India prevail in thriller
Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah helped India pull off a thrilling six-run win over New Zealand in the third and final ODI and clinch the series 2-1 on Sunday.
Bumrah claimed three wickets and effected a crucial run out of dangerman Tom Latham in the 48th over to make the visitors falter in their 338-run chase at Kanpur's Green Park Stadium.
The Kiwis, who looked like favourites with 35 runs required from the last 24 balls, ended on 331-7 despite Latham's 52-ball 65.
Earlier sparkling centuries by opening batsman Rohit Sharma and skipper Virat Kohli steered India to 337-6 after being put in to bat.
Sharma, who smashed 147 off 138 balls, and Kohli, who made 113, became the first pair in ODIs to record four double-century stands between them.
But it was the superb death bowling show by Bumrah that stood out in the big-scoring game. Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal also chipped in with two crucial wickets.
SCORES IN BRIEF
INDIA: 337 for 6 (Sharma 147, Kohli 113, Dhoni 25, Jadhav 18; Southee 2-66, Milne 2-64, Santner 2-58)
NEW ZEALAND: 331 for 7 (Munro 75, Williamson 64, Taylor 39, Latham 65, Nicholls 37; Bumrah 3-47, Chahal 2-47)
Result: India won by 6 runs and clinched 3-match series 2-1.
Player-of-the-match: Rohit Sharma.
Player-of-the-series: Virat Kohli.
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