India win rain-marred T20 series after third match ends in tie

Arshdeep Singh and Mohammed Siraj stopped New Zealand in its tracks with gamechanging spells before India won the rainmarred third and final T20 via DuckworthLewis method to claim the threematch series 10 TuesdayArshdeep and Siraj fired in tandem and shared eight wickets between them as India bowled New Zealand out for 160 in 194 overs after the hosts elected to batNew Zealand were going strong at 130 for two in the 16th over but Arshdeep 437 and Siraj 417 led Indias remarkable comebackThe hosts lost eight wickets for just 30 runs after Devon Conway 59 off 49 balls and Glenn Phillips 54 off 33 had propped up their inningsIn reply India were precariously placed at 75 for 4 when rain stopped play It was a DLS parscore at that time The game never resumed and ended in a tieRishabh Pant 11 after a couple of intentfilled boundaries played a lousy shot to get dismissed and Suryakumar Yadav 13 had a rare low scoreAlso Read India bowl out NZ for 160 in 3rd T20ISkipper Pandya who didnt bowl a single delivery in the series due to stiff neck had scored a nice little 30 off 18 balls when heavens opened upIndia after 2020 have once again won a T20 series in New ZealandHowever the last time it was a comprehensive 50 win during the summer season and this time around there was little context post T20 World CupThe sole point of interest was to check how Indias probable long term T20 captain Pandya and a newlook team faredBut with opening match completely washed out and final game also suffering due to inclement weather there was little to take home apart from Suryakumar Yadavs glorious serieswinning hundred in Tauranga and Siraj emerging as potent T20 option in favourable conditionsAfter New Zealand opted to bat India got their first breakthrough when Arshdeep had Finn Allen trapped in front of the wicket with a full delivery that swung in from around middleAllen thought about a review before deciding to walk back as the ball was clearly going to hit the stumpsVeteran Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled a tight third over before Conway decided to take on leftarm seamer Arshdeep carting him through midwicket for a four before lofting the bowler over extra cover for a sixHe then chipped one over the pacers head for a lovely boundaryThe fourth over yielded 19 runs and it seemed New Zealand were on their way Bhuvneshwar Kumar conceded 14 runs in the next over as the Kiwis looked to end the powerplay their weak area in recent times on a strong noteHowever a bowling change put paid to all such hopes as Siraj dismissed Mark Chapman for a runaball 12 Against a length ball on middle and leg Chapman got a leading edge while trying to flick and Arshdeep completed the catch without much fuss ending a brief but brisk partnershipAfter conceding 33 runs in two overs the Indian bowlers fought back strongly to concede only 17 runs in the next fourConway broke the shackles with a boundary off Yuzvendra Chahal as New Zealand reached 74 for two at the halfway stage of their inningsIn a subdued start the bighitting Phillips found a couple of boundaries before hitting Chahal for a four and a huge six off successive balls to help his team go past 100 in the 13th overPhillips them launched himself into Bhuvenshwar smashing a four and a monstrous six that landed on the roof at McLean ParkAs many as 31 runs came from over number 12 and 13 before Phillips smoked Harshal Patel over deep square leg for another maximumHowever Phillips got a topedge against Siraj and Buvneshwar took the catch in the deep in what was a massive breakthrough for the touristsPhillips dismissal triggered a collapse as the the hosts lost their remaining wickets for very littleThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever