NZ vs IND T20I series: 3 Thrilling encounters from the vault

India vs New Zealand, Thiruvananthapuram, 2017

It was the series decider of the 2017 series in India. Rain reduced the match to an eight-over affair. India batted first and managed only 67 for 5 in their eight overs. It seemed that the Kiwis will take home the trophy but Jasprit Bumrah had other plans as his spell of 2 for 9 from two overs made sure that the visitors fell short by just six runs in a pressure run chase. Bumrah was the man of the match in a match.

Brief scores: India 67/5 (Manish Pandey 17, Tim Southee 2-0-13-2) beat New Zealand 61/6 (Colin de Grandhomme 17, Jasprit Bumrah 2-0-9-2) by six runs.

New Zealand vs India, Hamilton, 2019

After India leveled the series in Auckland, New Zealand came out determined to win the decider in Hamilton. Kiwi opener Colin Munro blasted 72 as the hosts posted 212 for 4. India during the run chase kept the required rate in check but the inability to build a big partnership hurt India in the end. Vijay Shankar top-scored for India with 43. Dinesh Karthik and Krunal Pandya tried their best but India was only able to score 208 for 6. By the virtue of this, New Zealand won the series 2-1.

Brief scores: New Zealand 212/4 ( Munro 72, T Seifert 43, Kuldeep Yadav 4-0-26-2) beat India 208/6 (V Shankar 43, R Sharma 38, Mitchell Santner 4-1-32-2) by four runs.

The 2020 T20I series between New Zealand and India has five T20Is, so we can say that a few more classics are on our way. This will be the first time these two sides will play a T20I series of five matches.