J Neesham to R Jadeja, Jadeja dances down the track and Neesham bangs in a short ball. 'Sir' looks to pull but misses.
J Neesham to R Jadeja, Full again, driven again but once more the man at short extra cover dives to his right to stop the ball.
J Neesham to R Jadeja, Full and outside off, driven straight to short extra cover.
J Neesham to R Jadeja, Full and outside off, pretty wide, left alone. Not wided. Perhaps it was inside the wide guideline.
de Grandhomme to N Saini, FOUR! Slammed down the ground! A length ball around off, Saini gets under the ball and tonks it towards long off to bag a boundary.
de Grandhomme to N Saini, Short in length this time, Navdeep flashes and misses.
de Grandhomme to N Saini, Play and a miss! A tempter outside off, Saini is drawn into a drive and gets beaten.
de Grandhomme to N Saini, A length ball on off, defended off the front foot by Saini.
de Grandhomme to N Saini, Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat.
Navdeep Saini is the new batsman.
de Grandhomme to S Thakur, OUT! De Grandhomme strikes on the very first ball and New Zealand are just 3 wickets away from clinching the series. A length ball around off, it pitches and then comes back in nicely. Thakur looks to defend but misses. The ball kisses his pad and goes behind to disturb the woodwork behind. 121 required from 113 balls.
Colin de Grandhomme (5-1-21-1) returns in action.
Drinks break. New Zealand continue to roar in this match! They have the upper hand but these kinds of chases can slip away from your hands anytime. The Black Caps just cannot afford to relax as the current Indian pair is capable of hurting them. 121 needed off 114 balls.
J Neesham to S Thakur, Short and pulled behind square leg for a single. 10 from the over, the RRR ain't a problem for India, it's the wickets.
J Neesham to S Thakur, FOUR! Just a punch and it goes to the fence! Length ball on middle, Thakur punches it nicely and manages to do so over the man at mid on. Once the ball is past the fielder, it races away to the fence.
J Neesham to S Thakur, Slapped through the covers! Shortish and just outside off, Thakur backs away and slams it through the covers for a boundary.
J Neesham to R Jadeja, Jadeja steals a run yet again! He strokes a length ball in front of mid off and scampers across. Colin de Grandhomme attacks the ball and has a shy at the bowler's end but misses. Jadeja would have been safely in anyway!
J Neesham to R Jadeja, Good length ball around middle and off, RJ defends it solidly from the back foot.
J Neesham to R Jadeja, Appeal for an lbw! Not given. A length ball around leg, Jadeja fails to flick and wears it on his pads. The bowler appeals but he is the only one doing so. The umpire shakes his head. Maybe pitching outside leg!
H Bennett to S Thakur, Shortish and on middle, Thakur defends it towards mid on to complete the over.