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India vs New Zealand 3rd T20I Live Updates: SIX! India win the Super Over! Rohhhiiitt Sharrrmmaaa has done it! Full ball outside off and Rohit Sharma has send this high and long enough over long off boundary for another six! Feel for NZ, who lose their third Super Over in less than a year’s time. Another nerve wracking game of cricket. Great nerves from Rohit to pummel couple of sixes off the final two balls. India take an 3-0 unassailable lead in the five-match series Preview: India will be looking to seal the T20I series when they take on New Zealand in the 3rd T20I at Hamilton. The Kiwis have been thoroughly outclassed at home in the first two T20Is and the pressure will be on them to deliver the goods. While India’s sharp and smart bowling restricted the Kiwis to 132/5 in the second T20I, it was a spectacular effort from their bowlers to restrict them to a below-par total on a small ground like Eden Park which has been a graveyard for the bowlers. The Kiwis got off to a good start but their middle order faltered as they couldn’t adapt to the variations and pace changes of the Indian pacers and spinners. The Kiwis will somehow need to crack the Jasprit Bumrah code and put in a solid batting effort in Hamilton. It’s not just the batting, their bowling has disappointed as well. In the first match, they couldn’t defend 203 and in the next match, India chased down the target with 2.3 overs and seven wickets to spare. While Southee has led from the front, the likes of Blair Tickner and Hamish Bennett need to step up. India have looked authoritative especially with the bat and they would hope that Rohit Sharma strikes form after two blips. If India manage to win the Hamilton T20I, it will be their first-ever series win over the Kiwis. And at this rate, it looks like they will achieve the feat in this match itself. India squad: Rohit Sharma , Yuzvendra Chahal , Shivam Dube , Shreyas Iyer , Manish Pandey , Rishabh Pant , KL Rahul , Virat Kohli(c) , Ravindra Jadeja , Kuldeep Yadav , Shardul Thakur , Jasprit Bumrah Navdeep Saini , Washington Sundar , Sanju Samson New Zealand squad: Kane Williamson (capt) , Martin Guptill , Ross Taylor , Scott Kuggeleijn , Colin Munro , Colin de Grandhomme , Tom Bruce , Daryl Mitchell , Mitchell Santner , Tim Seifert (wk) , Hamish Bennett , Ish Sodhi , Tim Southee , Blair Tickner .
India vs New Zealand, Highlights, 3rd T20I at Hamilton, Full Cricket Score: Men in Blue win Super Over to clinch series
India vs New Zealand 3rd T20I Live Updates: SIX! India win the Super Over! Rohhhiiitt Sharrrmmaaa has done it! Full ball outside off and Rohit Sharma has send this high and long enough over long off boundary for another six! Feel for NZ, who lose their third Super Over in less than a year’s time. Another nerve wracking game of cricket. Great nerves from Rohit to pummel couple of sixes off the final two balls. India take an 3-0 unassailable lead in the five-match series
 "India vs New Zealand, Highlights, 3rd T20I at Hamilton, Full Cricket Score: Men in Blue win Super Over to clinch series")
Hopefully by now you must have caught your breath back!
Manic end to what was a fantastic game of cricket. India have the series in the bag, now time for them try their bench strength and probably aim for a clean sweep. For New Zealand, they have still a lot of areas to fix ahead of the all-important World Cup, the Kiwis will have two more games to find answers in this series.
We will see you in a couple day’s time. For now, see ya!
Most Man of the Match awards in T20Is:
12 : Virat Kohli, Mohammad Nabi
11 : Shahid Afridi
10 : ROHIT SHARMA*
New Zealand losing three consecutive T20Is at home:
2012-2013
2018
2020*
Rohit Sharma is the Player of the Match for his 65 and his Super Over heroics!
Rohit Sharma: Never done that before, so I didnt know what to expect, whether to go from the first ball or to take a single. I just wanted to stay still and was waiting for the bowlers to make a mistake. The pitch was good, and I was just waiting for a mistake. Little disappointed with the way I got out, should’ve stayed back a little longer. We knew if we won this game, we’ll will the series, so it was important for three-four members of our squad to step up when it mattered.
Smithy once again making a game of cricket memorable with his voice
“He hits big, he hits too big. He’s done it! Sharma has done it! India are delirious. Unbelievable scenes of joy again and New Zealand have to go down on their knees and suffer once more.” Brilliant call by Ian Smith. #NZvIND
— Andrew Wu (@wutube) January 29, 2020
And we had Ian Smith in the comm box to make it even more special!
