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Sports: The decisive fifth match of the T20 series played between India and New Zealand took place on 31 January at the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram. In this exciting match, the Indian team performed brilliantly and defeated New Zealand by 46 runs. After winning the toss, India chose to bat first and scored a strong score. Thanks to the explosive century innings of Ishan Kishan and the quick half-century innings of captain Suryakumar Yadav, India set a challenging target of 271 runs. In reply, New Zealand team was bundled out for 225 runs in 19.4 overs.

India won the series 4-1
Arshdeep Singh bowled lethally and took five wickets. With this victory, India won the series 4-1. This match was the last opportunity for both the teams to prepare for the ICC T20 World Cup, which is scheduled to start from February 7. Now both the teams will face each other directly in the World Cup.

Allen’s solo effort in New Zealand’s batting
The New Zealand team, which set out to chase the target, had a bad start. Opener Tim Seifert became the victim of Arshdeep Singh after scoring just five runs. After this, Finn Allen batted aggressively and tried to control the team. He scored a half-century in just 22 balls, which included seven fours and three sixes. Allen was moving towards a century, but Axar Patel stopped him at 80 runs. There were a total of eight fours and six sixes in his innings, which were made in 30 balls. Akshar gave the second blow to New Zealand by dismissing Glenn Phillips for seven runs.

Ish Sodhi was out to Rinku Singh.
Arshdeep again put the Kiwi team under pressure by sending Rachin Ravindra (30 runs) and Mitchell Santner (0) to the pavilion in the same over. Varun Chakraborty took the sixth wicket by dismissing Bevan Jacobs (seven runs). Arshdeep also dismissed Kyle Jameson (nine runs) and Daryl Mitchell (23 runs), completing his five-wicket haul. Lockie Ferguson was bowled by Akshar Patel for three runs, while Ish Sodhi became the last batsman after being dismissed by Rinku Singh for 33 runs. In this way the entire New Zealand team remained far behind the target.

India’s strong batting…
Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma started the batting of the Indian team. Abhishek adopted an aggressive stance as soon as he came, but this time also local player Sanju Samson did not live up to the expectations and was out in the third over after scoring only six runs. At that time the score was 31 runs. Abhishek also returned for 30 runs in the fifth over, in which he hit four fours and two sixes in 16 balls. Despite these initial setbacks, Ishan Kishan and captain Suryakumar Yadav strengthened the innings. After ten overs, India crossed 100 runs.

Ishaan completed his half-century in 28 balls
Ishaan completed his half-century in 28 balls in the 12th over. Suryakumar also scored fifty runs in 26 balls. Suryakumar was out for 63 runs in the 15th over, which had four fours and six sixes. Ishaan and Suryakumar made an important partnership of 137 runs in 57 balls. After Suryakumar’s departure, Ishaan showed no signs of stopping and scored a century in 42 balls. Ishaan was out for 103 runs in the 18th over, his innings included six fours and ten sixes.

After this, Hardik Pandya played a quick inning of 42 runs in 17 balls, with the help of which India scored 271 runs. India added 169 runs in the last ten overs, which proved to be the turning point of the match.

Playing eleven of both the teams
The Indian team included Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty and Jasprit Bumrah.

From New Zealand…
On behalf of New Zealand, Tim Seifert, Finn Allen, Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Daryl Mitchell, Bevan Jacobs, Mitchell Santner, Kyle Jameson, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson and Jacob Duffy took the field. This match was a great opportunity for the players of both the teams to check their form before the World Cup.