India vs New Zealand 5th T20 Match Scorecard: India has won the fifth T20 match by 46 runs. In this match played in Thiruvananthapuram, Team India, batting first, scored a huge score of 271 runs. This is the third highest score of Team India in international T20 cricket. In response, the New Zealand team could not even play the full 20 overs and were all out for 225 runs. With this, India has won this series 4-1.

Team India won the toss and chose to bat first in this match. Sanju Samson once again flopped, scoring only 6 runs. Abhishek Sharma could not convert his innings of 30 runs in 16 balls into a half-century or century.

Arshdeep Singh hit his paw

Arshdeep Singh is the highest wicket taker for India in T20 International cricket. He has taken more than 100 wickets, but till now it has not happened that he has taken 5 wickets in a single match. Against New Zealand in Thiruvananthapuram, he took 5 wickets for 51 runs in 4 overs. Arshdeep was also the bowler taking the most wickets in this entire series. He took 8 wickets in the series.

Ishan Kishan’s century in 42 balls

Maintaining his excellent form, Ishan Kishan completed his century in 42 balls. In this match, he scored 103 runs playing 43 balls, in which he hit 10 sixes and 6 fours. This was the fifth fastest century for India in international T20 cricket and the fastest century in T20 against New Zealand.

India won the series 4-1

Team India has defeated New Zealand 4-1 in the five-match T20 series. The first T20 match was played in Nagpur, which India won by 41 runs. After that, Team India registered a big win by 7 wickets and then by 8 wickets in Guwahati. New Zealand’s only win in the series came in the fourth match, which was played in Visakhapatnam. New Zealand won that match by 50 runs. Now in the fifth match, Team India made a comeback and won by 46 runs.