New Zealand denied India a perfect finish to their highly successful tour Down Under by clinching the T20 series 2-1 with a narrow four-run win in the series-deciding third match at Seddon Park, Hamilton.
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New Zealand
New Zealand denied India a perfect finish to their highly successful tour Down Under by clinching the T20 series 2-1 with a narrow four-run win in the series-deciding third match at Seddon Park, Hamilton.
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Shikhar Dhawan
India suffered their first series defeat in T20 format after thirty months.
India were unbeaten in ten consecutive T20I series (of two or more matches) dating back to January 2017 before New Zealand series.
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MS Dhoni
Former Indian captain MS Dhoni has become the first Indian cricketer to play 300 T20I matches. Overall Dhoni is the thirteenth cricketer to make 300 appearances in T20I format.
West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard holds the record of playing most t20 matches (446).
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Colin Munro
Colin Munro
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Tim Seifert
Tim Seifert won the Man-of-the-series Seifert, whose big-hitting helped inflict an 80-run defeat on India in the opening match, made 43 off 25 balls before being dismissed.
"Great to have a performance like that, but it's great to get a victory, particularly a last-minute one like that," said Seifert.
"It's awesome in my hometown, that the crowd have come out in full support - hopefully they do so for the Super Smash final as well," he added.
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Rohit Sharma
India captain Rohit Sharma said his team will return home with lots of positives despite a "disappointing" 1-2 defeat in the three-match T20 series.
India savoured a historic Test and ODI bilateral series win in Australia before recording their biggest ODI series win on New Zealand soil.
A first-ever T20 series win would have been icing on the cake but the hosts held their nerves to pull off a thrilling four-run victory in third and final match of the series.
"Disappointing to not cross the line but we fought well right till the end. 210 odd (213 target) was always going to be tough, but we were in it till the end. They held their nerve and kept hitting their yorkers," said Rohit at the post-match presentation.
"Still lot of positives, we started well with the ODIs, wanted to do well here but the boys throughout the tour were excellent, put in a lot of hard work. They will be disappointed tonight but we've to learn from the mistakes we made and move ahead," he added.
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Kane Williamson
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson said his team will take a lot of confidence from the T20 triumph against India into the home series against Bangladesh.
"Brilliant high-scoring game, a great advertisement for T20 cricket. The first performance was our best, there were learnings in the second game. Both teams put in strong performances tonight, we did slightly better," said Williamson.