Ind vs NZ T20I: Jasprit, Rohit star as India complete 5-0 sweep

Indian pacers led by Jasprit Bumrah fired in unison to help India script an unprecedented 50 series whitewash with a sevenrun victory against New Zealand in the fifth and final T20I here on SundayIndian pacers led by JaspritBumrah fired in unison to help India script an unprecedented 50 series whitewash with a sevenrun victory against NewZealand in the fifth and final T20I MountMaunganui on SundayPhoto ICC pictwittercomPT7kZXniAjmdash IANS Tweets ians_india February 2 2020With the series already in the bag after they won the first four matches of the fivematch series skipper Virat Kohli decided to rest in the final game with deputy Rohit Sharma leading the charge India electing to bat first rode Rohits fifty to post 1633 in 20 oversRohit had to retire hurt on 60 off 41 deliveries 3x3 3x3 after he suffered from cramps and initially decided to continue only to soon realise he can no longer run He did not come out to field with KL Rahul taking over the captaincy roleA delighted Indian skipper ViratKohli said they always look to find ways to win and it was pleasing to see that come off as the men in blue scripted a 50 whitewash over NewZealand after winning the fifth T20I on SundayTeamIndia NZvIND pictwittercomUSwfMF0i87mdash IANS Tweets ians_india February 2 2020The dashing opener batting at No3 in this game led from the front along with Rahul whose purple patch continued as he made 45 off 33 balls 4x4 2x6 as India posted a challenging total It was then over to the Indian pace trio of Bumrah who returned magical figures of 312 Navdeep Saini 223 and Shardul Thakur 238 to restrict the hosts despite a Shivam Dube over going for 34 runsChasing 164 for victory the Kiwis were reduced to 173 before Ross Taylor 53 and Tim Seifert 50 got together for a 99run fourth wicket partnership Martin Guptill 2 was the first to go trapped in front by Bumrah Fellow opener Colin Munro 15 followed suit as he was castled by Washington SundarTom Bruce 0 was run out in a horrible mix up between him and Seifert before Taylor playing his 100th T20I joined the wicketkeeper batsman and steadied things for the Black Caps New Zealands chase was given wings by Dube who leaked a whopping 34 runs in the 10th over forcing Rahul to rue his decision of giving him the ballDube was taken to the cleaners by Seifert and Taylor as the Kiwis reached 983 needing 66 off 60 balls Saini broke the stand in the 13th over just after Seifert got to his fifty having him caught at midwicket by Sanju SamsonIn the next over Bumrah cleanbowled Daryl Mitchell with an inchperfect yorker and started New Zealands downfall Shardul Thakur removed Mitchell Santner and Scott Kuggeleijn in the same over and Navdeep Saini put a lid to Kiwis ambitions of winning at least one game in the series by having Taylor caught behind New Zealand finished with 1569 in 20 oversEarlier Rohit and Rahul helped India to a challenging score For the Kiwis regular captain Kane Williamson who did not play the last T20I also due to a shoulder niggle decided not to risk himself with Tim Southee leading in this game tooIndia lost Samson early the Kerala batsman letting go of another opportunity to impress the team management as he managed just two runs from five balls before being caught by Mitchell Santner off Kuggeleijn who was the pick of the bowlers with 225Samson had failed in the last match too after being given a chance to open the batting which is his preferred position Rohit and Rahul then joined hands for an 88run secondwicket stand which formed the bedrock of Indias innings as they reached 841 at the halfway stageRahul missed out on a halfcentury as he fell to leadingedge off Hamish Bennett with Santner taking a simple catch at cover Rohit brought up his 21st T20 fifty in 35 balls and looked good for a big one but he was starved of the strike by the brilliant Bennett as he made Shreyas Iyer work hard for runs in the 14th over Rohit then suffered from cramps and had to give up eventually after not being able to runIn the final five overs India lacked the powerhitting as Iyer laboured to an unbeaten 33 off 31 balls Dube failed again holding out to Tom Bruce at longon off Kuggeleijn for just fiveIn the end Manish Pandey hit a 4ball 11 to take India to 1633Brief scores India 1633 in 20 overs Rohit Sharma 60 KL Rahul 45 Scott Kuggeleijn 225 New Zealand 1569 Ross Taylor 53 Tim Seifert 50 Jasprit Bumrah 312Catch up on all the latest sports news and updates here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever