India vs New Zealand 4th T20I live score and news
It was a Super Over again and the result did not change as India defeated New Zealand once again to lead the five-match T20 International series 4-0. The story of the third match repeated for New Zealand who looked all set to win the game in regulation time but Indian pacer Navdeep Saini forced the Wellington tie into the Super Over with some tight bowling.
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It was a Super Over again and the result did not change as India defeated New Zealand once again to lead the five-match T20 International series 4-0. The story of the third match repeated for New Zealand who looked all set to win the game in regulation time but Indian pacer Navdeep Saini forced the Wellington tie into the Super Over with some tight bowling.
New Zealand matched India's score of 165 in 20 overs losing 7 wickets to the latter's eight. For India, Manish Pandey was the top scorer with an unbeaten 50 from 36 balls. KL Rahul (39) and Navdeep Saini (20) were the other major contributors. New Zealand bowlers at one point of time were picking wickets are regular intervals and it seemed that India would be out before 20 overs.
The host team got off to a slow start but Colin Munro and Tim Seifert took the fight to India with quickfire 64 and 57 respectively. But the lower middle order failed to close the match and the Super Over once again proved to be a hurdle which they failed to cross.
Earlier, New Zealand won the toss and bowled first in the fourth T20 International against India at Wellington's Westpac Stadium on Friday (January 31, 2020). The host team was without its regular captain Kane Williamson with Tim Southee leading the side.
Tom Bruce came in for Williamson, Daryl Mitchell took Colin de Grandhomme's place in the New Zealand team. India, too, made some changes. With the series already won, Kohli rested Rohit Sharma, Mohammed Shami and Ravinder Jadeja and their places were taken by Sanju Samson, Washington Sundar and Navdeep Saini.
The series is already decided with India taking an unbeatable lead of 3-0 after winning the first three matches. The first two matches of the series were played in Auckland's Eden Park with the visitors winning them by a margin of six and seven wickets each. The third match of the series at Seddon Park in Hamilton went to Super Over after the two teams were tied at 179 at the end of the match. India secured a thrilling win in the Super Over after Rohit Sharma hit two consecutive sixes off Southee to take his team home and pocket the series.
Batsmen of both teams will relish the flat pitch of the Westpac Stadium pitch. New Zealand have gone against the ground's history in bowling first as the team batting first having won four of the last five matches here. But New Zealand have defeated India in both the T20Is the two teams have played at the venue - by 5 wickets in the match on February 27, 2009, and then by a massive 80 runs in the second game on February 6, 2019.
India T20I squad: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar
New Zealand T20I squad: Kane Williamson (captain), Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Scott Kuggeleijn, Colin Munro, Tom Bruce, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner, Tim Seifert (wicketkeeper), Hamish Bennett, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Blair Tickner
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