India defeated New Zealand by 6 runs in the final T♊20I at Thiruvananthapuram in a rain-shortened 8 over per side match.
Defending a total of 68, Bhuvneshwar Kumar castled Martin Guptill in the first over. In the next over, Jasprit Bumrah picked dangerous Colin Munro after a brilliant catch from Rohit Sharma.
Blackcaps skipper Kane Williamson and Glenn Philips too went in quick succession to leave 💎New Zealand at 28 for 4.
Bumrah proved his class with the 𝓀ball once again by giving away just 9 runs ♋in the 7th over.
With 19 runs required in the final over, Colin de Grandhomme hit a six off the 3rd ball to keep the match alive but Hardik Pandya held his n𒉰erves to win a closely fought match by 6 runs to win series 2-1.
Meanwhile, ahead of the last two balls former India skipper MS Dhoni was seen making the field adjustments as the current India skipper Virat Kohli was near the boundary ropes🍌 to save the boundary. Kohli was all pumped up after Pandya won the game for his team by defending the runs in🍸 the final over.
Here’s the video:
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Earlier, after being put into bat, India didn’t get off to a great start in the eight-over game. Openers Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma were dismissed in the space of two balls by Tim Southee.
Ish Sodhi then produced another excellent spell as he finished with 2/13 in his two overs and although Kohli, Manish Pandey and Hardik got into double digits, none of๊ them got going. And, the hosts ended with 67/5 f🌃rom their eight overs.
