India vs New Zealand Highlights 3rd T20: India complete 3-0 clean sweep against New Zealand

The left-hander goes for a big hit but is caught. Boult picks his first wicket. The bowler outsmarts Iyer with a slower delivery and the batter, who had already committed to a straight shot, miscues it to deep midwicket.

India 140/5 in 16 overs

A confident start from both, Shreyas and Venkatesh as they keep the scoreboard ticking, while punishing the bad deliveries. 

A first six of his international career as well. He gets underneath the ball from Ish Sodhi and smacks it towards deep mid-wicket. That's more like the Venkatesh Iyer we have seen!

India 127/4 in 14 overs 

The two batters who barely had an opportunity to bat across the two games now have around 8 overs to make a mark. Shreyas Iyer, alongside Venkatesh Iyer currently on the crease.

India 114/4 in 13 overs

Amazing reflexes from Ish Sodhi to dismiss Rohit Sharma. India lose their fourth wicket, Rohit departs on 56. Ish Sodhi bowls wide outside off and Rohit, who had already charged down the track, finds the bottom edge as he goes for a shot towards extra cover. The ball drifts back to Sodhi and the spinner extends his arm for a phenomenal catch.

India 108/4 in 12 overs

26th T20I fifty for the Indian captain! Rohit Sharma brings his half-century in merely 27 deliveries. Long way to go for the skipper, however, as India need a partnership to regain momentum in this game.

India 103/3 in 11 overs

India made a whirlwind start to the innings but Mitchell Santner's two overs have ensured New Zealand's comeback in this game. Onus on Rohit Sharma to keep the scoreboard ticking alongside Shreyas Iyer.

Rishabh Pant departs on 4. A tossed-up delivery from Santner and the batter gets down on one knee to smack it over deep square. A horrible mistiming, however, sends the ball to long-off instead. Pant clearly not happy with his shot.

India 83/3 in 9 overs

Sodhi's first over goes for six as Rishabh Pant takes the crease alongside Rohit. It had been a strong start for India but Santner's two-wicket over means India now need a partnership from the two batters.

India 77/2 in 8 overs

Two in an over! Suryakumar Yadav departs on a duck. Tossed up from Santner and the batter couldn't resist going for an inside-out. He finds a fielder straight at cover as Guptill takes the catch.

India 71/2 in 7 overs

Santner strikes right after the Powerplay. Ishan Kishan falls on 29. A little short from Santner and Ishan looks to cut it late, but nicks the bottom-edge to keeper Tim Seifert.

What an electrifying start for India. Both openers have come with a clear intent to put as much on the board as possible and doing a great job at that. India's best Powerplay in this series!

Rohit also slams his 150th six in T20Is during the final over of the Powerplay. 20 runs off Lockie Ferguson's over.

Rohit and Ishan add the first fifty of India in only 31 deliveries! Rohit brings India's 50 with a boundary towards cover.

India 53/0 in 5.1 overs

Ishan Kishan is currently unbeaten on 24 with five fours! He slams Adam Milne for two successive boundaries in the fifth over.

India 49/0 in 5 overs

Rohit Sharma, who usually takes his time to get going, has charged right from the start in this innings which is a good change, considering the dew. He hits his second six off the innings in Lockie Ferguson's first over.

India 39/0 in 4 overs

With the dew factor set to play a key role towards the later stages of the game, the Indian openers are losing no opportunity to go for the big hits early on. 

India 29/0 in 3 overs

The trademark pull is here! This one was not really off the middle of the bat, but enough to clear the rope at deep backward. Short from Boult and Rohit instinctively goes for the pull. First six of the innings.

India 24/0 in 2.2 overs

Ishan doing what he does best - going after the bowlers from ball one. A couple of lofted shots and a cheeky placement behind first slip to end the over, as the batter gets 10 from Milne's first over.

India 18/0 in 2 overs

That's some way to start the innings. Milne offers room outside off and Kishan attempts to slam it towards cover. A thick outside edge and ball runs away to the third-man boundary.

India 12/0 in 1.1 overs

Lucky four for Rohit. Terrific bowling from Boult as he gets movement early on. A little outside off and Rohit looks to guide it through covers, but gets a thick outside-edge as the ball races past the first slip.

India 8/0 in 1 over

Sourav Ganguly rings the Eden Gardens bell as we are set for the play to begin. Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan open for India. Trent Boult finally gets a shot at first over.

Indians who have played 50 or more T20Is:

Rohit Sharma - 119*
MS Dhoni - 98
Virat Kohli - 95
Suresh Raina - 78
Shikhar Dhawan - 68
Yuvraj Singh - 58
KL Rahul - 56
Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 55*
Ravindra Jadeja - 55
Hardik Pandya - 54
Ravichandran Ashwin - 51
Yuzvendra Chahal - 50

Rohit Sharma (India): We are going to bat first. Pitch looks a little sticky and we want to challenge ourselves as a batting unit. We gotta try various things and this is one of them. We want to put runs on the board and give the new set of bowlers a target to defend. KL and Ashwin are rested. Ishan and Chahal come in.

Mitchell Santner (New Zealand): Yeah (would have bowled). Last few games it has been wet because of the dew. There has been dew throughout. Whatever we do we have to do it well. We have been close, lost a couple of phases especially in the last game during the middle with the bat, we got off to a great start.. But that's just the way. The Indian openers have come out and build partnerships. We are not far away and hopefully we can put up a complete game today. That's (Southee) the only change.

Martin Guptill, Daryl Mitchell, Mark Chapman, Glenn Phillips, Tim Seifert(w), James Neesham, Mitchell Santner(c), Adam Milne, Lockie Ferguson, Ish Sodhi, Trent Boult

Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan(w), Venkatesh Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Harshal Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal