh♊it bumrah special effort✃ guys
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Bumrah was simply outstanding in the end. NZ fought really wel📖l 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)
Bo♋om boom Buuuummmmrrrrraaaahhhhh 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🇮🇳🏏
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
Inspite of the huge score, the last 4 overs from Bhuvi and Bumrah was eventually the difference. Grea🎐t effort on win♉ning the series
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
Congrats for⛎ winning their 7th 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)
