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 se🅺ries against India 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:
Unbelievab꧃le stuff !!! Great performance team india 🇮🇳 5 , 0 away is just incredible ☝🏼 congratulations boys party 🥳 to banti hai 💃🏼
— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12)
White wash by team India here in New Zealand in the t20. This will be remembered for a long long time. Big plus for me how fast bowlers have bowled under pressure apart ﷺfrom bumrah 👏👏
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Con𓂃grats for a thrilling series victory with an im𒀰pregnable 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 New Zealand what West Indies did to Indiꦛa at home back in 1983 to avenge the World Cup final loꦓss!
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman)
Shardul and Dube gave away 72 runs in 5 overs in a 164-run chase. 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 🇮🇳
📸: | |
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals)
🇮🇳 163/3 beat 🇳�♏� 156/9 b🌳y 7 runs and win the T20I series 5️⃣-0️⃣! 🤩
An excellent bowlin😼g effort from as we def🐲end 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 win. Bumrah with 3-12 lea𒆙ding the bowling attack. Taylor top scoring with 53. Scorecard |
— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS)
