It was an all-round show from the Indian bowlers as they restricted New Zealand to 129/6 in their chase of 134 to win the game by 4 runs.
Three Associate Members will play in their first ICC World Cup in 2020 as a result of these pathway events; Japan and Nigeria competed at the recently concluded U19 Cricket World Cup
Chasing 124, Natalie Sciver smashed a strokeful fifty as England romped home comfortably, scoring 124 for six with seven balls to spare.
Team India will look to give chances to Navdeep Saini and Washington Sundar in the next two T20Is after clinching the series via Super Over in Hamilton.
India won the second T20I convincingly but played a strong XI against a Sri Lankan side which was inexperienced in Indore.
Former England skipper Michael Vaughan though defended it and said that is how the game works. "It's just a part of the game."
Paul Sterling finished the year with 748 runs in 20 matches while Sandeep Lamichhane scalped 28 wickets in 16 T20I matches he played his 2019.
Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana scored fifties as India (185/4) beat West Indies (101/9) by 84 runs in the first T20I of the five-match series at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium.
Former India wicketkeeper and current NCA coach Ajay Ratra said that Rishabh Pant's stance is right but he just needs to work on his body balance while keeping.
Stand-in India captain Rohit Sharma said that India are trying out new players in T20Is because in other formats they have a settled squad.
Nicholas Pooran has amassed 2278 runs in 119 T20 matches, averaging 24.49, including 12 fifties.
Steve Smith averages just 27.48 in 35 matches in the shortest format of the game and the 30-year-old is eyeing to improve his record in T20I cricket.
Australia was 41-0 off just 3.1 overs on Sunday when rain began to fall heavily in Sydney, just 11 balls away from the five overs required to constitute a match against Pakistan.
India will look to give the fresh faces a go against Bangladesh as they aim to get the perfect XI in place for next year's World T20 in Australia.
Zimbabwe posted 144-5 and looked headed for victory with Bangladesh 60-6 in the 10th over before the 19-year-old counterattacked in style.
In order to add more excitement to the longest format of the game, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has already come out with the concept of World Test Championship.
Playing for Bellary Tuskers in the Karnataka Premier League, the all-rounder smashed 134 with the bat and then took 8 wickets for 15 runs as his team won by 70 runs against Shimoga Lions.
Krishnappa Gowtham hit an unbeaten 134 off 56 deliveries and then went on to take 8/15 in his 4 overs for Bellary Tuskers in the Karnataka Premier League.
Colin Ackermann on Wednesday returned with bowling figures of 7-18 in Leicestershire's 55-run victory against Birmingham Bears in a T20 Blast game in Leicester.
Ellyse Perry is now 12 points ahead of Stafanie Taylor at a career-high 398 points and at the top of the table for the first time since October 2017.
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