Kyle Jamieson to Naman Dhir, FOUR - India win by 6 wickets. They take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series.

Kyle Jamieson to Sanju Samson, out Bowled!! Cleaned up! Samson won't be there to see India over the line. New Zealand getting a couple of wickets but it is all too late. Jamieson keeps it simple - full and straight - Samson makes room and misses the drive, the ball beats the outside edge and crashes into the middle-stump. There might have been a small deflection off the outside edge. Sanju Samson b Kyle Jamieson 18(13) [4s-2]

Mitchell Santner to Sanju Samson, 1 run - 73ks flighted on middle and leg, Samson moves away and forces it to sweeper cover

Mitchell Santner to Tilak Varma, 1 run - 95ks sliding across from round the wicket, Tilak guides it to short third and Duffy fumbles, concedes the single

Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer, out Caught by Glenn Phillips!! That's a gift from India's skipper to his opposite number. A juicy full toss and Iyer's eyes lit up - he thought he could finish it in style with a six, swings hard and across the line, struck it flat and straight down Phillips' throat at deep mid-wicket. He got that off the bottom of the bat and hence it lacked the elevation to clear the rope. Shreyas Iyer c Glenn Phillips b Mitchell Santner 5(10)

Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer, no run - 73ks very slow and short as well, Iyer shuffles and slices the cut to short third

Mitchell Santner to Sanju Samson, 1 run - 93ks fuller and around off, Samson mistimes the lofted shot to long-on

Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer, 1 run - 93ks very full delivery, Iyer squeezes it square and the sweeper tidies up

Kyle Jamieson to Sanju Samson, FOUR - he's been looking for that shot. Samson makes room and gets enough width to free his hands, carves it past a diving backward point and the sweeper has no chance to stop that

Kyle Jamieson to Shreyas Iyer, leg byes - 1 run, 134ks back of a length, angled in and Iyer misses the flick, the ball deflects off the thigh pad

Kyle Jamieson to Shreyas Iyer, no run - 137ks short of length delivery, Iyer opens the bat face and directs it to backward point. Three dots in a row..

Kyle Jamieson to Shreyas Iyer, no run - good length ball, aiming for the top of off and Iyer defends to the off-side

Kyle Jamieson to Shreyas Iyer, no run - back of a length around off, Iyer has a tentative poke and is beaten on the outside edge. Normalcy has returned. This is more like an even contest between bat and ball

Kyle Jamieson to Sanju Samson, 1 run - angling in, Samson backs away and mistimes the heave to deep midwicket

Mitchell Santner to Sanju Samson, 1 run - 92ks very full delivery, Samson backs away and digs it out towards extra cover

Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer, 1 run - flighted and drifting in, Iyer makes room and drives to long-off

Mitchell Santner to Sanju Samson, 1 run - 78ks floated up teasingly, Samson lofts it on the bounce to deep extra cover. The idea was to get Samson holed out in the deep but the ball landed just in front

Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer, 1 run - 93ks fuller and around off, Iyer drives past a diving Santner and down to long-off

Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer, 2 runs - 77ks slower and fraction short, Iyer throws his bat on the cut and the outside edge runs away fine, just a couple

Mitchell Santner to Sanju Samson, 1 run - darted full on leg, Samson makes room and squeezes it to sweeper cover

Kyle Jamieson to Abhishek Sharma, out Caught by Glenn Phillips at deep mid-wicket!! This is surely going to hand and GP doesn't have to do much as it comes straight to him for a simple catch. That is the end of an absolutely brilliant innings. He walks back so satisfied to a great ovation from everyone at the Cake Tin. Slower delivery outside off stump - Abhishek fetches and flicks, doesn't middle it, GP tracks it nicely into the hands. The centurion tells himself that he should have hit it behind square on the on-side and gently punches his right glove into the left hand. Incoming Shreyas takes a moment to give Abhishek Sharma a bear hug. Abhishek then removes the helmet, raises both hands to the crowd. Tilak congratulates him on the sidelines, Nitish and Vaibhav follow suit. Abhishek then makes the trademark L gesture with his hand and disappears into the dressing room. Abhishek Sharma c Glenn Phillips b Kyle Jamieson 113(38) [4s-9 6s-11]

Kyle Jamieson to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR - in the airrrr, GP takes on his flight. Oh look at the height off the ground when he's airborne. He's a pilot mind you. Abhishek sends over mid-wicket, GP runs in and flies to the left, tries to get a hand on it but it just clears him and lands inside the ropes

Kyle Jamieson to Abhishek Sharma, SIX - whipped away! Full and on the stumps, Abhishek flicks and middles it all the way over mid-wicket for six more. They need to make it mandatory for batters to play out all 20 overs. Actually, Abhishek might not mind it. He will look to score a double hundred

Kyle Jamieson to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR - hundred for Abhishek. What a knock! He's made this New Zealand bowling attack look like an ordinary attack. He takes off his helmet and gloves, drops his bat down and sits in a meditating pose. All the Indian players and the management are on their feet applauding. Samson gets across and embraces him. This is an incredible knock - 51 out of the 103 runs have come through the cover region. The square boundaries were short today and the bowlers tried to go full, and that's where Abhishek loves 'em - he sliced, carved and smashed his way through yet another hundred. Coming to the ball: Short and banged into the wicket, Abhishek takes it on and the top-edge flies wide of short fine

