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00:09The Indian team hit the ground running because they were up 2-0.
00:13Then we move northward to the southern tip of the North Island.
00:16Well, there it is. Shriya Sagar winning the toss for the third time in a row.
00:20India leading 2-0 after having chased both times.
00:24They're doing it a third time today.
00:25Can they close the series up 3-0 or can New Zealand fight back?
00:30It's prepared a way to the side of the ground, a way to our left as we look down this
00:34magnificent stadium.
00:35But I think they have done a terrific job.
00:39It looks fantastic. It's got a nice covering of grass on it.
00:42We do normally see just a little bit of that tennis ball style bounce here.
00:46So the ball sits in the surface a little bit more.
00:49It won't turn.
00:51To Tim Seifert. And it's an extra down the leg side.
00:55So a loosener that got away from this very experienced campaigner in his 91st T20 International after some absence.
01:08It's just short.
01:09They have a slip in place.
01:12Looking more there for a bit of line and length.
01:14Down to 123.
01:16Probably why it didn't carry.
01:21First runs off the bat.
01:23India were brilliant the other night at Hagley.
01:25Cutting down the twos into ones.
01:28And this is a slightly smaller ground.
01:32Straight up.
01:34This is the same as happened in Christchurch.
01:36Seifert's hit a sky in India.
01:38Good again.
01:39Under the high ball.
01:40Under pressure.
01:41And Seifert says,
01:43I need to get a move on.
01:45Picks the wrong delivery.
01:47And an outstanding catch.
01:49High in the night sky.
01:51Akshar Patel.
01:52New Zealand with the early loss.
01:54That is Tim Seifert.
01:56New Zealand can't lose another wicket.
01:58But they've got to find some momentum at the same time.
02:00Ashtip looks like he's got it exactly right tonight.
02:04Vastly experienced.
02:05Can handle most situations.
02:07That's one of his great strengths.
02:09He's pretty cool and calm.
02:12He's done it so often.
02:14Here's another little challenge for him.
02:29Brilliant over.
02:30There's a run out chance here.
02:31Oh gosh.
02:33Allen was stop, start, stop, start.
02:36And Akshar Patel could have featured twice in the over.
02:39A let off.
02:41Six for one after two.
02:46That might just relieve a little bit of the pressure.
02:48It's the first six of the evening.
02:50Extend those arms.
02:52Finn Allen.
02:53Powerful and strong.
02:55And enough of the middle.
02:58Don't worry about that one either.
02:59And that'll just carry, I think.
03:02How's the eyesight?
03:03Yep.
03:03Not too bad in Wellington.
03:09He might have to have a concussion check here for Finn Allen that's got past everything and ripped into the
03:16helmet.
03:17And he looks just a little stunned.
03:24Well, that's the brave part from a batting point of view.
03:26And Simon, you said if it flies off the outside edge.
03:32That's Nifty.
03:32No fine leg.
03:33He was too square to cut that off.
03:40Didn't get any of that treatment down south.
03:42That's a biggie.
03:43That felt good from up here.
03:46Small boundary at Henry Stadium over the leg side.
03:50Square of the wicket.
03:52Incredibly powerful player, Finn Allen.
03:59He's good when it's full.
04:00There's no doubt about it.
04:01And that's his go-to delivery when he gets in a spot of bother.
04:04Ten from the over.
04:08Doesn't bother.
04:09Don't need to bother.
04:10Short side flat.
04:12Oh, yeah, he's worried.
04:14He's worried about someone in the crowd, as he should be.
04:17Maybe security guard.
04:20Yeah, got to keep your eyes on the ball, even when you're in the crowd.
04:24Lucky, very lucky.
04:29So, some momentum here as the 50 comes up.
04:36Toe end of the bat, and it might just about be enough.
04:39It'll pitch, and it'll roll, and it'll make it to the boundary for four.
04:45Leg buys, and it'll be four of them.
04:53Short and punished.
04:55Very quickly onto that back foot.
04:57Finn Allen, six more over mid-wicket.
05:00Carry on that momentum that these two have built towards the back end of the power play.
05:03The real strength for Finn Allen's game is playing the spinners from the crease.
05:07Going deep in the crease.
05:09Making the spinners adjust their length.
05:15Not on that occasion.
05:16Another drag down.
