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

Deepak Chahar picks the final wicket! India win by 73 runs! This is India's biggest victory over New Zealand (by runs). An excellent effort from the bowlers – Axar Patel (3/9) in particular – steered India to a 3-0 clean sweep against the Kiwis.

Harshal picks his second. Ish Sodhi departs on 9! He is caught at long-on boundary by Suryakumar Yadav.

New Zealand 94/9 in 16.2 overs. Target - 185

New Zealand go eight down! Adam Milne becomes Iyer's first wicket in international cricket. Milne hits it straight towards Rohit Sharma at cover.

New Zealand 93/8 in 15.1 overs. Target - 185

New Zealand have dug their own grave. Ishan and Pant combine again as the Kiwis lose their seventh. Brilliant work from Ishan yet again as he picks the delivery from cover and throws it perfectly towards Pant to dismiss captain Mitchell Santner.

New Zealand 84/7 in 13.1 overs. Target - 185

Take a bow, Rishabh Pant! James Neesham falls on 3. Neesham swings the bat across and the ball finds a top edge, going over wicketkeeper's head. Pant swirls backwards, runs towards right before taking a sharp left and barely holds on to the ball.

New Zealand 83/6 in 13 overs. Target - 185

Further misery for New Zealand. Tim Seifert angry with himself as he is dismissed on 17. Good throw from Ishan Kishan and an equally impressive collection from Rishabh Pant, as the two wicketkeepers combine to dismiss the opposition wicketkeeper-batter Seifert! There was never a second there.

New Zealand 76/5 in 12 overs. Target - 185

Yuzvendra Chahal picks his first wicket of the innings and it's the big one! Martin Guptill departs on 51. Brilliant recovery from the leg-spinner after shaky first-two overs, as he pulls back his length a little this time. Guptill, wary of the required run-rate, goes for a big hit but fails to clear the long on boundary.

New Zealand 70/4 in 11 overs. Target - 185

Martin Guptill reaches his half-century in the 10th over of the innings. The opener remains paramount to New Zealand's chances in this run-chase and he needs to carry on with a similar strike-rate throughout the rest of the innings.

Chahal leaks 16 runs from the ninth over. Poor lines from the leg-spinner, as he bowls one down-the-leg for an easy four before bowling full and outside-off for Guptill to smack it into the stands.

New Zealand 61/3 in 9 overs; Target - 185

Brilliant variations in pace from Harshal Patel across the six deliveries of his first over as he concedes only four. Tim Seifert, in particular, having difficulty in judging the slower ones from Harshal.

New Zealand 45/3 in 8 overs

He concedes only four off his first over. Keeps the ball largely back of the length, not allowing a dangerous Martin Guptill much room outside off.

New Zealand 41/3 in 7 overs. Target - 185

Iyer gets the ball for the first time in his international career. He has 29 wickets in 55 T20s.

Excellent start for India courtesy Axar Patel. Brilliant captaincy from Rohit to bring spin early in the Powerplay, as the Kiwi batter throw their wickets away trying to attack the left-arm spinner.

Third wicket for the spinner! What a start for the bowler. Glenn Phillips goes for a duck. The batter goes for a reverse-sweep but he misses the line as Axar bowls it towards leg. The ball hits the stumps as New Zealand lose their third wicket.

New Zealand 30/3 in 5 overs. Target - 185

Chapman departs on a duck! This is excellent from Axar Patel. Flighted delivery from the spinner and Chapman gets tempted to walk out of the crease. He completely misses the line, however, and Rishabh Pant does the rest of the work behind the stumps.

New Zealand 22/2 in 3 overs. Target - 185

Mitchell dismissed! Axar Patel strikes. A tossed up delivery from Axar and the batter looks to play the lofted shot. However, he mistimes it towards cover-point as Harshal Patel catches it safely.

New Zealand 21/1 in 2.1 overs

Oh Deepak Chahar, what have you done? It would've been an otherwise easy catch for the fielders at mid-on and mid-off, but Chahar went for the catch off his own delivery and was caught at an awkward angle, and eventually dropped Guptill.

New Zealand 21/0 in 2 overs

Martin Guptill gets off the mark with a four! A brilliant shot over cover from the New Zealand opener. 

New Zealand 5/0 in 1 over. Target - 185

Martin Guptill and Daryl Mitchell open for New Zealand. Bhuvneshwar Kumar to bowl the first over.

A brilliant cameo from Deepak Chahar, who scores 19 runs off the final over of the innings to steer India to a competitive total at Eden Gardens. Venkatesh Iyer (20), Harshal Patel (18) and Deepak Chahar (21*) were key in the lower-middle and lower order, which, perhaps, is the biggest positive for India in this game so far.

Harshal Patel is dismissed on 18. A decent cameo from Harshal. Bizarre way to get dismissed, however, as he is out hit-wicket. Lockie Ferguson with his first wicket of the game.

India 165/7 in 19 overs

India reached the mark in 17.3 overs. Both batters would be aiming to score as much as possible from now on, as dew factor is set to put New Zealand in advantage in the second innings.

After the two Iyers, it is time for the two Patels (Axar and Harshal) to take India to a competitive score in the 3rd T20I. Harshal Patel gets off the mark with a boundary.

India 148/6 in 17 overs

Iyer departs on 25. The two Iyers were looking good, but in a matter of two overs, both are back in the hut. Adam Milne gets his first as Shreyas is caught at long-on.

India 140/6 in 16.1 overs