Live now
Nov 04, 2017 10:44 PM IST IST | Source: Moneycontrol.com
Select Language
- Home
- News
- Markets
- Portfolio
- Watchlist
- Forum
- MoneySavers
- Live TV & Shows
- Videos
- Commodities
- Currencies
- Mutual Funds
- Personal Finance
-
Property
Specials
Subscriptions
This win is certain to boost the New Zealanders' confidence going into the final match of both the T20I series and the tour. The Kiwis will look to end the tour on a high with a win in the last match and will hope that Munro's form stays intact, at least till they are all aboard the flight home. India, on the other hand, will have to look back and admit that their batting failed today and stubborn performances by Kohli and Dhoni were never going to be enough chasing a total of 197. Of course, some would argue that for an Indian team that has barely tasted defeat, this one bodes well considering India travel to South Africa at the turn of the new year and will need all the grit and maturity it can muster to bring home laurels from there. Colin Munro has been named Man of the Match for his brilliant century and one wicket.
That's the end of the match. Decent last over from Boult to wrap things up in a neat little bow for the Kiwis. New Zealand have now leveled the series 1-1 and will hope for a win in the final game in order to show some silverware for the trip to India.
OUT! Dhoni departs after a well played 49. India have all but lost the game now and they will be hoping to learn from this defeat going into the next game, which will decide the fate of the series.
SIX! That's a huge from Dhoni. He is providing some entertainment here.
FOUR! Dhoni is now looking to get as many as he can.
OUT! Axar perishes trying to score quickly. The Kiwis are just running through the motions now.
FOUR! Boult comes in to bowl and is flicked away to the fine leg boundary by Axar Patel.
OUT! Kohli is gone! He steps out to Santner to go over the top but edges it through to the keeper. That may have just been the final nail on the coffin for today.
SIX! Dhoni hits Sodhi high over the mid-wicket boundary.
FOUR! Kohli goes down the track this time and finds the fence on the cover boundary.
India now need 90 runs from 32 balls.
Milne is back with the ball.
SIX! And Dhoni makes the Kiwis pay for their mistake immediately. Advances down the track yet again and gets the middle of the bat on the ball this time. The ball sails over long-on.
A stroke of luck there for Team India. Dhoni advanced down the track to Sodhi and missed the ball completely but so did Latham behind the stumps. Finally, a stroke of luck for the men in blue.
Kohli is now 58 not out and there haven't been too many instances of him getting out between 50 and 100, certainly not when he is in this kind of form.
FOUR! That was a typical Kohli shot. It was pitched between middle and leg and Kohli just flicked it to the fence between deep mid wicket and long on.
Munro is back for his third over.
FOUR! Two steps down and straight down the ground. That's the way Kohli served it up to Santner there. He looks determined to see this one through and India will be hoping that he does.
FOUR! Kohli goes straight this time and finds the fence with ease.
With 10 overs gone, India now need 126 runs off the remaining 10 overs to win the game. It is an extremely stiff ask to say the least but if anyone can, Kohli can.
With Pandya gone, it would now be up to new man Dhoni and his captain Virat Kohli to bear the torch from here on. Can they pull off a miracle here?
OUT! Pandya gets beaten completely by that brilliant wrong-un from Sodhi and gets his stumps disturbed. India now 67/4 in the 10th over.
"Rockstar" Pandya is the new man in.
OUT! It is Munro's day today, surely. Iyer tries to hit that one out of the park but top-edges it to Munro himself. A century and a brilliant caught & bowled on the same day. Take that for fortune.
SIX! How easy did make that one look? It was a juicy. full delivery from Santner but Kohli still had to put it away. Just picked it up and deposited it in the stands facing him.
FOUR! Kohli goes high this time and clears the in-field to find the cover boundary.
FOUR! Nothing wrong on Santner's part there, just quite brilliant from Kohli. Dances down the track and takes the ball on the full to find the point boundary.
Ish Sodhi is now into the attack.
Good over from Santner, gave almost nothing away. New Zealand will be looking to deliver some more of that to seal the match as soon as possible.
Santner now has the ball and he will be looking to put a stopper on the scoring rate here.