New Zealand choked once again in the second half of the run chase from a comfortable position to lose the fifth and last T20I of the ജseries against ওIndia by 7 runs in Mount Maunganui on Sunday.
The Men In Blue came back strongly in the death overs with Jasprit Bumrah, Navdeep Saini and Shardul Thakur picking wickets on a regular basis. Ross Taylor and Tim Seifert’s fifties had kept the Black Caps in the hunt but the 164-run target proved too big in the end for the hosts as they failed to register a single win in this 5-match series.
Here are some of the best Twitter reactions:
Unbelievable stuff !!! Great performance team india 🇮🇳 5 , 0 away is just incredible ☝🏼 congra꧋tulations boys party 🥳 to banti hai 💃🏼
— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12)
White wash by team Indiꦦa here in New Zealand in the t20. This will be remembered for a long long time. Big plus for me h♌ow fast bowlers have bowled under pressure apart from bumrah 👏👏
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Congrats for a thrilling series victory with an impregn🌳able 🐲win by 5-0.
— Jay Shah (@JayShah)
It's a clean sweep!
India win the T20I series 5-0 🎉
— ICC (@ICC)
Team India 🇮🇳 😍👌🙌🏽
Well done to everyone— hardik pandya (@hardikpandya7)
India has done to N🌱ew Zealand what West Indies did to India at home back in 1983 to avenge the World Cup final﷽ loss!
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman)
Shardul and Dube gave away 72 runs in 5 overs in a 164-run c𒀰hase. But NZ still lost it. From positions of dominance they have managed to throw it away ( India Snatched it ) in this series. Will be tough for the players and fans to cope up with the defeat
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani)
New Zealand have now lost 23 matches at home in T20Is – the joint most alongside Sri Lanka.
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman)
Must confess I didn't think it would be 5-0. Excellent as India were, New Zealand's back-up was found wanting.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
It's a clean sweep. 5⃣-0 to 🇮🇳
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— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals)
🇮🇳 163/3 beat 🇳🇿 156/9 by 7 runs and w🦩in the T20I series 5️⃣-0️⃣൩! 🤩
An excellent bowling effort from as we defend a below par target! 🐟💙🙌
PC: BCCI
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders)
Boundaries hit in the series:
India – 90 (55 fours + 35 sixes)
NZ – 103 (64 fours + 39 sixes)India won the series 5-0.
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
Congratulations to India on a top series. Another win at Bay Oval despite some last over fireworks from Ish Sodhi. A 7 run wiℱn. Bumrah with 3-12 leading the bowling atta🍬ck. Taylor top scoring with 53. Scorecard |
— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS)
