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Turning Point: Only 6 balls turned the whole match…
Kolkata: 6 balls changed the design of the entire match! After the ODI series loss, the Indian team got a great revenge against New Zealand in the T20I. Team India took an unassailable lead in the five-match series on Sunday, January 25, securing their third straight win.
India won the toss on Sunday and restricted New Zealand to 153 runs. Then, Abhishek Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav’s brilliant batting sealed the match win in 10 overs as well as the T20 series win. Even if the Kiwis win the next two matches, they will not be able to lift the trophy. Abhishek Sharma turned the match in one over, scoring 22 runs in just six balls
After losing two matches in the five-match T20I series, New Zealand suffered another humiliating defeat in a do-or-die match. Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and decided to field first.
Harshit Rana and Hardik Pandya took wickets in the first two overs. Then Jasprit Bumrah came and took the wicket with the first ball. New Zealand’s run is 112 for 6. Skipper Mitchell Santner came in and added some runs to take the score to 153 for 9.
The match changed within six balls.
The Indian team suffered a shock when Sanju Samson was dismissed by Matt Henry on the first ball of the first over. Ishan Kishan then came in and showed good form, but he too was dismissed for 28 runs. But after that the turn of the match which was going on in a normal rhythm took a turn The number one T20 batsman in the world has shown his true form from here. In the sixth over of the innings, before the power play started, he scored 22 runs off just 6 balls. India’s score increased by 72 runs to 94 runs in the fifth over. Abhishek hit two sixes and two fours off Jacob Duffy in this over.
The result of the series was done 6 days before the end of the series.
The Indian team will play the last match of the 5-match T20I series against New Zealand on January 31. The Kiwis could have kept the series alive by winning the third match against India on January 25. But Abhishek Sharma attacked the bowlers in such a way that his dreams were shattered.
Kolkata, West Bengal
Turning Point: Only six balls! Set New Zealand right on the way, 6 days before the big decision of the series
