By Admin 
The fifth T20 match was played between India and New Zealand in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday. Team India won this match by 46 runs. Thanks to Ishan Kishan’s century, India had put 271 runs on the board in 20 overs after playing first. In reply, the Kiwi team collapsed for 225 runs. Arshdeep Singh took 5 wickets while bowling for India, but he had a record in his name which no bowler would like to make.
At the Greenfield Stadium, Arshdeep Singh took five wickets for 51 runs in 4 overs. With this, he got the record of taking five wickets while giving the most runs in a T20 International match. Earlier this record was in the name of Alzarri Joseph of West Indies. In 2023, Alzarri Joseph took 5 wickets for 40 runs against South Africa in Johannesburg. South Africa’s Lungi Ngidi is at third place in this record list. He took 5 wickets for 39 runs against England in Bristol in 2022. Arshdeep Singh is the highest wicket taker for India in International T20. This left-arm fast bowler, who debuted in 2022, has taken 118 wickets in 76 matches. This was the first time when Arshdeep took 5 wickets in an innings.
Talking about the fifth T20 match, India won the toss and decided to bat first. Thanks to Ishan Kishan’s first T20 century, India had scored 271 runs for 5 wickets. Kishan played an innings of 103 runs in 43 balls with the help of 10 sixes and 6 fours. Apart from this, captain Suryakumar Yadav scored 63 runs in 30 balls with the help of 6 sixes and 4 fours and Hardik Pandya scored 42 runs in 17 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 1 four.
Finn Allen scored the highest 80 runs for New Zealand. He hit 6 sixes and 8 fours in his innings of 38 balls. However, the Kiwi team was all out for 225 runs in 19.4 overs. In this way, India won the five-match T20 series 4-1.