In the third and final T20 match played at Hamilton, the Indian team faced defeat by four runs. The New Zealand team batted first and scored a huge score of 212 for 4 wickets in 20 overs.
In reply, the Indian team fought very hard till the end and scored 208/6 in 20 overs. In this way, the Kiwi team won the series by 2-1.
So lets us know the 4 reasons why the Indian team faced the defeat in the third match:
4. Yuzvendra Chahal was dropped from the team:
Everyone knows that the pair of Kuldeep and Chahal have won many matches in the limited overs cricket for India. In such a situation where Kuldeep Yadav was bowled superbly from one end, Chahal would have prevented Kiwi from making quick runs in the middle overs.
3. Rohit Sharma's slow batting:
Indian team captain Rohit Sharma got out in the 14th over, but during this time he scored 38 runs off 32 balls with just three boundaries and after the powerplay did not try to play a big shot at all. If Rohit batted more freely in the middle then maybe Indian would have won the game.
2. Struggled to get wickets in the powerplay:
New Zealand made a great start and added 80 runs for the first wicket. Tim Seifert and Colin Munro batted aggressively, If India had picked both of these wickets in the first 6 overs, then the Kiwi team could have struggled to score.
1. Worst Fielding:
The main reason that India lost the match is of poor fielding. First Khaleel Ahmed dropped the catch of Colin Munro, After this, he scored a four and a six in the next two balls.
Not only this, Shankar and pant also dropped the catches which are of all to Hardik Pandya's bowling. Good fielding is very important in close matches and this mistake cost India the game and series.
In reply, the Indian team fought very hard till the end and scored 208/6 in 20 overs. In this way, the Kiwi team won the series by 2-1.
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