That is nuts! 2 last balls off a super over - 2 sixes! Congrats India.
— Elma Smit is now over on Threads (@Elmakapelma) January 29, 2020
Summing it up
Jailbreak for India. Heartbreak for New Zealand. #NZvIND
— Snehal Pradhan (@SnehalPradhan) January 29, 2020
WE CAN BARELY BELIEVE WHAT WE JUST WITNESSED!
Oh, the Hitman! What a game!
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) January 29, 2020
0.6 SIX! India win the Super Over! Rohhhiiitt Sharrrmmaaa has done it! Full ball on stumps and Rohit Sharma gets deep in his crease and the Hitman has send this high and long enough over long off boundary for another six!
Feel for NZ, who lose their third Super Over in less than a year’s time.
Another nerve wracking game of cricket. Great nerves from Rohit to pummel couple of sixes off the final two balls.
India take an 3-0 unassailable lead in the five-match series
0.1 Two runs, Southee bowls length outside off and Rohit Sharma with a big swing across the line, but doesn’t time it right, the bat turns in his hand. KLR wanted just one but Rohit hares back for the second which wasn’t there but a dive and not a great collection from Seifert allows him to make his ground.
16 needed off 5 balls
It is already late in the night in New Zealand but they might as well stay awake for this one. Not that they have seen a lot of them over the last year.
Right then, India need 18 runs to win the Super Over and the series! KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma pad up and are ready to walk out onto the park. Southee to bowl.
Kane Williamson’s knock of 95 runs today,
– His highest individual score in T20Is
– Second highest individual score against India in T20Is among New Zealand batsmen
– Third highest individual score by a captain against India in T20Is
Most sixes by captains against India in a T20I match:
7 – Chris Gayle, Bridgetown, 2010
7 – Eoin Morgan, Birmingham, 2014
6 – Shane Watson, Sydney, 2016
6 – Kieron Pollard, Mumbai, 2019
6 – Kane Williamson, Hamilton, 2020*
New Zealand and a thrilling finish? Ian Smith’s always there!
New Zealand, Ian Smith and the super over.......
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) January 29, 2020
NZ take 17 Runs from the Super Over
0.6 FOUR! Martin Guptill finishes the Super Over with a boundary. Stunning hit! Bumrah once again fails to nail his yorker and the Kiwi opener, clears his front leg out of the way to smash it wide of long on fielder.
Well it’s not even been a year since THAT Super Over!
Another Super Over involvement for @BLACKCAPS? 😳 https://t.co/VxmyuUdHuI pic.twitter.com/7370ccDJPH
— Lord's Cricket Ground (@HomeOfCricket) January 29, 2020
New Zealand involved in tied T20Is:
v West Indies, Auckland, 2006
v West Indies, Auckland, 2008
v Australia, Christchurch, 2010
v Sri Lanka, Pallekele ICS, 2012
v West Indies, Pallekele ICS, 2012
v England, Auckland, 2019
v India, Hamilton, 2020*
Time for Super Over! Series still in the balance!
Bumrah is trusted to bowl for India. Kane Williamson is back out again, he will be partnering Martin Guptill
When Bumrah couldn’t deliver, Shami emerges the hero!
Well done Mohammad Shami. My word, the pressures of finishing the job in sport, even for the best. Goes to show why Ben Stokes chose to first just get bat on ball in the WC Final instead of swinging hard. #NZvIND
— Raunak Kapoor (@RaunakRK) January 29, 2020
Captains dismissed in nervous 90s in T20Is:
Chris Gayle v India, Bridgetown, 2010
Steve Smith v England, Cardiff, 2015
Paul Stirling v Afghanistan, Dehradun, 2019
Eoin Morgan v New Zealand, Napier, 2019
Kane Williamson v India, Hamilton, 2020*
Most runs conceded by Jasprit Bumrah in a T20I match:
47 v West Indies, Lauderhill, 2016
45 v New Zealand, Hamilton, 2020*
43 v Australia, Sydney, 2016
OUT! BOWLED! Shami has pulled it off for India! It is a tie! The match will go into the Super Over!
Full and wide from Shami and Taylor goes for a big beefy drive through off side, gets a thick inside onto his stumps. What.A.Turnaround! What.A.Game! Scenes in the Indian camp. Big celebrations as all surround Shami.
Ross Taylor b Shami 17(10)
19.3 OUT! Williamson gone! Short ball outside off, KW goes for an upper cut and he edges it to Rahul. Agony for NZ captain he falls for 95. What a wonderful innings…
Williamson c Rahul b Shami 95(48)
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