India defeated New Zealand in the fifth and final T20I of the series at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on Sunday (Feb 02) to complete 5-0 whitewash in the series. This is the first time in the history of T20I cricket that a Test playing nation whitewashed another Test playing nation in a five-match T20I series.
Having opted to bat first, India failed to post a massive total on the board. However, their 163 for 3 seemed to be too much for the misfiring New Zealand who lost the game by 7 runs in the end! India's Rohit Sharma (60* retd hurt), Jasprit Bumrah (3 for 12) and New Zealand's Ross Taylor (53 off 47), Tim Siefert (50 off 30) are the top performers in this game!
Jasprit Bumrah has been adjudged as the 'Player of the Match' for his superb bowling performance in the fifth T20I while Lokesh Rahul has been adjudged as the 'Player of the Series' for his consistency with the bat and behind the stumps with gloves. Both these teams will play a three-match ODI series starting from
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Having opted to bat first, India failed to post a massive total on the board. However, their 163 for 3 seemed to be too much for the misfiring New Zealand who lost the game by 7 runs in the end! India's Rohit Sharma (60* retd hurt), Jasprit Bumrah (3 for 12) and New Zealand's Ross Taylor (53 off 47), Tim Siefert (50 off 30) are the top performers in this game!
Jasprit Bumrah has been adjudged as the 'Player of the Match' for his superb bowling performance in the fifth T20I while Lokesh Rahul has been adjudged as the 'Player of the Series' for his consistency with the bat and behind the stumps with gloves. Both these teams will play a three-match ODI series starting from
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