India defeated New Zealand by seven runs in the fifth and final T20 International cricket match. In this way, India made a clean sweep of 5-0 in the five-match series. Batting first, India scored 163 for three wickets. This includes captain Rohit Sharma's 60, KL Rahul's 45 and Shreyas Iyer's 33 not out.
In reply, New Zealand was able to score 156 runs for nine wickets. Ross Taylor (53) and Tim Sheffert (50) scored half-centuries. Jasprit Bumrah took three wickets from India, while Shardul Thakur and Navdeep Saini took two wickets each. Bumrah took 3 wickets for just 12 runs. He has been adjudged Man of the Match.
Now a three-match ODI series will be played between the two teams, which will start on Wednesday.