Kyle Jamieson to Sanju Samson, 1 run - 134ks back of a length, angling in and Samson is cramped for room as he backs away, tucks it to midwicket

Kyle Jamieson to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run - 128ks full delivery on leg, Abhishek flicks to deep square leg

Mitchell Santner to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run - 95ks fired into the blockhole, Abhishek digs it to midwicket and Santner hunts it down himself

Mitchell Santner to Abhishek Sharma, wide - 94ks fraction short and skidding across, Abhishek reaches and can't meet with the cut. He wanted a and the umpire obliges. Santner suggests that he moved across but the signal had been made

Mitchell Santner to Sanju Samson, 1 run - 96ks fuller and around leg, Samson stays leg-side and eases it to long-off

Mitchell Santner to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run - full toss and Abhishek has missed out, he wanted to heave it across the line and gets it high on the bat, the ball rolls towards deep mid-wicket

Mitchell Santner to Sanju Samson, 1 run - 90ks sliding in with the arm, Samson makes room and chips it over cover, just a single

Mitchell Santner to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run - 94ks flatter and drifted across from round the wicket, chopped towards cover and the duo cross over

Mitchell Santner to Abhishek Sharma, no run - 95ks darted into the blockhole, Abhishek fails to dig it out

Matthew Fisher to Sanju Samson, FOUR - if you are going to bowl anywhere close to full or slot, you got to have mid-off back, especially when the batter can free the arms. Sanju happily backs away and lofts over mid-off and even holds the pose for the cameras

Matthew Fisher to Sanju Samson, wide - the over further continues as Matthew Fisher fires a down the leg-side

Matthew Fisher to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run - very full and around off, Abhishek squeezes it to mid-off and quickly crosses over

Matthew Fisher to Abhishek Sharma, 2 runs - this is even higher, but it's a chance and Santner spills a tough catch. He ran back from mid-off so it was never easy doing that and looking over the shoulder. He could not judge it well so kind of circled, then stretched his hands and spilled it. Santner suggests the ball swirled. Another full delivery from Fisher and Abhishek threw his hands on the big shot, miscued it off the bottom and the ball went straight up. Santner went back, he was setting himself to catch it to his right but the ball swirled, he turns to his left and gets both hands but does not hang on

Matthew Fisher to Abhishek Sharma, SIX - this is into the orbit! For a moment it looked like GP was in business at deep mid-wicket as had too much height. GP kept moving back, tripped on the ad cushions and fell beyond the rope, the ball evaded his reach even as he tried to parry the ball in

Matthew Fisher to Abhishek Sharma, wide - now he's fired this of off for a

Matthew Fisher to Abhishek Sharma, SIX - free-hit ball so he has no intentions of keeping the ball down. Not that he would do that anyway. Short of a length delivery sitting up, Abhishek rocks back and sends this slower ball over mid-wicket

Matthew Fisher to Sanju Samson, no ball - 1 run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Sanju guides to third man and Matthew Fisher has overstepped now

Matthew Fisher to Sanju Samson, 1 run - to third man

Matthew Fisher to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, out Caught by Daryl Mitchell!! The freshness of Fisher working for New Zealand. Mitchell takes a brilliant running catch and Fisher is so happy to see the end of this partnership. Full delivery - Vaibhav looked to loft, didn't get under it properly as he was cramped for room. Long-on ran in, timed the dive to perfection. So that ploy of be brave to get hit down the ground at the Cake Tin works. You may ask why didn't they do this in the powerplay? But it's difficult to do it with the field up. Vaibhav just misses his third T20I fifty. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi c Daryl Mitchell b Matthew Fisher 45(19) [4s-4 6s-4]

Michael Bracewell to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 1 run - yorker on the stumps, Vaibhav toe-ends the drive to long-on

Michael Bracewell to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run - full delivery, Abhishek drills it through point

Michael Bracewell to Abhishek Sharma, wide - fired down the leg-side, Abhishek misses the slog-sweep

Michael Bracewell to Abhishek Sharma, no run - now he cuts it straight to backward point and is not happy that he picked out the fielder

Michael Bracewell to Abhishek Sharma, no run - shortish delivery, Abhishek backs away and chops the cut to the off-side

Michael Bracewell to Abhishek Sharma, SIX - when will they stop him from scoring over cover? Can they? Have they surrendered at that thought? This is some of the cleanest and audacious hitting over that region. Flighted delivery on the stumps, Abhishek stepped out, went inside-out and made the cleanest of contacts

Michael Bracewell to Abhishek Sharma, SIX - okay, they want to get this done quickly now! Flatter and on the stumps, Abhishek rocks back and pulls, not well timed but who cares

Jacob Duffy to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, SIX - this is unreal batting. This is inhuman stuff! How on earth did he back away, still managed to get his bat down and up for that upper cut. The power on that shot from the wrists makes the ball disappear over point. Insane to generate that much power when being cramped for that cut shot

Jacob Duffy to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, FOUR - back to normal service after those two dots. Short of a length delivery just outside off stump, Vaibhav backs away and cuts over backward point

Jacob Duffy to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, no run - very full delivery, driven to cover. Another dot

