India Crush New Zealand: Series Sealed 4-1 in Epic Style!
India Crush New Zealand: Series Sealed 4-1 in Epic Style! By Jameel Ahmed Milansaar Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 31: What a demolition! What a statement! India, the T20 World Cup defending kings, have thrashed New Zealand by 46 runs in the grand finale, pocketing the five-match series 4-1! Toss to India, bat first – and they unleashed hell! A monstrous 271/4 in 20 overs, highest T20I score vs Kiwis, burying NZ for 225 all out in 19.3 overs. Clinical, ruthless – pure Blue Brigade magic! Sanju's top-order blues persist – duck again. But Abhishek Sharma ignited with 32 off 18, pure fire! Then Ishan Kishan erupted for a maiden T20I 108 off 55 – cuts like daggers, sixes like rockets! Skipper Suryakumar Yadav's 57 off 30 fused into a 140-run blitz. Hardik Pandya's 25 off 8* – fours and sixes galore! Chase? Finn Allen's 80 off 38 sparked hope, but Arshdeep Singh's 5/37 fifer crushed it – Allen lbw, Daryl Mitchell (42) bowled, Glenn Phillips (28) caught. Axar Patel's 3/42 m...