India vs New Zealand Highlights 3rd T20: Match tied in Napier, IND win series 1-0

Umpires inform the team that no play can resume from here onwards as the match ends in a tie. India win the series 1-0.

“We probably we would have liked 180, with such a good platform.” 

Meanwhile, the rain is back. 

The good news here is that the rain has stopped. The umpires were seen taking a stroll, checking the playing conditions. Now we wait for an official word from them about the proceedings.

No significant improvement in weather and if it remains the same until the next 20 minutes from now, the game will be called off.

Even if the match doesn't start, India have nothing to lose. They have a 1-0 lead in the series and it will remain as it is.

As per our reporter Aditya Bhattacharya at Napier, chances of rain stopping anytime soon looks slim. In fact it has got heavier. 

If the conditions remain as it is, the match will be a tie. Both the teams stand at par as per the DLS score.

Six runs come off the ninth over bowled by Ish Sodhi as India reach 75/4 in 9 overs. They need another 86 runs to win from 66 balls as umpires signalled for covers.

Mitchell Santner comes into the attack and Deepak Hooda gets a lucky, as Devon Conway fails to hold on to an outside edge, and also a stumping in the same ball. 

Five runs come off the over as IND reach 69/4 after 8 overs. Meanwhile, it's drizzling at the moment, but the play continues.

Ish Sodhi comes into the attack and the move pays straightaway. He dismisses Suryakumar Yadav, who is caught by Glenn Phillips for 13. 

Deepak Hooda joins his captain in the middle as India reach 64/4 after 7 overs.

Suryakumar Yadav joins the party and hits a good length ball by Lockie Ferguson for a six over the cover fence. He concedes eight runs off the over as IND reach 58/3 after six overs.

Hardik Pandya takes charge and welcomes Tim Southee with a four. A length ball and Pandya hits his hard down the ground, which goes past the bowler for a four.

Southee changes his length, bangs it short, Pandya pulls it over square leg for a six. 

11 runs come off the over as IND move to 50/3 after 5 overs.

Plenty of half chances for New Zealand as Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav get going. 16 runs come off the over bowled by Milne as India move to 39/3 after 4 overs.

A brilliant over by Tim Southee. He starts with a couple of four, one was a misfield by Ish Sodhi. However, Sodhi recovers well and takes a sharp catch in the following delivery to pack Pant for 11(5). 

Southee then packs Shreyas Iyer for a first-ball duck as India go three down with 23 on the board from 3 overs.

Ishan Kishan hits the bowler for a four in the following deliver. Almost a similar shot, and hits it towards the mid-wicket region, enough to get a boundary. He is then caught by Mark Chapman, right next to square leg fence as he departs for 10(11).

Suryakumar Yadav joins the action. IND: 13/1 (2 overs)

Ishan Kishan attempts a pull against Milne but doesn't get any connection. The ball hits his arm and he looks in some pain as physio attends the batter. IND: 9/0 (1.3 overs)

A beautiful cover drive by Rishabh Pant off Adam Milne's ball. Tim Southee makes a brilliant effort and saves a run for his team as the batters runs three. 

Lots of checking but no concrete evidence, if it's a four or not, but umpire decides to stick with three. IND: 9/0 (1.1 overs)

Southee bangs it short, wide of the off stump and Ishan Kishan pounces on it. He connects it well and sends the ball over the third wicket fence for a six. IND: 6/0 (1 over)

Rishabh Pant and Ishan Kishan walk in to lead the run chase. Tim Southee will start the attack for New Zealand. 

Harshal Patel comes to bowl the final over and cleans up Tim Southee in the fourth ball for 6. New Zealand are bundled out for 160 in 19.4 overs.

New Zealand are losing the plot as they lose wickets in quick succession. Arshdeep Singh packs Daryl Mitchell for 10. He then sends Ish Sodhi back for a golden duck with a clinical yorker. 

The next delivery is a run-out as Adam Milne departs for 0. NZ: 151/9 (18.5 overs)

Siraj adds another wicket to his tally as he picks his fourth scalp. He dismisses Mitchell Santner for 1 as New Zealand reach 149/6 after 18 overs.

New Zealand lose another wicket in quick succession. This time it's Conway, who is dismissed for 59 by Arshdeep Singh. 12 runs come off the over.

Meanwhile Siraj continues his fine show and packs Jimmy Neesham for 0 in the first ball of his third over. He bowls an offcutter, which takes a thick edge and balloons up in the air. Rishabh Pant calls for it and takes it with minimum problems. NZ: 147/5 (17.1 overs) 

Mohammed Siraj comes into the attack and bowls an exceptional over, which also gets India the wicket of Glenn Phillips. 

The pacer bangs it short, which takes the edge of Phillips' bat before it is caught by Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who runs in from the fine leg region and completes a sharp catch. 

Daryl Mitchell is the new batter in as New Zealand move to 135/3 in 16 overs

Glenn Phillips hits half-century off 31 balls, as nine runs come off the over bowled by Harshal Patel. New Zealand reach 129/2 in 15 overs

Glenn Phillips hits the ball out of the park. He slams a length ball by Bhuvneshwar on the roof at the mid-wicket region and goes on to finish the boundary with another four. 

15 runs come off the over as Bhuvneshwar finishes his quota. He concedes 35 runs and fails to pick a single wicket. NZ: 120/2 (14 overs)