Jacob Duffy to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, no run - beaten! Short of a length delivery on the stumps, Vaibhav backs away and tries to upper cut, misses and shouts at himself

Jacob Duffy to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, FOUR - another outside edge that flies between the keeper and short third man. Full with pace on, Vaibhav swings hard, gets a healthy outside edge and he is now racing to his fifty

Jacob Duffy to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, FOUR - this is some hit! Duffy rolled his fingers across the ball to take pace off, Vaibhav read it from the hand. He delayed the downswing of the bat a wee bit to get the timing right and he middled that to perfection

Adam Milne to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR - even luck is with them! Backed away early so Adam Milne went full at the stumps, Abhishek reached out for a slap, ball hit the bottom of the bat and cleared short third man. India rocket to 100 in just 5 overs

Adam Milne to Abhishek Sharma, no run - he wants to continue hitting sixes! Short delivery just outside off stump, Abhishek swung too hard and missed

Adam Milne to Abhishek Sharma, wide - short deliver at 138kph, Abhishek bails out of the pull as it was too high

Adam Milne to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR - surely you got to shut out the that space over cover! Milne goes for the yorker, misses it by a foot or so and that's all Abhishek needed. Gets under it and belts it over the infield for four

Adam Milne to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 1 run - slower delivery on the leg stump, tucked to short mid-wicket

Adam Milne to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, SIX - whipped away, man in the deep at deep backward square leg, but it just clears him to the left! Full and angling in, Vaibhav flicks, powerful wrists on the shot and he sends it over the ropes

Adam Milne to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, no run - 135ks full delivery on leg, Sooryavanshi clears his front leg and drills it back to Milne, he makes a half stop in his followthrough

Kyle Jamieson to Abhishek Sharma, no run - full toss outside off, Abhishek drags it off the inner half to mid-on. He missed out there..

Kyle Jamieson to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR - now flicked away behind square as Kyle Jamieson angles this full delivery down the leg-side. Abhishek gets inside the line and makes it 20 for the over

Kyle Jamieson to Abhishek Sharma, SIX - oh heyyy! He's flicked this gently and it's gone for six. Jamieson just shakes his head in disbelief. Short of a length delivery angling in, Abhishek just gives direction to the ball and he gets a fifty off just 15 balls. He removes the glove and points the bat to the crowd

Kyle Jamieson to Abhishek Sharma, SIX - just like gully cricket where you got out of a side or a region of the field, maybe boards should ban that cover region for Abhishek Sharma! Short of a length delivery just outside off stump, Abhishek backs away and easily slaps it over his fav region again

Kyle Jamieson to Abhishek Sharma, no run - short of length delivery outside off stump, Abhishek looks to slap it hard and misses

Kyle Jamieson to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR - Duffy, Milne, Bracewell, Jamieson... who have you got? Bring them on, says Abhishek. Full delivery angling in, Abhishek accepts the slot ball and whacks it over wide mid-on to entertain the Indian fans in the crowd

Michael Bracewell to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, no run - he's drilled this straight to cover and is so livid that he's played a dot ball. Slams the bat on the ground. Look at the mindset of these batters. A dot ball is irking them. Wow!

Michael Bracewell to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, SIX - Vaibhav doesn't want to miss out on the fun. Bracewell tries to cramp the batter with a slider on the leg stump, Vaibhav opens his stance and smacks the pull easily over wide long-on

Michael Bracewell to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run - comes down the track and does not get to the pitch, eases it to long-off

Michael Bracewell to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR - you got to be kidding! He's not even giving the respect of an international bowler to Michael Bracewell. First he moved across to suggest he was going to trying something different, this pushed Michael Bracewell into darting it on the leg stump, and then Abhishek quickly backed away and still accessed that region over point. They are already rattled

Michael Bracewell to Abhishek Sharma, SIX - and he keeps favouring that cover region. This time he stepped out, the bowler thought he could cramp him for room but Abhishek still had enough width to go inside-out and all the way too

Michael Bracewell to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR - the audacity to back away and keep accessing that cover region. Shortish delivery on the stumps, Abhishek steps away to give room and muscles it over the infield for an easy

Adam Milne to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, no run - the initial idea was to look for a leg-side, but the moment it was a bumper outside off stump he tried to ramp and missed. Looks at the square leg up for height and gets nothing

Adam Milne to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run - yorker outside off stump, Abhishek squeezes it to deep backward point

Adam Milne to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR - this is getting ugly for New Zealand already! Barring the first two balls, the ball is not there for the field. In fact it's there perfectly in Abhishek's zone and he's having fun. Short of a length delivery from Adam Milne, Abhishek slaps it over cover-point and gets four this time

Adam Milne to Abhishek Sharma, SIX - now he goes much straighter over cover. This is a bad ball though. Short of a length delivery swinging away, stood up for Abhishek to tee off. The fact that it was much closer to the body meant Abhishek was ready to go over cover than point and he just cleared the ropes

Adam Milne to Abhishek Sharma, SIX - they had a man at deep point so this is a brave hit! Not a bad ball for the field set. Fullish and swinging away, enough width to tease Abhishek for the big hit. He goes for it without bothering about the mishit. Slices it over point, fielder moves to the left but it clears him