05:17That's a flat six over extra cover.
05:20Seven done.
05:2172 for one.
05:24Very clever from Mitchell.
05:27Using the pace, and that's gone all the way as well.
05:31Good execution.
05:32Stayed low, and made sure he connected.
05:39Up and away.
05:41Short and punished.
05:43That'll be six anywhere.
05:44He's gone a long way.
05:46And he's putting everything loose away.
05:48And this has gone a long way back.
05:50Halfway back into the stands there.
05:55Might have a wicket.
05:56Might have a wicket.
05:57Brilliant.
05:57Absolutely brilliant.
05:59It's the man who's been superb throughout the series as well.
06:02With the bat.
06:03But numbing there in the field this time.
06:05Pitch it up.
06:06Make him hit it to the long boundary.
06:08Get rewards.
06:09Well, this is brilliant.
06:11And for two reasons.
06:13He could have taken the safer option.
06:15And taken it on the bounce.
06:17Worried about a boundary.
06:18But he attacked it.
06:19Good attacking fielding here.
06:21Dangerous Finn Allen.
06:22Who's looking in good form.
06:25He has to depart for 40 of 25.
06:27It's 90 for two.
06:29Glenn Phillips has been the man of the series with the bat for New Zealand.
06:32The first two.
06:34Half centuries in both.
06:38Oh, a little bit of width.
06:39Just an element.
06:40Was all he needed to get off the mark.
06:42Glenn Phillips.
06:43Dabs it behind square for four.
06:49That's beautifully struck.
06:51Down the ground.
06:53But it was hit powerfully.
06:57Swung away for six.
07:0150 comes up for Daryl Mitchell.
07:04In double quick time.
07:07Just 26 balls.
07:09It's 113 for two.
07:12Sure.
07:14Oh, man.
07:14Nicely played.
07:15This time.
07:16Glenn Phillips.
07:20That's in the air.
07:21Again.
07:22Powerfully struck.
07:24Second time in the over.
07:25He finds the boundary.
07:29Oh, he's got it.
07:31He's got the wicket.
07:33And just at the right time.
07:35And it's a big one.
07:37It's the in-form Glenn Phillips.
07:39Robert, you asked for the wicket.
07:41We said that Glenn Phillips had been playing with a calmness to him.
07:44One of the rare false strokes from Glenn Phillips in this series, let alone tonight.
07:49Akshar gets his man in the end.
07:5112 overs gone.
07:52Glenn Phillips, the danger man.
07:53Out for 17.
07:54It's 123 for three.
07:59That's well struck.
08:06What a shot that is.
08:11There's quality in there.
08:19Now then.
08:20Now then.
08:21Yes.
08:23Yes, indeed.
08:24Just enough on that.
08:26The man down there at long off was hovering, hovering, hovering.
08:30Very difficult shot to a long boundary.
08:32But he's got so much power.
08:35But he's got so much power.
08:35Power enough to clear.
08:36To like Varama.
08:39He needs momentum to lead his team out to defend.
08:43And he does in that area of the game.
08:46And he does in that area of the game.
09:13Mitchell does not need any invitation to hit down the ground.
09:18That's the start they needed of the over.
09:19Put the bowler under pressure.
09:24Brilliant batting.
09:25That is such a skillful and hard act to do.
09:34Mitchell will come back for two when he'll get them.
09:36India will concede that.
09:38But in the end, they've stopped New Zealand getting for their 200.
09:42So he'll be pretty pleased about that, Shreya Sire.
09:45It's about halfway between the scores of the first and second T20s.
09:53But is it enough?
09:55We know the power of India.
09:57We know how deep they go.
09:58And I just wonder whether that man's quite satisfied at this point.
10:04It's quite freakish, actually, to think this 15-year-old has the maturity.
10:09And they've got faith in him at such a young age.
10:12And they have produced some prodigies over the years.
10:16And New Zealand will have a sub-fielder out there
10:19because Finn Allen apparently has a bit of groin trouble.
10:22So we will see Nathan Smith, the local, in the park.
10:26And he is an asset.
10:31Down the ground.
10:33Yes, he does like facing that first ball, Ravi.
10:36And he got it.
10:38There you go.
10:39This is what he wants.
10:41That's what New Zealand do not need.
