India has won its first T20I series against New Zealand during the 3rd T20I held at Seddon Park. Both the teams had a tie; they both finished exactly 179 with Rohit Sharma who took 65 runs and Kane Williamson who took 95 runs. They both were the top scorers for respective teams. After Williamson’s knock out from the game, it kept the New Zealand team to be away from win just by two runs but Mohammed Shami conceded only one run in the last four deliveries to Tie the match.
Williamson helped Kiwis to accumulate 17 runs off Jasprit Bumrah’s over. Rohit Sharma took the responsibility for the Indian team, by hitting back to back sixes on the last 2 balls when India needed only 10 runs to win the match.
Some of the important highlights of the game

This was the first time India was involved in Super Over. In 2007 WT20, India was part of a tied T20I against Pakistan. No player from the Indian team playing XI was featured in the T20I tie before this match. On the other hand, New Zealand’s Tim Southee and Ross Taylor got featured in 6 tied matches and Martin Guptill in 5 tied T20Is matches. Hamish Bennet was the only player from the New Zealand XI to not appear in the Tied T20I match.
Well, that was an embarrassing feat for Southee
In the super over, Tim Southee has conceded 20 runs which were the second most than any other player in a T20I super over.
In 2008, Daniel Vettori conceded 25 runs against West Indies in 2008 which was the first Super Over in Men’s T20Is.
A record of 50 runs from Rohit Sharma
In this match, Rohit Sharma was the only one to score the highest runs. He surpassed Suresh Raina’s 61 runs in the 2009 Christchurch T20I.
During the match, Rohit reached his fifty in 23 balls. KL Rahul has scored a 23-ball fifty during the first T20I of this series in Auckland.
Williamson’s 95 runs are the highest ever score in Men’s cricket
Williamson’s knock out from the game after making 95 runs is the highest ever T20I score by a New Zealand captain in Men’s cricket. Previously, the highest (74) was made by Brendon McCullum in the 2013 T20I against England in Hamilton.
Williamson’s (95) is now the 2nd highest score for New Zealand in a T20I game. Martin Guptill scored 101 against South Africa in the 2012 East London T20I where he completed a century on the last ball.
Kohli surpasses Dhoni
Virat Kohli‘s 1126 run as a captain in T20I has surpassed MS Dhoni’s 1112 runs. Kohli is the third-highest to score as captain in Men’s T20Is cricket.
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