Adam Milne to Abhishek Sharma, no run - ala Arshdeep to Tim Seifert, Adam Milne bowls a brilliant outswinger across the batter. This one swung away from the LHB, Abhishek looks to guide it to third man and misses

Jacob Duffy to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run - no room on offer, close to the body and Abhishek knocks it to sweeper cover

Jacob Duffy to Abhishek Sharma, 5 wides - they conceded 17 extras in the first game, 10 in the second game and inside the first over they have conceded 6 extras! Jacob Duffy bangs it short in trying to bounce Abhishek out but it bounced too much and even the keeper got easily beaten

Jacob Duffy to Abhishek Sharma, SIX - this guy loves backing away and smashing it through the off-side. This is well documented for the last few months if not years. But Jacob Duffy runs in and bowls a long hop and Abhishek says thank you very much for that first ball gift, smacks it over cover-point

Jacob Duffy to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 1 run - good yorker on the stumps, Vaibhav swings and gets a thick edge that escapes through short fine leg

Jacob Duffy to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, SIX - he's slapped that hard over point! Great mind reading from Vaibhav. He knew Duffy won't bowl full so he was ready on the back foot and the moment a short, hit me ball was dished out with width, Vaibhav played the cut with no intentions of keeping it down. Easily clears third man

Jacob Duffy to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 2 runs - swung away highhh, clears point. Two men run back and flick it just in time to save two runs

Jacob Duffy to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, no ball - Duffy realizing he can't be full to this youngster and drops it into the wicket. Vaibhav swings and misses. Oh dear the buzzer goes off as Jacob Duffy has overstepped. Free-hit

Jacob Duffy to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, FOUR - and he needs no sighters. Straightaway he had that front leg out of the way to have a big go and he goes aerial over mid-on as Jacob Duffy starts with a length delivery. Keeps his cricket so simple, doesn't he. Just see ball, smash ball!

Prince Yadav to Bevon Jacobs, 2 runs - New Zealand don't get to 200. Brilliant final over by Prince. Only 9 runs conceded. Another very full delivery that Jacobs can't get under, drives to long-on and Tilak fumbles while picking up the ball, giving the batters time to get back for the second

Prince Yadav to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run - 131ks full toss and Mitchell premeditated the scoop, gets it off the under-edge and the ball drops in front of square leg. Just a single and India won't mind that

Prince Yadav to Daryl Mitchell, 2 runs - 132ks full toss and around off, Mitchell shuffles across and laps it to fine leg. Vaibhav waits for the ball to reach him rather than attacking it, allowing the duo to scamper back for the second

Prince Yadav to Bevon Jacobs, leg byes - 1 run, 128ks low full toss, angling in and Jacobs misses the flick, the ball deflects off the back pad and Samson races towards square leg, keeps it to a single

Prince Yadav to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run - very full and outside off, Mitchell drives it to long-off and this time Prince near the stumps quickly

Prince Yadav to Daryl Mitchell, 2 runs - Axar is not happy with Prince. Full toss outside off, Mitchell mistimes the drive to long-off and Axar swoops down, fires a throw at the non-striker's end. But Prince had not got back to collect the ball cleanly, Axar asks him to get back behind the wickets quickly

Nitish Reddy to Bevon Jacobs, FOUR - started the over with a six and ends it with a four. This is smart batting by Jacobs. He knows that there's no sweeper cover or deep point. So allows the full delivery to pitch, opens the bat face and slices it over the point region, one bounce and over the ropes

Nitish Reddy to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run - 130ks fuller than good length, Mitchell winds for the big mow and drags it to long-on. He called for two and wanted to get back on strike, but Jacobs sends him back. There was never a second

Nitish Reddy to Bevon Jacobs, 1 run - 128ks low full toss outside off, Jacobs slices it towards point where Vaibhav makes a diving stop

Nitish Reddy to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run - 130ks full and outside off, Mitchell mistimes the drive to long-off

Nitish Reddy to Daryl Mitchell, 2 runs - 128ks full and at the stumps, Mitchell whips it wide of long-on and Naman has done a superb job of keeping it to a brace. He runs to his right and slides to flick the ball in, ensures his legs or body don't touch the rope

Nitish Reddy to Daryl Mitchell, SIX - NKR misses his full length or yorker, feeds a juicy full toss and Mitchell does not miss out. He's sitting deep in the crease, gets under the ball and lofts it straight back over. Good start to the over..

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run - 128ks low full toss around off, Mitchell swipes it to long-on and settles with a single. Much better outing for Bhuvi compared to the first two games. He finishes his spell with figures of 4-0-40-0

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Bevon Jacobs, 1 run - very full and outside off, Jacobs walks down and digs it out to long-off

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run - 126ks full and hint of inward tail, Mitchell goes hard on the big shot and ekes out an inside edge onto the back pad, the ball rolls towards backward point and the duo cross over

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Bevon Jacobs, 1 run - 125ks wide yorker outside off, Jacobs reaches and squeezes it off the inside edge to the left of Samson

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Bevon Jacobs, FOUR - what a shot! That was not a bad delivery. Low full toss close to off, Jacobs does not try to overhit the drive, almost slices the drive past extra cover and the timing takes care of the rest. No chance for Axar getting across from long-off

