India beat New Zealand in the Super Over in the third T20I at Seddon Park in Hamilton and clinched the series with a 3-0 lead and two matches to go.
Earlier New Zealand won the toss and opted to bowl first. Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul gave a flying start of 89 runs in just 9 overs. KL Rahul got out for 27 runs and Rohit Sharma brought up his fifty in just 23 balls but he couldn't convert it into a big knock and got out for 65 runs. In the second half of the innings, New Zealand made a comeback and restricted India to 179/5.
In the chase of 180 runs New Zealand's openers also started off well. Shardul Thakur got the breakthrough by dismissing Guptill for 31 runs and later Munro also got out for 14 runs and New Zealand were in trouble but Kane Williamson was rock solid at his end and he continued to hit big shots and his innings of 95 runs had set the match for his team but in the last over of Mohammed Shami, New Zealand couldn't score 3 runs off 5 balls and lost two wickets and match ended in a tie.
In the Super Over of Jasprit Bumrah, New Zealand scored 17 runs and set 18 runs target for India. For India Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul came to bat and India needed 10 runs off last 2 balls and Rohit Sharma hit 2 consecutive sixes and took India home.
All the major stats and facts from the third T20I between New Zealand and India in Hamilton
1 - This is India's first-ever T20I series win against New Zealand in New Zealand. Overall it's a second series win over New Zealand in this format.
2 - This was only the second tied match for India in T20I cricket. The first tied match in this format came against Pakistan in Durban in WT20 2007.
3 - Martin Guptill when on 1, became the third batsman to score 2500 runs in T20I cricket.
2500 plus runs in T20I format -
2783 - Virat Kohli
2713 - Rohit Sharma
2530 - Martin Guptill
5 - This was India's 5th consecutive win and 5th consecutive loss for New Zealand in T20I cricket.
95 - Runs score is the highest score for Kane Williamson in T20I cricket.
Highest scores for Kane Williamson in T20Is -
95 vs IND at Hamilton, 2020
73* vs BAN at Napier, 2017
72* vs PAK at Hamilton, 2016
72 vs ENG at Wellington, 2018
70 vs PAK at Auckland, 2016
1126 - Runs Virat Kohli has scored as captain in T20I cricket - the most by an Indian captain.
Most T20I runs as captain -
1273 - Faf du Plessis
1243 - Kane Williamson
1126 - Virat Kohli
1112 - MS Dhoni
1013 - Eoin Morgan
