29/01Result
3rd T20I (N), India tour of New Zealand at Hamilton, Jan 29 2020
Match tied (India won the one-over eliminator)
Player of the Match
Rohit Sharma
Rohit SharmaIndia
29/01Result
3rd T20I (N), India tour of New Zealand at Hamilton, Jan 29 2020
Match tied (India won the one-over eliminator)
Player of the Match
Rohit Sharma
Rohit SharmaIndia

END OF OVER:
20 | 8 Runs 2 Wkts | NZ: 179/6 (1 run required, RR: 8.95)

  • Tim Seifert0 (2b)
  • Mohammed Shami4-0-32-2
  • Jasprit Bumrah4-0-45-0

Vivek Shyamala: "NZ are ahead with the number of boundaries here. seems like they have learnt their lessons."

11.29pm Think back to three balls ago. Kane Williamson on strike on 95, with New Zealand needing two off four balls. Would anyone have imagined what happened next? Williamson is helmeted up again, already, ready to come in to face the Super Over.

19.6
W
Mohammed Shami to Taylor, OUT, bowled him, this is going into a Super Over! What a finish. Full outside off, almost in the blockhole, around fiftth-stump in line. Taylor looks to slog into the leg side, and inside-edges into his stumps.

LRPL Taylor b Mohammed Shami 17 (23m 10b 1x4 1x6) SR: 170.00

The scores are tied. Could this go into a Super Over? Only fine leg is back now as everyone else comes up to savde the single.

19.5
1b
Mohammed Shami to Seifert, 1 bye, another play and miss! Another short ball outside off, and the bounce is steep once more. Seifert is off his feet, looking to slash, but the bounce beats his edge. Taylor immediately sets off for the bye, Seifert responds, and Rahul, rolling the ball to the stumps at his end, misses
19.4
0
Mohammed Shami to Seifert, no run, short outside off. The field was set for the short ball. It was there for the slash, but this is a new batsman, and he's a little late on it and he misses

Well, well. Two off three balls. Tim Seifert arrives at the crease. A dot ball will amp up the pressure on him. third man and fine leg are back. Mid-off is up.

19.3
W
Mohammed Shami to Williamson, OUT, gone! Out of nowhere! Shami bangs in a short ball outside off stump. He has a gully in place, and there's a gap between that fielder and the keeper. Looks to dab it there, but doesn't get enough on it, and Rahul can fall to his right and snap up the edge near his right shoulder

KS Williamson c †Rahul b Mohammed Shami 95 (68m 48b 8x4 6x6) SR: 197.91

Two to win, Williamson is on 95. Can he...

19.2
1
Mohammed Shami to Taylor, 1 run, looks for the blockhole now, just outside off, whipped to long-on
19.1
6
Mohammed Shami to Taylor, SIX, probably not. Full-toss, angling into off stump, and Taylor clears his front leg and muscles this all the way over the leg-side boundary, to the right of deep midwicket

New Zealand need nine. Can Mohammed Shami deny them?

END OF OVER:
19 | 11 Runs | NZ: 171/4 (9 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 9.00, RRR: 9.00)

  • Ross Taylor10 (7b)
  • Kane Williamson95 (47b)
  • Jasprit Bumrah4-0-45-0
  • Yuzvendra Chahal4-0-36-1
18.6
1
Bumrah to Taylor, 1 run, full on off stump, whipped to deep midwicket, and New Zealand need nine off the last over to win this.
18.5
1
Bumrah to Williamson, 1 run, in the blockhole again, on off stump. Jabbed to backward point
18.4
4
Bumrah to Williamson, FOUR, shot! Bumrah had sent fine leg back, and he more or less nailed this middle-and-leg yorker. Williamson steps across, flicks - if he misses, he's bowled - and beats the diving fine leg fielder to his right
18.3
1
Bumrah to Taylor, 1 run, near-yorker on middle stump, clipped to the left of deep backward square leg
18.2
4
Bumrah to Taylor, FOUR, bam. Well done by Taylor. Another full-pace length ball, but Taylor has shuffled across in advance to be able to take it from outside off stump and whip it to the forward square leg boundary
18.1
0
Bumrah to Taylor, no run, not this ball. Taylor must have expected the slower ball, but he got the full-pace length ball in the corridor, Test-match style. A bit of leg-cut, and it beats his outside edge as he looks to drive into the covers

Third man and fine leg inside the circle for Bumrah. We'll probably see lots of slower ones.

Danish: "Feel like Chahal has done his part in his last over. Bumrah and Shami somehow have to gather themselves (esp. Bumrah) and keep it together for another 5 minutes each!"

END OF OVER:
18 | 9 Runs | NZ: 160/4 (20 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.88, RRR: 10.00)

  • Ross Taylor4 (3b)
  • Kane Williamson90 (45b)
  • Yuzvendra Chahal4-0-36-1
  • Jasprit Bumrah3-0-34-0

Nine off the over, which is quite excellent under the circumstances. Keeps India in the game, just.

17.6
1
Chahal to Taylor, 1 run, full-toss on middle and leg, whipped to deep backward square leg
17.5
1
Chahal to Williamson, 1 run, shortish on middle stump, slides on to cramp Williamson on the pull. Hits it uppishly, but it lands well short of the man at deep midwicket
17.4
2
Chahal to Williamson, 2 runs, shortish legbreak wide of off stump, flat-batted to the right of the cover sweeper. They run two, and Jadeja, aiming for the keeper's end, throws too wide to put any pressure on the batsmen
17.3
2
Chahal to Williamson, 2 runs, flighted ball on leg stump, swept to the left of deep square leg
17.2
1
Chahal to Taylor, 1 run, tossed up slightly wide of off. Looks to sweep but it's a little too full, and he drags it along the ground into the backward square leg region, off the bottom edge
17.1
2
Chahal to Taylor, 2 runs, flat slider on middle stump, goes deep in his crease and works it into the vacant midwicket region. Perfect weight on the shot to pick up two runs by the time the fielder comes in off the boundary

Twenty-nine to get now. What a time for Chahal to bowl his last over, with the new batsman on strike.

END OF OVER:
17 | 14 Runs | NZ: 151/4 (29 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 8.88, RRR: 9.66)

  • Kane Williamson85 (42b)
  • Ross Taylor0 (0b)
  • Jasprit Bumrah3-0-34-0
  • Shardul Thakur3-0-21-2
16.6
2
Bumrah to Williamson, 2 runs, yorker on middle and leg this time, clipped towards square leg. The fielder there, moving to his left, picks up and throws at the bowler's end, misses, and concedes an overthrow
16.5
0
Bumrah to Williamson, no run, off-stump yorker, almost perfectly executed, and Williamson jams his bat down and jabs it back to the bowler

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New Zealand 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st47MJ GuptillC Munro
2nd5C MunroKS Williamson
3rd36KS WilliamsonMJ Santner
4th49C de GrandhommeKS Williamson
5th41LRPL TaylorKS Williamson
6th1LRPL TaylorTL Seifert