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Bevon Jacobs, wide - 124ks full and outside off, Jacobs shimmies down and lets it pass. Just away from the marker and umpire rightly calls it

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Bevon Jacobs, no run - 126ks pinpoint yorker to start the over, Jacobs digs it back and Bhuvneshwar stops with a leap

Arshdeep Singh to Bevon Jacobs, 1 run - 133ks low full toss around off, Jacobs toe-ends the drive towards cover and retains strike

Arshdeep Singh to Bevon Jacobs, SIX - whoa! That seemed like a mishit but has gone the distance. Arshdeep switched it up and went for the short of length delivery, Jacobs is sitting deep in the crease and flat-bats it down the ground. Initially it looked like he miscued it and the ball went straight up, but it has cleared long-off comfortably. Tilak thought he was in business but can only watch the ball sail over him

Arshdeep Singh to Bevon Jacobs, no run - this is brilliant by Arshdeep. He nails the wide yorker, Jacobs stays leg-side and tries his best to reach it, he doesn't and the ball is within the guideline

Arshdeep Singh to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run - full and at the stumps, Mitchell eases it to long-on and settles with a single

Arshdeep Singh to Daryl Mitchell, no run - "how do you expect me to hit that?" asks Mitchell to the umpire. He shuffles across, sits down and misses the reverse scoop. Arshdeep saw him moving and went for the wide yorker, it would have been called if Mitchell had stayed put, but since he moved, the umpire did not signal a wide

Arshdeep Singh to Bevon Jacobs, 1 run - now Arshdeep goes full and straight, Jacobs drives it down the ground and there's a fumble by Naman near long-on. But the batters decide against risking the second run

Prince Yadav to Daryl Mitchell, 2 runs - 131ks full and attacking the stumps, Mitchell clears his front leg and whips it in front of square. He got that off the middle as the ball was traveling, but NKR moves quickly to his left and stops it with a slide. He saves a couple

Prince Yadav to Daryl Mitchell, FOUR - much needed four for New Zealand. They had gone three overs without a boundary. Mitchell shuffles across, gets under the fullish delivery and scoops it wide of short fine. This shot has been very productive for Mitchell today

Prince Yadav to Bevon Jacobs, 1 run - 130ks full toss on off, Jacobs stays leg-side and mistimes the lofted drive to long-off

Prince Yadav to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run - steps down and almost yorks himself, digs the drive out to long-off

Prince Yadav to Bevon Jacobs, 1 run - 129ks very full delivery around leg, Jacobs flicks it to deep midwicket

Prince Yadav to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run - full toss outside off, Mitchell goes hard on the big shot and mistimes it to long-on

Nitish Reddy to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run - brilliant over. Just 4 runs. NKR sticks to his mantra - full and close to off, Mitchell lofts it down the ground and the ball lands well short of Naman at long-on

Nitish Reddy to Daryl Mitchell, no run - "Ohhh noooo" goes Mitchell. He's livid with himself. That's two dits in a row. NKR outsmarts him once again. Just held the length back as Mitchell was setting up for the reverse scoop, he misses and walks away in frustration

Nitish Reddy to Daryl Mitchell, no run - excellent stuff from NKR. He's been full or close to yorker length. This is a low full toss outside off, Mitchell swings through the line and toe-ends it back to Samson. Good take by the keeper - leaps up and gloves it with one hand. Soft appeal for caught behind. Umpire doesn't react much so Arshdeep from short third man puts his arm up and calls "Ump, ump." Gets nothing again! That was clearly a bump ball, Arshdeep

Nitish Reddy to Bevon Jacobs, 1 run - 129ks full toss outside off, Jacobs drives it down to long-off

Nitish Reddy to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run - 131ks speared into the blockhole, Mitchell shuffles around in the crease before jamming it off the inside edge to deep backward square

Nitish Reddy to Bevon Jacobs, 1 run - 126ks full pitcher around off, Jacobs drives to long-off

Axar Patel to Bevon Jacobs, 1 run - 100ks drifting in with the arm, Jacobs stays leg-side and knocks it to sweeper cover. Axar is done with his spell. He went for 14 in his first over but finishes with figures of 4-0-36-1

Axar Patel to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run - comes down the track and almost yorks himself, flicks it through midwicket

Axar Patel to Bevon Jacobs, 1 run - once more pushes it through and gets it to slid in, Jacobs eases it to sweeper cover

Axar Patel to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run - 98ks quicker and sliding in, Mitchell forces it down the ground and he initially called for tow, but settle with a single as Tilak is quick to swoop down on the ball

Axar Patel to Bevon Jacobs, 1 run - 99ks flatter delivery around off, Jacobs stabs it to sweeper cover

Axar Patel to Bevon Jacobs, 2 runs - the idea was to lap it over short fine. Jacobs shuffles across and sits down to play the shot, but gets more of a top-edge and the ball balloons over short fine, lands safely from a backtracking Prince, just a couple

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Bevon Jacobs, 1 run - back of a length delivery, Jacobs knocks it to sweeper cover and retains strike

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Bevon Jacobs, FOUR - back to back fours. This is smart batting. Bhuvi went for the wide yorker, but Jacobs was up for it, he bends his back leg and opens the bat face to slice the drive behind square on the off-side. He beats backward point to his right and the ball races away

