Kathmandu. New Zealand defeated India by 87 runs in the T20 series.
In the match at Eden Park, New Zealand won the toss and decided to bowl first against India.
For New Zealand, Glenn Phillips played an excellent batting innings of 107 runs off just 49 balls and was declared the man of the match. Similarly, Michael Bracewell scored 65 off 25 balls and Finn Allen scored 31 off 17 balls. From the Indian side, Mayank Yadav took 3 wickets while Arshdeep Singh and Akshar Patel took 1 wicket each.
Chasing a huge target of 260 runs, the Indian team could only score 172 runs after losing 9 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs. For India, Tilak Verma scored 35 runs, Naman Dhir scored 28 and Abhishek Sharma scored 27 runs, but they could not win the team.
New Zealand’s tight bowling Jacob Duffy took the most 4 wickets while Mitchell Santner and Matthew Fisher took 2 wickets each. India still lead 3-1 in this five-match T20I series.