Hamilton: "Super Overs aren't really New Zealand's friend," skipper Kane Williamson said after a heart-breaking loss to India in the thrilling third T20 International here on Wednesday. India defeated The Back Caps via Super Over to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series. Rohit Sharma smashed consecutive sixes in the final two balls of the eliminator to lead the visitors to their maiden T20 series win in New Zealand. The defeat brought back memories of the 2019 World Cup final, which New Zealand agonisingly lost to England on boundary count.

"Super Overs aren't really our friends. To be honest we would have liked to get across the line earlier and not in the Super Over. It's just a shame that we couldn't get past the line," said a disappointed Williamson at the post-match press conference. "It is pretty disappointing to be on the wrong side of the result after doing a lot of hard work. (But) There was a lot of improvement after the first two games.