Colin Munro's blazing half-century and Tim Southee's last over to defend 15 runs helped New Zealand seal the T20I series 2-1
Scorer: Chandan Duorah | Commentator: Shashank Kishore
Right, that brings us to the end of our coverage. Hope you enjoyed it. Until next time, from Hemant and myself Shashank Kishore, have a wonderful evening. Cheers
Kane Williamson: Brilliant game, great advertisements. Credit to India for a great series. The first performance was our best, there were learnings in the second game. Both teams put in strong performances tonight, we did slightly better. We travel-train-play and straight into the next series against Bangladesh, that's the nature of international cricket but the guys are looking forward to it
Rohit Sharma: Disappointing to not cross the line but we fought well right till the end. 210 odd was always going to be tough, but we were in it till the end, they held their nerve and kept hitting their yorkers. Lot of positives, we started well with the ODIs, wanted to do well here but the boys throughout the tour were excellent, put in a lot of hard work. They will b disappointed tonight but we've to learn from the mistakes we made from the tour and move ahead. Would've nice to fly back with a series win, but yes, lot of positives through the tour, looking forward to heading home and playing Australia.
"Great to have a performance like that this series," says Man of the Series Tim Seifert. "Haven't seen a crowd in Hamilton like this in a long time. Enjoyed batting with Munro at the top of the order."
"Was touch and go, but the boys did well to finish it off," says Man of the Match Munro. "Came out nice and free, tried to play my game and put pressure on the bowlers. Had my luck, it went my way."
Girdharitard: "Karthik has to be bat liitle higher.15 rpo for four over is to too much to achieve."
Anil Kumble reckons fielding and missed catches cost India the game. Hardik Pandya was upset and he had every reason to be.
Predictions for Player of the Match? Munro?
Tonight in Hamilton:
India Women needed 16 runs of the last six balls: managed 13.
India Men needed 16 runs of the last six balls: managed 11.
Stats wiz Mazher tweets: This is first time India have lost a three-match T20I series. Of previous ten, they had won 9 and drawn one.
Earlier in the night, the White Ferns clinched a last-ball win after denying Mithali Raj. Now, the Black Caps have clinched a thriller by denying Krunal and Karthik. What a memorable finish to the series in front of a sell out. India's long tour of the southern hemisphere that began with a T20I in Brisbane on November 21 is finally over. They tied the T20Is, won the Test and ODIs in Australia before hopping over to take the ODIs 4-1. The hosts have been super dominant in the shortest format, India will perhaps rue their run-clog in the middle overs today.
Aman: "That last ball four off Khaleel from Taylor becomes the turning point.."
Manish Raval: "DK should have taken the single on 19.3 Today seemed like Krunal's day...."
The middle-order finisher says he has become the best-possible version of himself thanks to plenty of practice and the Indian team's full support
The New Zealand Cricket match officials manager said a review process had confirmed Shaun Haig's error, and that the umpire had felt in the aftermath that he had let his fellow officials down
Hardik Pandya came close to taking a wicket in Hamilton on several occasions, but instead ended up with 44 for 0
Colin Munro's blazing half-century and Tim Southee's last over to defend 15 runs helped New Zealand seal the T20I series 2-1
The format may be different, but New Zealand will look to firm up their World Cup plans
