Dinesh Karthik refused a single to the big-hitting Krunal off the third ball of the over leading to some debate on whether he took the right decision.
Vijay Shankar had some decent performances with the bat during the New Zealand leg and he said that he learnt a lot by just watching MS Dhoni.
Kane Williamson said the series win was a big confidence booster for his side and their main aim coming into the rubber was just to gel as a unit.
Fans lauded MS Dhoni's gesture towards the Indian flag during third T20I against New Zealand in Hamilton.
Shankar batted at number three in two of three T20Is against New Zealand, scoring 43 off 28 balls in the final game and 23 in the series opener.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly said that MS Dhoni's form in Australia and New Zealand was the biggest positive for India ahead of the World Cup.
A first-ever T20I series win would have been an icing on the cake but the hosts held their nerves to pull off a thrilling victory.
New Zealand beat India by 4 runs in the third and final T20I in Hamilton to clinch the series 2-1.
India lost the third and final T20I at Hamilton by 4 runs to lose the three-match T20 series against New Zealand 2-1.
India fought hard but lost the third T20I by 4 runs as New Zealand clinched the three-match series 2-1 in Hamilton.
In both games whether chasing or batting first, India were stuck in the less than 140-run mark, which is below-par against a top team like New Zealand.
Live Streaming Cricket, India vs New Zealand, 3rd T20I: Watch IND vs NZ T20I Cricket Match Live Streaming Online at Hotstar and Live Telecast on Star Sports 1 & Star Sports HD from Seddon Park, Hamilton.
The chase was set up by skipper Rohit Sharma (50 off 29 balls) in company of Shikhar Dhawan (30, 31 balls) with a 79-run stand after Krunal Pandya got three wickets to restrict the hosts to 158/8.
Captain Rohit Sharma hit a fiery fifty while young gun Rishabh Pant played an anchor role to take India over the finish line with a series-levelling win in Auckland.
The bizarre entire incident caused a lot of drama in the middle as Daryl Mitchell had to walk out in a rather unfortunate manner.
After suffering their biggest loss in T20 Internationals in terms of runs on Wednesday night, India don't have a lot of time to introspect with just 24 hours separating the two games.
Chasing 160, India were going strong at 102 for 1 but Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues' dismissal proved fatal for the visitors who collapsed to 136 all out.
A Rohit Sharma-led Team India went into the match with a playing XI which consisted of 8 batsmen.
The wicket-keeper batsman blasted a 43-ball 84 to lay the foundation of New Zealand's 219-6 against India at the Westpac Stadium.
Krunal felt that India's defeat was "a combination of both poor bowling and some great batting by the Black Caps".
Top News
Latest News