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Bevon Jacobs, FOUR - in the air and over the fielder. Jacobs has shown in the previous games that he can start going from the start and loves hitting it on the up. This was nowhere close to a fuller length, but such his reach that he smacks it on the rise over mid-off. That came right off the middle and gave the fielder no chance

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run - low full toss close to off, Mitchell mistimes the drive to long-on

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Daryl Mitchell, 2 runs - excellent tag team work by Axar and Naman. Back of a length outside off, Mitchell stays deep in the crease and drags it in front of square. The ball was racing to the fence before Axar intervenes with a dive, flicks it in and Naman quickly throws the ball back

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Daryl Mitchell, no run - low full toss, driven straight to cover

Axar Patel to Glenn Phillips, out Caught&Bowled!! Oh he's smashed it straight back to Axar. Not a great outing in his 100th T20. Full delivery - actually it was there for the lofted hit so GP went for it. But got it on the inner half of the bat so the timing and the direction was off. Axar took a simple catch to the left. Seemed like GP wanted to aim over cover but it went a lot straighter than he intended. Glenn Phillips c and b Axar Patel 17(14) [4s-3]

Axar Patel to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run - full toss outside off, driven to long-off

Axar Patel to Glenn Phillips, 1 run - flatter delivery around off, Phillips punches to sweeper cover

Axar Patel to Glenn Phillips, FOUR - smashed! Axar overpitches and is not spared. This is right in the slot for Phillips and he does not hold back, he hammers it flat and over extra cover. The fielder tried to jump and attempt the catch but the ball was flew over him in a jiffy

Axar Patel to Glenn Phillips, no run - sliding in with the arm, Phillips knocks it to cover

Axar Patel to Glenn Phillips, FOUR - lovely shot! That's the form talking. Nothing much wrong with the delivery - tossed up close to off, Phillips stays leg-side and goes with the turn over extra cover. He didn't try to overhit the lofted drive and relied on timing it better

Nitish Reddy to Daryl Mitchell, SIX - fifty for Mitchell. He does not stay quiet for long against India. Missed out in the first two games but is making up for it today. He raises his bat and acknowledges the applause. Full and outside off, Mitchell moves around in the crease, gets under the length and smokes it over deep mid-wicket

Nitish Reddy to Daryl Mitchell, FOUR - that's beaten Naman at long-on. Not quite off the middle but the placement was spot on. NKR goes full again and Mitchell can't quite get under it, he lofts it back over Phillips and Naman puts in a valiant dive near the rope

Nitish Reddy to Glenn Phillips, 1 run - 131ks good length ball, Phillips premeditates the reverse scoop as the line was outside off, misses and the ball rolls off his arm to short third. But the umpire has given it as run..

Nitish Reddy to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run - there he goes again - low full toss on off, Mitchell drives it down to long-on

Nitish Reddy to Glenn Phillips, 1 run - 130ks full and angling in, Phillips flicks to deep mid-wicket

Nitish Reddy to Glenn Phillips, no run - 131ks fuller and around off, Phillips stays leg-side and pushes it to mid-off

Axar Patel to Glenn Phillips, 1 run - flatter delivery on the leg stump, GP clips it through square leg

Axar Patel to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run - very full delivery, Mitchell knocks it to long-on

Axar Patel to Glenn Phillips, leg byes - 1 run, flatter delivery down the leg-side, GP misses the glance, ball rolls to short fine leg

Axar Patel to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run - advances and knocks this flighted delivery to long-off

Axar Patel to Glenn Phillips, 1 run - slider looking for the bat-pad gap, GP manages to push it to long-on off the inner half of the bat. "Well bowled Patel," chirps Sanju

Axar Patel to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run - full delivery outside off stump, defended towards point off the front foot

Nitish Reddy to Glenn Phillips, no run - beaten and GP goes "woooohh." Mid-off was brought in so Nitish had to bowl short of length. But he corrected his line from the previous ball by keeping it just around off stump and he got it to nip away top have GP finishing at it

Nitish Reddy to Glenn Phillips, FOUR - and the moment he offered short of length with width, he spoils his own over. Smart of GP to understand that third man is up, point is up, so he just opened the bat face and guided it between the two infielders

Nitish Reddy to Glenn Phillips, no run - another fullie, GP mistimes to mid-wicket

Nitish Reddy to Finn Allen, out Caught by Naman Dhir!! At the Pitch Report - Tim Southee said as a bowler you got to be brave here to get hit down the ground because the longest hit is down the ground - 84m. He's only looked to bowl full since he's come on and he's struck with the third attempt. Another ball quite full, Allen tries for the maximum, but it was too full to get under and Naman judged that perfectly because he had to run in a bit and then time the jump to perfection. Good, brave, smart bowling from Nitish Kumar Reddy and Finn Allen departs after doing a great job. Finn Allen c Naman Dhir b Nitish Reddy 40(25) [6s-5]

Nitish Reddy to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run - another very full ball, Mitchell couldn't get under it properly so he hits it straight to long-on

Nitish Reddy to Finn Allen, 1 run - starts with a very full delivery outside off stump, Allen drives to long-off

