ROHIT guides India to series victory

India thrash New Zealand by 73 runs in the third T20I at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata on Sunday. With this win, India pull-off a clean-sweepover the Kiwis in the three match series.

India thrash New Zealand by 73 runs in the third T20I at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata on Sunday. With this win, India pull-off a clean-sweep over the Kiwis in the three match series. Chasing a target of 185, New Zealand were bowled out for 111 with Martin Guptill top-scoring with a fine 36-ball 51. Earlier, India, after opting to bat first, had put up 184 runs on the board for the loss of seven wickets. Skipper Rohit Sharma top-scored for Team India with his 56-run knock. Rohit added 69 runs with Ishan Kishan (29) for the first wicket. Later, Shreyas Iyer (25), Deepak Chahar (21*), Venkatesh Iyer (20) (and Harshal Patel (18) played good cameos with the bat and guided India to a strong score. For New Zealand, stand-in skipper Mitchell Santner was the stand-out bowler with his figures of 3/27 in four overs.