Amit Mishra shines;as India win the series
October 29, 2016 | SportsGuff Team 1K ReadsIndia beat New Zealand by a huge margin of 190 runs to win the series 3-2.
On batting first,India managed to put on a descent total of 269 runs for the loss of 6 wickets.RG Sharma was the top scorer as he put on 70 runs from 65 balls.After losing the openers,it was again Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni who build up the scoreline.Virat got out scoring 65 runs from 76 balls while Dhoni got out scoring 41 runs from 59 balls.Later,it was KM Jadhav and AR Patel who helped India to cross the 260 mark.TA Boult and IS Sodhi took 2 wickets each while JDS Neesham and MJ Santner took a wicket each.In reply,New Zealand put on a very dissapointing show as they crumble out to make only 79 runs.UT Yadav strucked in the very first over as he bowled out MJ Guptill for a duck.KS Williamson was the top scorer for the kiwis scoring 27 runs.But,the hero of the show was Amit Mishra who took 5 wickets and he was the key to India succcess.
It was a dissapointing tour for New Zealand as they were outclassed in both Test and ODI.Amit Mishra was adjusted the Man of the Match and Man of the Series as he took 15 wickets in the series.
Match Summary:
India:269/6 in 50 overs
NZ:79/10 in 23.1 overs
Result:India won by 190 runs
