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India steamrolled New Zealand in the third T20 International (T20I) at Eden Gardens in Kolkata to register a cleꦉan♋ sweep in the three-match series.
After opting to bat first, the hosts got off to a tremendous start as captain Rohit Sharma and his partner Ishan Kishan took the team to a flyer.
The pair added 69 runs for the opening wicket in 6 overs before New Zealand’s stand-in skipper Mitchell Santner brought the speed breakers by dismissing Kishan (29), Suryakumar Yadav (0), and Rishabh Pant (4) to reduce India to 83/3 in nine overs.
Soon, Rohit smashed a crucial half-century, but Ish Sodhiℱ remo෴ved him to deteriorate Indian batting further. The Mumbaikar hit 56 from 31 deliveries with the help of five fours and three sixes.
Shreyas Iyer (25 off 20), Venkatesh Iyer (20 off 15), Harshal Patel (18 off 11) and Deepak Chahar (21* off 8) made valuable contributions down the order to help In🦹dia post a massive total of 184/7 on the board in 20 overs.
In reply, New Zealand got bundled out for a mere 111 and lost the contest by a huge margin of 73 runs. The Black Caps batting unit fell like a pack of cards with as many as eight batters registered single-digit scores, including two ducks. Opener Martin Guptill🎉 top-scored with 51 off 36 balls, with the help of eight boundaries.
For the home team, Axar Patel shined with the ball and picked up𒁏 a three-wicket haul while conceding only nine runs in three overs. Harshal also performed well as he took a couple of scalps for 26 run🌳s in three overs.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Firsꦏt series win for this duo dominated in all the departments. Congratulations Champions stuff.
— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R)
Clean sweep complete 💪
Ind꧂ia skittle New Ze♌aland out for 111 and win the final T20I by 73 runs to take the series 3-0. |
— ICC (@ICC)
Well played Team India 👏🏼
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)
India vs New Zealand in men's T20Is:
Until 2016 – Won 0, Lost 5
2017-2019 – Won 3, Lost 3
Since 2020 – Won 8, Lost 1— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats)
That's that from the Eden Gardens as win by 73 runs and clinch the series 3-0.
Scorecard –
— BCCI (@BCCI)
India's night in Kolkata. Congratulations to Rohit Sharma and his team. The Test series starts on Thursday in Kanpur. Scorecard |
— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS)
🇮🇳🔥 WHITEWASH COMPLETED! India comfortably defended the total to win the T20I series 3 – 0 against New Zealand.
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— The Bharat Army (@thebharatarmy)
This series..
– Rohit Sharma 159 runs in 103 balls, 10 sixes, 11 fours
– Martin Guptill 152 runs in 93 balls, 10 sixes, 10 fours— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman)
Clean sweep ✅ complete an emphatic win at Eden Gardens with a💧 superb bowling performaꦬnce 🙌
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers)
𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐩 ✅💙
3/3 wins for against 🇳🇿
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan)
Big win for Team India. Scorecard:
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)