New Zealand beat India by seven wickets in Hamilton; Glenn Phillips tops series with 341 runs

New Zealand defeated India by seven wickets in the fifth T20I at Seddon Park in Hamilton on November 1, the final game of the five-match series.

India won the series 3-2 after taking the first three matches, but New Zealand claimed the last two T20Is to close out the tour. The visitors’ early series lead was not sustained as the hosts recovered to win the concluding fixtures.

Tim Seifert scored 93 off 50 balls and Glenn Phillips remained unbeaten on 65 off 38 as New Zealand chased a target of 192, completing the chase in 18 overs. Phillips’ unbeaten 65 and Seifert’s 93 were the centrepieces of the successful run chase.

India’s innings featured half-centuries from Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer, who combined for a 93-run stand for the third wicket. Adam Milne finished with figures of 4/19 as India were restricted to 191/8.

Glenn Phillips finished the series as leading run-scorer with 341 runs in five matches and recorded one century and three half-centuries, creating a record for the most runs in a five-match bilateral T20I series. India opener Abhishek Sharma was second with 197 runs, including a century; Daryl Mitchell scored 176, Naman Dhir 138 and Bevon Jacobs 136.

New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner ended the series as the leading wicket-taker with nine wickets in five matches and posted the best figures of the series with 4/21. India pacer Arshdeep Singh and New Zealand fast bowler Adam Milne took six wickets each, Jacob Duffy claimed five wickets in four matches, while Mayank Yadav and Nitish Kumar Reddy picked up four wickets apiece.

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