10:43It's those little things they've got to avoid.
10:47Don't want to give free hits this early on in the piece.
10:50That is a genuine mistake.
10:57Well, it won't go for six.
11:00But they'll get two.
11:08Oh, that's very good.
11:10That is very, very good.
11:12Duffy's chosen to go short to the young man.
11:15He doesn't mind it by the look of it.
11:17He's never going to keep it down.
11:20And four-six for him.
11:26Six more.
11:27That's thrashing Duffy in this first over, over the offside in particular.
11:32Well, if you can do it, I can do it.
11:33And this is not the first time we've seen Abhishek Sharma hit a six of the first ball.
11:38That's very similar to the shot that Surya Wanship led.
11:42Only difference.
11:43He went down the track this time.
11:47Oh, that's just terrible from New Zealand's point of view.
11:51A middling total.
11:59Could they break it this time?
12:00No, not by much.
12:02When Jacobs went round to his left, I thought he was half a chance.
12:05But these are smaller boundaries.
12:16They can't do anything about this.
12:18I think that's just snuck over again.
12:21So he's only faced four deliveries, Abhishek.
12:26Well, five, and he's at three of them for six.
12:33I mean, this is just a blitzkrieg at the moment.
12:41One bounce skids into the first row here.
12:45That Henry Stadium.
12:48That's where he goes, Ravi, but he's still going to go over extra cover for six.
12:56And it's sure carnage out there at the moment.
13:00He's rest away to 34 from just nine.
13:07Up and over.
13:08That'll be four more.
13:09They won't be pulling that back.
13:12They just cannot settle New Zealand.
13:14And they're not allowed to settle.
13:19Look at that.
13:21Look at that.
13:22That's 30 rows back.
13:28This is powerful.
13:29For a young man, he's going to the longer part of the ground.
13:33And he's put it many rows back in the stands.
13:38And there's no one down there either.
13:41Half volley to start with.
13:42I think it's fair to say.
13:44It was a length ball and it copped it.
13:48Well, they're not going to stop that one either.
13:50That's gone six.
13:52They have no protection in that area of the ground.
13:56Pressure really getting to the borders.
13:59And both these players have been relentless.
14:05Well, he's hit a gap.
14:07Has he hit a boundary?
14:08He's hit another six.
14:09And yes, he has, Ravi.
14:10That is incredible.
14:12I guess the only thing you can do is laugh.
14:14But perhaps you've got to try and find a solution as well.
14:18Brilliant.
14:19Third equal.
14:22Fastest 50 for India.
14:28That's going to go for four more.
14:30They are threatening 100 in the power play.
14:36Six more.
14:38That's teasing some of them.
14:40Nathan Smith on this occasion behind square.
14:44But now we're into the 90s.
14:48Have a look at the crowd.
14:50They're having a ball.
14:54Over the top of extra cover.
14:56One bounce.
14:57And into the advertising hoardings.
15:02It's going to get lucky down towards third man.
15:06And yes, they do.
15:07100.
15:08100, India.
15:10After just five overs.
15:12A remarkable, remarkable.
15:18FOMO.
15:20The carnage continues.
15:28Well.
15:31Nothing going right for the bowling side.
15:37That's FOMO.
15:39Goes over the infield.
15:41And once again, giving himself room.
15:46Bang.
15:48Over point into the crowd.
15:51And a record in power play.
15:56118 for no loss.
16:01High.
16:04And six.
16:05And the great thing is, you know it won't stop.
16:08Yes, the power play's done.
16:10Extra field is out.
16:10They don't care.
16:12It does not matter.
16:15They have the power.
16:20Glorious.
16:21Inside out.
16:26Gets to the pitch of the ball.
16:27Resets.
16:28Balance perfect.
16:31It is brilliant.
16:35He's not timed it.
16:37And an opportunity for New Zealand.
16:40Catch taken.
16:43So Fischer strikes.
16:45Off his first delivery.
16:48And Suryavanchi has to depart.
16:52But a brilliant opening partnership.
16:54A belligerent opening partnership broken.
16:59Fischer gets the wicket.
17:02And Suryavanchi disappears.
17:0445 off 19.
17:20Looks like a no ball.
17:23So free hit.
17:29That's huge.
17:33Such a clean striker.
17:35Through the ball.
