3rd T20I: New Zealand beat India by narrow margin to win series 2-1

New Zealand denied India a perfect finish to their highly successful tour Down Under by clinching the T20 series 2-1 with a narrow four-run win in the series-deciding third match.

India needed to knock off a stiff 213-run target to bring curtains on a memorable three-month tour in a befitting manner but fell just short. 

If it was not for left-arm Chinaman Kuldeep Yadav (2/26)'s tight bowling in the middle-overs and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (1/37), India would have got a bigger target to chase. 

India captain Rohit Sharma, who usually bats explosive in such situations, made an uncharacteristical 32-ball 38 and it also hurt India's chances.

Karthik and Krunal did exceedingly well to take the game into the final over but their unbeaten 63-run stand off 28 balls did not prove to be enough.