{
    "id": "57578",
    "author": "13",
    "cnmid": "0",
    "title": "Gap between teams not massive, despite sweep: Tim Southee",
    "lang": "en",
    "series": "410",
    "cup_year": "2020",
    "article_type": "General",
    "excerpt": "Mount Maunganui, Feb 2:\u00a0\u00a0New Zealand stand-in skipper Tim Southee feels the team needs to do \"smaller things\" better, saying that although the scoreline suggests a 5-0 series sweep, the gulf is not ",
    "subtype": "",
    "editor1": "<p><strong>Mount Maunganui, Feb 2:&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;New Zealand stand-in skipper Tim Southee feels the team needs to do &quot;smaller things&quot; better, saying that although the scoreline suggests a 5-0 series sweep, the gulf is not that much.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;It&#39;s another close one, unfortunately on the wrong side again. If you give them a sniff, they take it with both hands. I don&#39;t think it is a massive gap, the scoreline does suggest that, but we only need to do the smaller things better,&quot; Southee, who is captaining the side in place of Kane Williamson who is nursing a shoulder injury, said after the match.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Indian pacers led by Jasprit Bumrah fired in unison to help India script an unprecedented 5-0 series whitewash with a seven-run victory against New Zealand in the fifth and final T20I here on Sunday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>With the series already in the bag after they won the first four matches of the five-match series, Kohli decided to rest himself in the final game, leaving deputy Rohit Sharma to lead the charge.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Electing to bat first, India rode on Rohit&#39;s fifty to post 163\/3 in 20 overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Rohit had to retire hurt on 60 off 41 deliveries (3x3, 3x3) after he suffered cramps. Deciding initially to continue, Rohit soon realised he couldn&#39;t run any longer. He did not come out to field, and K.L. Rahul took over the captaincy role.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Chasing 164 for victory, New Zealand could manage 156\/9 in 20 overs despite hitting Shivam Dube for 34 runs in one over.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Indian pace trio of Bumrah, who returned magical figures of 3\/12, Navdeep Saini (2\/23) and Shardul Thakur (2\/38) restricted the hosts and finally took India over the line.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>India will now shift their focus on to the three-match ODI series starting from February 5 in Hamilton.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;The ODIs are a different format, new personnel come in and it is a format where we have done well,&quot; said Southee.<\/p>\r\n",
    "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tim-Southee.jpg",
    "alt_img": "Tim Southee",
    "alt_title": "Tim Southee",
    "image1": "",
    "video": "",
    "seo_title": "Gap between teams not massive, despite sweep: Tim Southee On Cricketnmore",
    "seo_desc": "Mount Maunganui, Feb 2:\u00a0\u00a0New Zealand stand-in skipper Tim Southee feels the team needs to do \"smaller things\" better, saying that although the scoreline suggests a 5-0 series sweep, the gulf is not ",
    "seo_keywords": "India vs New Zealand, Tim Southee",
    "tag": "",
    "tagging": "India vs New Zealand,Tim Southee,",
    "status": "1",
    "img_rpt": "0",
    "google": "1",
    "standout": "0",
    "edapps": "0",
    "pulse": "0",
    "no_index": "0",
    "feed": "0",
    "fixture": "0",
    "slug": "gap-between-teams-not-massive-despite-sweep-tim-southee",
    "user_id": "0",
    "read_count": "0",
    "ians_date": "0000-00-00",
    "ians_time": "00:00:00",
    "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00",
    "trash": "0",
    "view_count": "1666",
    "page_break": "0",
    "instant_articles": "1",
    "auto_link": "1",
    "created": "2020-02-02 18:45:25",
    "updated": "2020-02-02 18:45:25",
    "img_from": "Twitter",
    "img_source": "",
    "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00",
    "news_keywords": "Tim Southee, India vs New Zealand",
    "livescore_text": "",
    "livescore_link": "",
    "btn_text": "",
    "resend_feed": "0",
    "google_feed": "0",
    "read_more": "0",
    "posted_by": "1",
    "jio_date": "2020-02-02 18:45:25",
    "scheduled": "0",
    "news_now": "1",
    "breaking_news": "0",
    "google_date": "2020-02-02 18:45:25",
    "featured": "0",
    "pred_match_id": null,
    "article_content_type": null,
    "england_cricket": "0",
    "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/gap-between-teams-not-massive-despite-sweep-tim-southee-57578"
}