Player of the Match
Player of the Match

6.50pm That brings to an end today's proceedings. Thanks for joining us. See you again soon.

6.40pm Last to be interviewed is Mohammed Shami, the Player of the Match. He says, and I paraphrase: "I always start trying to bowl good rhythm and line and length. The seam release is all about reptitions. As they say, if you love something enough, it become yours. I get irritated if the seam is not perfect. I love it when you can see the seam in the air. So I just keep trying to do that."

"Rohit Sharma to speak now. And I paraphrase: "I thought these last five games, the bowlers have really stepped up. Whatever we have asked of them, they have delivered. Especially doing this in India. You can expect these performances away from India, but they have real skills. When we trained here yesterday in the night, it moved around, there was good carry. Which is why we wanted that challenge: 250 would have been quite challenging. Shami and Siraj did want to go on for longer spells, but I told them a big Test series coming up. I had to step in and say boss there are other bowlers as well. I am happy with my batting. I have kept my approach quite similar. I try to take the bowlers on. It is important to do that: to try to out the pressure back. I know a big score hasn't come, but I am happy with how I am going. I know a big score is around the corner.".

Tom Latham is the first one to speak first. And I paraphrase: "Batting up top wasn't our finest day. India bowled right areas for a long time and pretty much gave us nothing. Not idea but full credit to India. The surface did a little bit, a bit of tennis-ball bounce, some came through, some didn't. Unfortunately we were unable to build a partnership. Every time you want to put in a great performance but unfortunately we were unable to adapt quickly enough."

6.30 As we await the presentation, I think this is India's biggest win against New Zealand in terms of number of balls remaining.

6.27pm "This was a good opportunity for me to spend some time in the middle, and happy that I have come back not out," Gill says. "We were expecting there would be more for their fast bowlers, but after the five bowlers it was good to bat on. It did grip a little for Santner and Bracewell."

6.23pm With that, another series win wrapped up by India. Set up some excellent seam bowling from Shami and Siraj, and then a good back-up act by Pandya when New Zealand looked to rebuild. A target of 108 was never going to test India, and they have got home with nearly 30 overs remaining

20.1
4
Santner to Shubman Gill, FOUR, it's all over. Gill finishes it with a silken shot. Down the wicket, and lofts this over mid-on

END OF OVER:
20 | 5 Runs | IND: 107/2 (2 runs required from 30 overs, RR: 5.35, RRR: 0.06)

  • Ishan Kishan8 (9b)
  • Shubman Gill36 (52b)
  • Michael Bracewell2-0-13-0
  • Mitchell Santner4-0-24-1
19.6
0
Bracewell to Ishan Kishan, no run, stretches forward to defend this to point
19.5
4
Bracewell to Ishan Kishan, FOUR, hard reverse-sweep. Well over point. That's one way when the ball is turning. Now within a shot
19.4
0
Bracewell to Ishan Kishan, no run, too full, nearly a yorker, dug out back to him
19.3
0
Bracewell to Ishan Kishan, no run, nice drop and turn for Bracewell. Goes past his outside edge
19.2
1
Bracewell to Shubman Gill, 1 run, down the wicket to push this down to long-on for one
19.1
0
Bracewell to Shubman Gill, no run, nice turn for Bracewell, defended to leg

END OF OVER:
19 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | IND: 102/2 (7 runs required from 31 overs, RR: 5.36, RRR: 0.22)

  • Ishan Kishan4 (5b)
  • Shubman Gill35 (50b)
  • Mitchell Santner4-0-24-1
  • Michael Bracewell1-0-8-0
18.6
0
Santner to Ishan Kishan, no run, fires this in straight. Pushed back to him
18.5
0
Santner to Ishan Kishan, no run, nice drop on this, turns back in, defended with hard hands
18.4
0
Santner to Ishan Kishan, no run, down the wicket again, but Santner shortens the length this time. Defended
18.3
4
Santner to Ishan Kishan, FOUR, mid-off is up and Kishan can't help himself. Out of his crease early, and lofts this over mid-off for four
18.2
0
Santner to Ishan Kishan, no run, goes full, but gives him some width. Driven straight to extra cover

In comes Ishan Kishan with 11 runs required. Leg gully in place

18.1
W
Santner to Kohli, OUT, lovely bowling by Santner. He has done Kohli in twice. Superb dip on the ball as Kohli looks to play on the front foot. He is nowhere near the pitch of the ball, which means his back foot is also dragged. The ball turns, goes past the edge, and he is stumped

V Kohli st †Latham b Santner 11 (19m 9b 2x4 0x6) SR: 122.22

END OF OVER:
18 | 8 Runs | IND: 98/1 (11 runs required from 32 overs, RR: 5.44, RRR: 0.34)

  • Shubman Gill35 (50b)
  • Virat Kohli11 (8b)
  • Michael Bracewell1-0-8-0
  • Henry Shipley5-0-29-1
17.6
0
Bracewell to Shubman Gill, no run, beaten on the reverse-sweep, mainly by the bounce than anything else. Hit on the body
17.5
4
Bracewell to Shubman Gill, FOUR, slog-sweep from well outside off, beats deep midwicket to his right. He has hit this in air, but he knows he is not going to get six. He has just placed this superbly
17.4
0
Bracewell to Shubman Gill, no run, out of the crease this time, Bracewell slows this up and pulls the length back. Defended
17.3
0
Bracewell to Shubman Gill, no run, looks to charge down, Bracewell goes flat, he stays back and defends
17.2
0
Bracewell to Shubman Gill, no run, short of a length, looks to run it square on the off side, but can't beat point
17.1
4
Bracewell to Shubman Gill, FOUR, not that he needs a second invitation. Proper long hop to start off with, and he pulls him over midwicket for four

Bracewell to bowl now. Gill might just go after him

END OF OVER:
17 | 11 Runs | IND: 90/1 (19 runs required from 33 overs, RR: 5.29, RRR: 0.57)

  • Shubman Gill27 (44b)
  • Virat Kohli11 (8b)
  • Henry Shipley5-0-29-1
  • Mitchell Santner3-0-20-0

Sree: "Now that the series is in India's hands, I think Kohli should skip the final ODI and play the next Ranji match of Delhi. He is still lagging behind in tests, and some red ball exposure before the Australia series might do him good."

16.6
1
Shipley to Shubman Gill, 1 run, yorker on the leg stump, dug out into the leg side for one
16.5
1
Shipley to Kohli, 1 run, pulled to long leg this time

India 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st72RG SharmaShubman Gill
2nd26V KohliShubman Gill
3rd13Ishan KishanShubman Gill