After posting 215\/7, New Zealand left India, effecting a batter short due to Ishan Kishan\u2019s niggle-enforced absence, struggling at 82\/5. Dube then launched a stunning counter-attack, smashing a 15-ball fifty and eventually made 65 off 23 balls \u2013 his career-best score in T20Is laced with seven sixes and three fours.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
But his dismissal \u2013 run out at non-striker\u2019s end off a bowler\u2019s deflection - ended India\u2019s hopes, as they were bowled out for 165 in 18.4 overs. Apart from Santner, New Zealand\u2019s bowlers maintained their control to secure their first win of the series, and offer themselves a timely boost ahead of the Men\u2019s T20 World Cup, despite a mid-innings collapse and Dube\u2019s late assault.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
India\u2019s chase began on a disastrous note as Abhishek Sharma fell first ball to Matt Henry after slicing to backward point. Suryakumar Yadav followed soon after, caught and bowled by Jacob Duffy for eight. Sanju Samson and Rinku Singh attempted a rebuild by hitting seven boundaries between themselves.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The pair stitched a 46-run stand before Santner struck in his first over by castling Samson for 24, and followed it up by having Hardik Pandya caught at backward point. Rinku continued to look fluent, before being trapped by Zak Foulkes left India reeling at 87\/5. That brought Dube to the crease, and the left-hander immediately changed the complexion of the innings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He launched Santner for a towering 101m six to get going, and then tore into Ish Sodhi in the 12th over \u2013 clearing his front leg and showcasing his brute force to smash four sixes and two fours to collect 29 runs. After surviving an lbw scare, Dube raced to his fifty in just 15 balls \u2013 the third-fastest for India in T20Is \u2013 by flicking a full toss from Duffy over square leg and kept India\u2019s hopes alive with audacious hitting.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The pair stitched a 46-run stand before Santner struck in his first over by castling Samson for 24, and followed it up by having Hardik Pandya caught at backward point. Rinku continued to look fluent, before being trapped by Zak Foulkes left India reeling at 87\/5. That brought Dube to the crease, and the left-hander immediately changed the complexion of the innings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Brief Scores: New Zealand 215\/7 in 20 overs (Tim Seifert 62, Devon Conway 44; Arshdeep Singh 2-33, Kuldeep Yadav 2-39) beat India 165 all out in 18.4 overs (Shivam Dube 65, Rinku Singh 39; Mitchell Santner 3-26, Jacob Duffy 2-33) by 50 runs<\/p>\r\n\r\n