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India created history, defeated New Zealand by 7 runs to clinch series by 5-0

The last match of the 5 match T20 series was played between India and host New Zealand at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui. The match was also named after the Indian team and eliminated the hosts New Zealand 5–0 in the series. India won this match by 7 runs. With this, India became the first team in the world to win the 5-match T20I series 5–0. After the T20 series ends, now the 3-match ODI series will start between the two countries, whose first match will be played on 5th February in Hamilton. In the last T20 match of the series, the Indian team captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat first and scored 163 runs after losing 3 wickets while batting 20 overs. Captain Rohit Sharma played an unbeaten 60-run knock for India which was retired hurt. At the same time, KL Rahul was dismissed for 45, while Shreyas Iyer 33 and Manish Pandey were 11 not out.
On the other hand, chasing the target of 164 runs, the New Zealand team could score 156 runs losing 9 wickets after playing 20 overs and lost the match by 7 runs. Playing the 100th T20 match for New Zealand, Ross Taylor scored 53 runs and Tim Seifert scored 50 runs. For India, Jaspreet Bumrah took 3, Navdeep Saini and Shardul Thakur took 2-2 wickets. The match started under Rohit’s captaincy for India, but ended under the captaincy of KL Rahul. Chasing a target of 164 runs, New Zealand got the first blow as Martin Guptill who lbw out to Jaspreet Bumrah for 2 runs. In the very next over, second opener Colin Munro was clean bowled by Washington Sundar with 15 runs in 6 balls. At the same time, in the fourth over, Tom Bruce was run out with the help of KL Rahul on the throw of Sanju Samson without opening the account.
The fourth blow to the Kiwi team came in the form of Tim Seifert, who scored 50 off 30 balls and was caught by Samson off Navdeep Saini. Bumrah made Daryl Mitchell clean bowled for two runs. The sixth shock to the New Zealand team came in the form of Mitchell Santner, who scored 6 runs and was caught by Manish Pandey off Shardul Thakur. On the fifth ball of the same over, Shardul dismissed Scott Kuggeleijn to Sundar. Navdeep Saini drove Ross Taylor to a personal score of 53 off the very first ball of the 18th over, turning the match completely towards India. On the second ball of the 19th over, Jasprit Bumrah bowled the opposition captain Tim Southee to a score of 6 to give the hosts a 9th ball.
All-rounder Shivam Dubey was given the captain of this match by KL Rahul to throw the tenth over of the innings. At that time, New Zealand was looking for a comeback. In the same over, Shivam Dubey gave a total of 34 runs after eating 4 sixes and 2 fours and the match’s attitude was almost reversed towards the Kiwi team. However, later Team India also made a comeback. KL Rahul and Sanju Samson started the innings for the Indian team. However, Sanju Samson was dismissed for a personal score of 2 runs off Scott Kuggeleijn in the second over. Later, captain Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul scored 53 runs in 6 overs of the powerplay. On the team’s total score of 96, KL Rahul scored 45 and was caught out by Bennett to Santner.
Rohit Sharma, a right-handed batsman and captain of the Indian team in this match, retired after scoring 60 runs. Rohit Sharma has a cramp and was having trouble walking. At the same time, Shivam Dubey, who came to bat in his place, scored 5 runs and was caught out by Scott Kuggeleijn at the hands of Tom Bruce. Team India regular captain Virat Kohli and New Zealand regular captain Ken Williams are sitting on the bench in this match. Rohit Sharma in place of Virat and Tim Southey in place of Williamson are captains of their respective teams today. A change has been made for the T20 series in the Indian team. Captain Virat Kohli has rested himself, while Rohit Sharma rested in the last match. In such a situation, this is the only change in the Indian team. Virat Kohli has come on the field as captain Rohit Sharma. At the same time, there has been no change in the New Zealand team.

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