India 295 for 8 (Musheer 131, Adarsh 52, Clarke 4-62) beat New Zealand 81 (Jackson 19, Cumming 16, Pandey 4-19, Musheer 2-10) by 214 runs
New Zealand made three adjustments, leaving out their highest wicket-taker Matt Rowe. Arshin Kulkarni, on the again of a century within the final recreation, received going with a flick by sq. leg, however failed to hold on. He rushed down the monitor to a back-of-a-length Mason Clarke supply that he regarded to flay away however might solely handle a prime edge that flew to deep third.
Musheer, coming in on the again of 118 and 73 within the earlier two video games, instantly received going. He began with a ramp off Clarke over the keeper’s head earlier than unfurling a cracking cowl drive to rapidly transfer to double figures. Adarsh, in the meantime launched a few glowing drives.
New Zealand’s floor fielding was lower than mark at the very least within the first ten overs, and the duo took toll. With the situations ripe for batting, they rotated the strike at each given interval and located the boundaries frequently. India, whose powerplay scores to this point this match have been 45 for two, 38 for 1 and 40 for 0, raced to 61 for 1 towards New Zealand.
Even after the powerplay, New Zealand continued to leak runs with Adarsh taking Oscar Jackson for 2 fours in an over earlier than reaching his second fifty of the match off 56 balls with a clip by sq. leg for 3. The left-hander, nevertheless, fell quickly after nearly towards the run of play slicing legspinner Zac Cumming to level to finish a run-a-ball 77-run partnership.
Captain Uday Saharan then walked in however didn’t get the identical momentum going, because the floor began taking some flip. New Zealand employed spin for 25 overs straight and Snehith Reddy, Cumming (1-37) and Oliver Tewatiya (1-43) shone by. Whilst Musheer saved the innings chugging alongside, Saharan struggled.