17:35Both sides of the ground.
17:38He's got three balls now, Ravi.
17:40Three balls to break his own record.
17:47That's high.
17:51And clears the fence.
17:55Make no mistake as well, Dooley.
17:58Avisik Sharma will know.
18:00He's got two deliveries.
18:02A big screen at the end of the ground.
18:04Balance is 92 of 27.
18:08That's up.
18:09An opportunity here.
18:10It's gone very high.
18:12Not easy.
18:13And put down.
18:16Six.
18:17For the record for Avisik Sharma.
18:19For the record for Avisik Sharma.
18:20Delhi was Ravi against Afghanistan.
18:22He scored 130 balls.
18:25This needs to go out of the park.
18:26For him to break that record.
18:31Oh, sweet.
18:33Lovely swing of the bat.
18:38Highest power play.
18:39Scores India 118.
18:43Previous highest.
18:44Australia 113.
18:46South Africa.
18:47England.
18:48India again there.
18:50Avisik Sharma.
18:50I'm going to be too disappointed if I was Avisik at 99 or 34.
19:08But he has been terrific tonight
19:10It has been full striking of the highest quality
19:13The crowd realises he's won away
19:18Top edge
19:19He gets there
19:2135-100 for Abhishek Sharma
19:2510-6 is 8th boundaries
19:27And it's 4th in 2-20 cricket
19:40Ohm
19:47Flicked away for six
19:50He's in a hurry
19:51He was in a hurry from the outset
19:54Very few deliveries have been mistimed
19:57Flick of the wrists
19:59Smallest part of the ground
20:00But still goes a long way back
20:06Again in the air
20:09There might be another six this
20:13This will give us a good idea from this angle
20:15It's pace off from Carl Jamison
20:19Don't need to do it
20:20You don't need to do it
20:23He's so far in from the boundary
20:25He could have run around the boundary edge
20:29And it's only at head height
20:30When he touches his hand
20:32It's only
20:32He didn't need to do that
20:37Again
20:38An opportunity now here for Phillips
20:40He takes the catch
20:45The crowd rises
20:46Brilliant 100
20:48Stunning innings
20:49113 of 38
20:51Abhishek Sharma
20:53Has done it many times in the IPL
20:55The 400 now for him
20:56An international
20:57T20 eyes
21:00And he gets the congratulations
21:02Of his team
21:08That's four more
21:09That's a lovely cricket shot
21:12From Sanju Sampson
21:13There wasn't a lot of work there
21:15He made it all for himself
21:19And here is the 16th
21:21Maybe no
21:22It's a wicket
21:23Can you believe it
21:25A nice juicy full toss
21:27One of the easiest ones
21:28To hit out of the ground
21:30And Shreya Sire
21:31Has hit it straight
21:32To Glenn Phillips
21:33Certainly not
21:34Mitch Satner's best ball
21:35Of the evening
21:36He won't be complaining
21:39Shreya Sire
21:40Trying to finish it
21:41With a six
21:44Full toss
21:44Which you usually do see
21:45Disappear over the fence
21:48Is to depart
21:49Five of ten deliveries
21:52193 for three
21:56Fold him
21:56So New Zealand
21:58Are finding some
22:00Late joy here
22:01The most effective length
22:04On this wicket
22:06Kyle Jamieson
22:07Full and straight
22:12Sanju Sampson
22:1318
22:14It's 195 for four
22:19An outside edge
22:21Down to the boundary
22:22So a piece of luck
22:23For India
22:24But they've deserved
22:25Every little bit of luck
22:27Because they have
22:27Outplayed New Zealand
22:29Handsomely here
22:30At the Henry Stadium
22:32In Wellington
22:33They have wrapped up
22:35The series
22:363-0
22:37In double quick time
22:39Smile on the face
22:41Of the New Zealand
22:41Captain
22:43But at the end of the day
22:44When they disappear
22:45Into the hut
22:45I would suggest
22:46There's some serious
22:47Thinking to do
22:49That is it
22:50The third
22:51T20 International
22:52At Henry Stadium
22:54New Zealand
22:54Having lost the toss
22:55For the third time
22:56198 for three
22:57India chase it down
22:59After 13.2 overs
23:00And secure the series
23:01And with that
23:04They win the series
23:063-0
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23:08You
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