Prince Yadav to Finn Allen, 1 run - great yorker, Allen digs it out to mid-on. Prince quickly dives to the right and gets a hand on it

Prince Yadav to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run - good yorker, dug out to wide mid-on

Prince Yadav to Daryl Mitchell, SIX - he's ready on the back foot even though it rushed him a bit. Short delivery, Mitchell had to slightly fetch it from outside off stump and he found the middle of the bat to clear backward square leg. Prince Yadav is not having a great outing so far. Has come in and released the pressure

Prince Yadav to Finn Allen, 1 run - low full toss, Allen flicks to deep mid-wicket

Prince Yadav to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run - knocked around for a run

Prince Yadav to Daryl Mitchell, SIX - the second time he's played the scoop and he's got a six this time. That's 10 runs in 2 balls off those shots. Length delivery on the stumps, Mitchell moves across and connects well to send it over fine leg

Axar Patel to Finn Allen, SIX - okay, if you are going to hide it wide of off I can reach for it and slap it hard over cover says Finn Allen. Sends a flat six over cover. That must have stunned Axar a bit because it was some shot

Axar Patel to Finn Allen, no run - fired wide of off, Allen lets it go thinking it will be called a wide but it was inside the line

Axar Patel to Finn Allen, no run - punched off the back foot to cover

Axar Patel to Finn Allen, SIX - Axar loves to cramp the RHBs with a flat trajectory on the pull. Finn Allen probably knows that too so he had his front leg out of the way quickly to muscle this pull deep over mid-wicket. Axar Patel blows some hot air into his palms as it's quite cold

Axar Patel to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run - length delivery on the stumps, Mitchell clips it through mid-wicket. They think of two but Axar quickly moved to the right

Axar Patel to Finn Allen, 1 run - flatter delivery, Allen slaps it off the back foot to long-off

Axar Patel to Finn Allen, 2 runs

Arshdeep Singh to Daryl Mitchell, leg byes - FOUR, moves a long way across to this full delivery, Arshdeep Singh cleverly fires a full ball on the pads. Mitchell misses the flick, ball hits the pad and beats Sanju's dive to the left

Arshdeep Singh to Daryl Mitchell, FOUR - just misses the yorker and Mitchell reaches out to belt it over the mid-off fielder. Slows down after pitching but it still rolls to the fence. Mitchell was standing well outside the crease as Arshdeep was troubling him with wide yorkers

Arshdeep Singh to Daryl Mitchell, no run - great yorker again! Wide of off and Mitchell can't get any bat on it again. He checks if that's a wide but the ump says that's inside the line

Arshdeep Singh to Daryl Mitchell, no run - 131ks very full and close to yorker length, Mitchell jams it adjacent to the pitch on the off-side

Arshdeep Singh to Daryl Mitchell, no run - goes fuller and angles it across, Mitchell clears his front leg and goes hard on the drive, drags it off the inner half to midwicket

Arshdeep Singh to Daryl Mitchell, SIX - oh smashed! Mitchell almost hides his face in fright as he watches the ball almost smash a steward flush on the head. The steward had no idea the ball was coming at him as he was looking towards the stands. Mitchell had a good view after pulling this short delivery. Absolutely nailed it so it went flat with a lot of power. The replay looks even more scary and no wonder Mitchell was worried about ball hitting the steward

Prince Yadav to Finn Allen, no run - ohh the bowler collects the drive and has a shy at the stumps. Allen was out of the crease and the throw hit him when he trying to return to the crease. Would have been in had it hit the stumps one feels. Low full toss, Allen drove it towards mid-off, Prince Yadav got low in his followthrough and stopped that ball

Prince Yadav to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run - short delivery on the leg stump, Mitchell rises tall and pulls it to deep backward square leg. Naman cuts it off in the deep

Prince Yadav to Finn Allen, 1 run - the yorker is the response to that six, Allen mistimes the drive to mid-on

Prince Yadav to Finn Allen, SIX - that's the first properly timed shot of the game and the distance it travelled easily tells you the story. Length delivery from Prince Yadav, Allen got inside the line and played the pick-up flick square on the on-side and he found a good part of the bat to send it many rows over backward square leg

Prince Yadav to Finn Allen, no run - drags his length back and bowls length, Allen knocks it to mid-wicket. Allen calls a loud no

Prince Yadav to Finn Allen, 2 runs - first full ball of the game and it comes from Prince. Allen will be kicking himself for missing out as long leg was quite square. He wanted to pick it up over the ropes but mistimed

Arshdeep Singh to Daryl Mitchell, FOUR - innovative and effective! India have not bowled a single full ball so far. The bowling has been so disciplined and it's been mostly length or back of length. Smart of Mitchell to know it's going to be same again, so he moved across to scoop this fine to the fine leg fence. No fielder in the deep there

Arshdeep Singh to Daryl Mitchell, no run - tries the same shot again and mistimes again. Another back of a length ball around off stump, Mitchell mishits the slog-pull to mid-wicket

Arshdeep Singh to Daryl Mitchell, FOUR - edgeddd and escapes over short third man! Short of a length delivery moving across the RHB, Mitchell loses shape on the slog, gets a thick edge and third man was up. Easy for these edges to clear the infield with the field up

Arshdeep Singh to Finn Allen, 1 run - short of length delivery on the leg stump, knocked to square leg for a sharp single

Arshdeep Singh to Finn Allen, no run - oh my word! That's taken off and hit him flush on the helmet. Shortish ball, shouldn't have jumped that much. Allen was early on the pull. Tennis ball kind of bounce so it went over the bat and hit the side grille. Arshdeep puts his arm up and checks if Allen is okay. Allen gives him a smile back. Physio comes out to do the concussion test

Arshdeep Singh to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run - drops it short and Mitchell goes back and across for the pull, ball hits the splice of the bat and goes to mid-wicket. Nitish with a good sliding save

Arshdeep Singh to Daryl Mitchell, wide - and again! The previous was back of a length, this was good length. That's the only difference between the two balls. And by the way, he's not attempted a single inswinger so far

Arshdeep Singh to Daryl Mitchell, wide - fires this short of length delivery down the leg-side, Mitchell misses the glance. Sound came when the ball passed the bat but no appeal from anyone

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Finn Allen, SIX - he's met that pretty well! Short of a length this time and sitting up, Allen camps back and pulls over mid-wicket. They check if it cleared the rope. That's because it went off the bottom of the bat and the replays confirm the ball just got over the ropes

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Finn Allen, no run - ohhhh! How did that miss the stumps? He's torturing them with that that scrambled seam ball. Length delivery outside off stump, Allen thinks he can have a loft down the ground and on the rise but the ball cut back in sharply to almost take out the off stump

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run - short of length delivery on the stumps, Mitchell clips it to deep square leg. Loud call of no between the batters to ensure there's no more miscommunication

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Daryl Mitchell, 2 runs - this is high, is this long enough? No, the ball plugs at long-on after clearing the infield. Wobble seam short of length delivery moving away to force the mishit as Mitchell tried to belt it down the ground. Didn't catch the middle of the bat

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Finn Allen, 1 run - another tight single. Back of a length delivery, Allen knocks it towards cover and sets off. No hesitation this time and Allen would have been in even with a direct-hit. Tilak swoops down and slips while throwing the ball, does not get it on target

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Finn Allen, SIX - that's the first six of the evening. Not sure Allen wanted to hit it there. 124ks back of a length outside off, Allen was looking to go down the ground with a flat-batted hit, but ends up dragging it wide of long-on. His power takes it all the way

Arshdeep Singh to Finn Allen, 1 run - direct-hit would have been curtains for Finn Allen. Axar with that throw. He cannot believe how he missed the stumps. He suggests to his teammates that it was mighty close. Arshdeep hides his face in disbelief as well. Allen played with an angled bat to this length delivery and tapped this to point with soft hands. Daryl Mitchell took off for the quick single. Allen paused to ask if Mitchell was sure but Mitchell kept charging and Allen had to restart. Axar knew he had the time to he took that extra second to lock his target on the radar but he just missed the stumps

Arshdeep Singh to Finn Allen, no run - play and a miss again! Short of a length delivery outside off stump, Allen still unable to get to terms with this pitch and the bowler. Allen thought he could smash this through point but gets beaten on the outside edge

Arshdeep Singh to Finn Allen, no run - defended off the back foot. Actually wanted a quick single but short third man was quickly at it

Arshdeep Singh to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run - meanwhile Mitchell straightaway plays with an angled bat to play with the swing, taps this short of length delivery towards short cover-point

Arshdeep Singh to Tim Seifert, out Caught by Axar Patel!! It's almost a carbon copy of the dismissal in the previous game. Arshdeep Singh moving it across and away from Seifert. The batter goes for a mighty slog and gets a fat top edge that goes squarer this time towards point. Axar settles under it - shoos his teammates away for focus and neatly takes the catch. Not a great idea to play across the line to ball moving across him from Seifert. Tim Seifert c Axar Patel b Arshdeep Singh 2(6)

Arshdeep Singh to Tim Seifert, no run - that's a brilliant start from Arshdeep Singh. To have the confidence straightaway to rock up an outswinger with great control to the RHB from over the wicket is some skill. Back of a length delivery moving away outside off stump, woah, how do I play those kind of poke from Seifert

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Finn Allen, no run - beaten on the outside edge! Again the scrambled seam ball, nipped away from short of length this time. Allen plays inside the line as he pokes at the ball in his defence. Lucky he didn't edge it

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Tim Seifert, 1 run - inside edge past the stumps. Seifert backs away to unsettle the line but Bhuvi bowls the wobble seam short of length delivery nicely outside off stump, Seifert looks to slash hard, under edge rolls to the on-side

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Tim Seifert, no run - now Seifert gets hit on the pad. Bhuvi definitely getting to nip into the RHBs, Seifert uncomfortable on the flick this time around. Again slightly leg-sidish so not good enough for LBW

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Finn Allen, leg byes - 1 run, he's hit the pad as Allen is surprised by the zip and nip back into him from short of length, bottom hand came off the handle as he tried to flick. Hit quite high on the thigh pad though

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Tim Seifert, 1 run - first runs of the bat, clips this length delivery through square leg

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Tim Seifert, no run

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Tim Seifert, wide - nervous start from Bhuvi! Sprays this fullish delivery down the leg-side, Seifert doesn't connect the glance so it's only a and not more