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Drinks break! Well, there is not much to say here. India are on the cusp of a series win here. They have been lethal with the ball so far and haven’t let the Kiwis off the hook. So, it is Blair Tickner who joins Daryl Mitchell at the crease. The Kiwis would like to eat up as many balls as possible to delay the victory for India.

8.3 Shivam Mavi to Mitchell Santner, out, OUT! TAKEN! SKY is everywhere in the field! He takes a brilliant third catch to dismiss Santner here. Shivam Mavi lands this short and on off, Mitchell Santner stays there and connects with his pull shot well towards the deep mid-wicket region. However, Suryakumar Yadav is there and he takes another great catch and does well to keep his balance to no go over the ropes. Santner cannot believe that he has found a fielder here, but he has to go back to the hut. New Zealand six down now!

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4.4 Umran Malik to Mitchell Santner, no run, On a length and outside off, Mitchell Santner leaves it alone and they even get an extra run off it. It is a short ball, drifting down leg. Mitchell Santner gets on his toes to tuck it away but it looks like it brushes his gloves on its way to the keeper. India appeal and the finger goes up. Mitchell Santner thinks about it for a while and takes the review. The replays show no bat/glove involved. The on-field decision is overturned.

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3.1 Arshdeep Singh to Daryl Mitchell, leg byes, 1 run, Arshdeep Singh bowls this a touch fuller and around the leg, Daryl Mitchell misses his flick as the ball goes off his pads towards square leg. A leg bye is taken. There is also a stiffled appeal for LBW, but turned down. However, Hardik Pandya takes the review after some discussions. UltraEdge shows no bat involved and Ball Tracking indicates that it is pitching outside leg. India lose their review.

Right then, India have posted a mammoth total on the board and will be confident enough of defending this and win the series. New Zealand, on the other need something really special to chase this down and for that they will need a good start in the Powwrplay. Let’s see how the chase unfolds.

India vs New Zealand Live Cricket Score and Updates: IND vs NZ 3rd T20I match Live cricket score at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad

New Zealand, on the other hand, will be very disappointed with their bowling effort here. Michael Bracewell once again gave them an early breakthrough, but they could not build on that. They had no answers for the Indian batters, especially Shubman Gill, who took them apart and spared no one. They came up against a special player in this game and will  need to give credit to Gill. Blair Tickner and Ish Sodhi were the other bowlers who picked up a wicket each. 

India vs New Zealand Live Cricket Score and Updates: IND vs NZ 3rd T20I match Live cricket score at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad

India has put on a show here for their fans. They came out with intent, and that reflected on their performance. They did lose Ishan Kishan early, but that did not bother them. Rahul Tripathi and Shubman Gill steadied the ship with a 80-run partnership, with the former setting the tone with a quick-fire 44 off just 22 balls. SKY came in and continued the momentum before getting out. Gill, on the other hand, held one end and scored his maiden T20I fifty before going hammer and tongs with Hardik Pandya on the other end. Gill went berserk at the fag end of the innings and registered his maiden T20I hundred as well and remained unbeaten on 126 runs off just 63 balls which is also the highest individual score by an Indian in this format.

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Take a bow, Shubman Gill! He has shown everyone that he belongs in this format with an incredible hundred. He becomes the fifth Indian to score a ton in all three formats. This is also the highest total by any team against New Zealand in this format. In the last game, we saw 200 being scored in almost 40 overs, and here India have managed well beyond that in the first innings itself

18.3 Benjamin Lister to Shubman Gill, 1 run, Michael Bracewell almost pulls off a spectacular catch. It is full, on middle. Gill lofts it towards long on. Bracewell rushes to his left, he covers a lot of ground, puts in a dive to that side but fails to grab it. One taken.

12.3 Blair Tickner to Suryakumar Yadav, out, OUT! TAKEN! New Zealand needed something special and Michael Bracewell has provided it to get rid of SKY. Blair Tickner serves this full and on middle, Suryakumar Yadav looks to slog it over mid on, but this time fails to get the timing right as his bat twists when he connects and hits it aerially wide of mid on. Michael Bracewell there moves to his right and puts in a full length dive to take a stunning catch. The umpires sends it upstairs to confirm the catch and the replays shows that it is clean. India three down now!

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11.4 Mitchell Santner to Shubman Gill, 1 run, FIFTY FOR GILL! This is his maiden half-century in T20Is and he has looked in good touch. Now, he will look to make this big. Coming to the delivery, Santner bowls this quicker, on leg, Shubman Gill works it off the inner half towards short fine leg for a single.

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Drinks break! India are scoring runs freely here even though they have lost two wickets. Rahul Tripathi set the tone with a quick-fire knock, while Shubman Gill is timing the ball nicely. This is nicely poised for SKY and other big hitters to come in and go hard to post a huge total. The Kiwis need a couple of wickets to break the momentum and get back in this game. An exciting second part of the innings awaits us.

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5.6 Lockie Ferguson to Shubman Gill, 1 run, DROPPED! How costly would this prove to be? Blair Tickner is the culprit here. It is a short ball, on off. Gill only manages to get a thick outside edge. The ball lobs behind short third. Blair Tickner gives it a chase but is unable to pouch it safely. One taken.

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2.3 Lockie Ferguson to Rahul Tripathi, byes, 1 run, Lockie Ferguson bowls this on a hard length, on middle, shaping in sharply, Rahul Tripathi skips down the track to cut it away, but gets squared and misses. Devon Conway behind the stumps does well to dive to his left and gets a hand to it. A bye is taken.

India vs New Zealand Live Cricket Score and Updates: IND vs NZ 3rd T20I match Live cricket score at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad

Mitchell Santner, the captain of New Zealand says they would have bowled first. Adds that the wicket looks nice and they will need to take some wickets upfront to restrict India. Tells that the last game was tricky and 120 would have been enough. Mentions that playing in this stadium is exciting for the boys and this is his first time. Informs they have made one change as Benjamin Lister makes his debut in place of Jacob Duffy.

India vs New Zealand Live Cricket Score and Updates: IND vs NZ 3rd T20I match Live cricket score at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad

Hardik Pandya, the skipper of India informs that they will bat first. Mentions that the wicket looks fantastic and would like to get some runs on the board here. Adds that as a unit they have spoken about such situation, says winning and losing is a part of the sport and such knockout matches will surely help them a lot. Before heading back he says that Umran Malik comes in place of Chahal.