HAMILTON (New Zealand): Colin Munro's explosive 72 set New Zealand up for victory with a four-run win over India in a cliff-hanger end to Sunday's Twenty20 fit in Hamilton, handing the hosts a 2-1 series victory.
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India looked to be on the ropes when they wanted 47 off the final three overs.
Dinesh Karthik and Krunal Pandya in combination plundered 32 off overs 18 and 19 but Tim Southee limited the duo to 11 in the 20th.
New Zealand, despatched into bat, made 212 for 4 with India 208 for six on the close.
The morale-boosting victory for New Zealand came after being whipped 1-4 through India in the previous one-day world series.
It used to be additionally a very important knock from Munro, whose position in the New Zealand facet ahead of the World Cup were in query after a string of screw ups in the ODI and Twenty20 matches towards India.
Munro charged down the track to smack Bhuvneshwar Kumar over the rope with the first ball he faced to kick off a flying partnership with Tim Seifert.
The pair raced to 80 in the eighth over when the lightning palms of MS Dhoni had Seifert stumped through a hair's breadth for 43.
Munro's belligerence earned him 72 off 40 balls, flaying the bowling with five fours and five sixes. He used to be removed through Kuldeep Yadav when he skied a ball to Hardik Pandya operating in from long-on.
Kane Williamson (27) fell in the subsequent over when he pulled a rising delivery from Khaleel Ahmed to Yadav at superb leg.
Colin de Grandhomme chimed in with 30 off 16 to verify New Zealand handed the vital 200 mark for the second time in the series.
Vijay Shankar took an equally aggressive stance originally of India's chase and the visitors were up on the required run price during the first half in their innings, but were unable to determine partnerships.
Rishabh Pant belted a 4 and two sixes along with his first three scoring photographs and raced to 28 off 12 earlier than he turned into debutant Blair Tickner's first sufferer, swiping at a complete toss that used to be caught at mid-wicket.
Sharma's attempt to bat during the innings whilst others created mayhem came to an end on 38.
Hardik Pandya's temporary cameo produced 21 whilst MS Dhoni, feted because the grasp finisher, may just simplest make two in a brief stay on the crease.
With the game slipping away from India, Karthik pounded the bounds with 33 off 16 deliveries whilst Krunal Pandya made 26 off 13.
New Zealand subsequent host Bangladesh in a series of 3 ODIs and three Tests.
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India looked to be on the ropes when they wanted 47 off the final three overs.
Dinesh Karthik and Krunal Pandya in combination plundered 32 off overs 18 and 19 but Tim Southee limited the duo to 11 in the 20th.
New Zealand, despatched into bat, made 212 for 4 with India 208 for six on the close.
The morale-boosting victory for New Zealand came after being whipped 1-4 through India in the previous one-day world series.
It used to be additionally a very important knock from Munro, whose position in the New Zealand facet ahead of the World Cup were in query after a string of screw ups in the ODI and Twenty20 matches towards India.
Munro charged down the track to smack Bhuvneshwar Kumar over the rope with the first ball he faced to kick off a flying partnership with Tim Seifert.
The pair raced to 80 in the eighth over when the lightning palms of MS Dhoni had Seifert stumped through a hair's breadth for 43.
Munro's belligerence earned him 72 off 40 balls, flaying the bowling with five fours and five sixes. He used to be removed through Kuldeep Yadav when he skied a ball to Hardik Pandya operating in from long-on.
Kane Williamson (27) fell in the subsequent over when he pulled a rising delivery from Khaleel Ahmed to Yadav at superb leg.
Colin de Grandhomme chimed in with 30 off 16 to verify New Zealand handed the vital 200 mark for the second time in the series.
Vijay Shankar took an equally aggressive stance originally of India's chase and the visitors were up on the required run price during the first half in their innings, but were unable to determine partnerships.
Rishabh Pant belted a 4 and two sixes along with his first three scoring photographs and raced to 28 off 12 earlier than he turned into debutant Blair Tickner's first sufferer, swiping at a complete toss that used to be caught at mid-wicket.
Sharma's attempt to bat during the innings whilst others created mayhem came to an end on 38.
Hardik Pandya's temporary cameo produced 21 whilst MS Dhoni, feted because the grasp finisher, may just simplest make two in a brief stay on the crease.
With the game slipping away from India, Karthik pounded the bounds with 33 off 16 deliveries whilst Krunal Pandya made 26 off 13.
New Zealand subsequent host Bangladesh in a series of 3 ODIs and three Tests.
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