Allan-Conway came into the field with a target of 386 runs. But New Zealand didn’t get off to a good start. As Hardik bowled the first over, Allen was shocked to be ducked out in the second ball of the over. Then, the Nicholls-Conway partnership, calmed down and played. Then, at the end of 6 overs, the score was 36/1. After that, Nichols showed action and Conway also started to act. The fours and sixes started coming and the score started to rise. At the end of 9 overs the score was 68/1. After stumbling early, Shardul started bowling well. Umran Malik and Kuldeep also contributed well. A relaxed Conway reached his half-century with a six in the 14th over.
The team reached 100 runs in the 15th over. But in the same over, he was dismissed LBW by Kuldeep and Nicholls was out for 42. Daryl Mitchell was next to pitch. Occasional boundaries came from Conway’s bat. But they scored a lot of single runs. In the last interview Maiden Ovare had many. This time they fixed it. New Zealand were 151/2 at the end of 22 overs thanks to Conway-Mitchell’s calm play. Conway reached his century with successive sixes off the first two balls of the 24th over. The partnership added runs through singles, but Shardul, who came to bowl the 26th over, took the wicket of Darryl Mitchell, and in the very next ball, Tagore “ducked out” New Zealand captain Tom Latham. This was the turning point of the match. Although successive wickets fell, the last two overs of the same over Conway also hit boundaries with the ball. New Zealand scored 197/4 at the end of 27 overs. Shardul also took the much-anticipated wicket of Phillip in the 28th over. Conway, despite the help of other players, failed to hold on as the team fought for victory, losing his wicket to Umran Malik in the 32nd over for 138. Devon Conway out for runs. New Zealand scored 230/6 at the end of 32 overs, but Indian bowlers’ scintillating bowling took the next wicket at regular intervals before Sahal took the 10th wicket of Santander in the 2nd ball of the 42nd over and New Zealand were bowled out for 295. By 90 runs India won hugely.
Also, the Indian team won the series with a clean sweep of 3-0. Shardul Tagore was chosen as the man of the match and Subman Gill as the man of the series. Due to the series of victories, the Indian team has also advanced to the top spot in the ODI International Cricket Team List.
