Wellington T20I: Another Super Over win for India, another heartbreak for New Zealand

India vs New Zealand, 4th T20I: New Zealand suffered their 6th straight Super Over defeat in international cricket as the hosts choked under pressure to conceded 4-0 lead in the ongoing series.

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Another Super Over, another heartbreak for New Zealand!

India sealed a 4-0 lead in the ongoing 5-match T20I series with their 2nd successive Super Over win against New Zealand. After the match ended in a tie with both the teams finishing with 165 runs in 20 overs, India gunned down a 14-run target in the Super Over to inflict another heartbreak on the hosts in Wellington.

There was plenty of drama on Friday in Wellington as Navdeep Saini and Shardul Thakur did what Mohammed Shami did in Christchurch 2 days ago to force the 2nd successive Super Over in the ongoing T20I series.

New Zealand just needed 11 runs in the last 2 overs as they were looking set to seal a comfortable win, chasing 166 in the 4th T20I.

However, Saini came up with a top-class penultimate over, conceding just 4 runs and putting pressure on New Zealand who have made it a habit to choke in high-pressure situations.

With just 7 runs needed to seal the consolation win in the final over, the responsibility of bowling the last over was handed to Shardul Thakur as Jasprit Bumrah had already completed his quota of 4 overs.

Shardul delivered in style. W. 4. W. 1. W. 1. W read the figures in the final over as India picked up 4 wickets, including that of well-set Tim Seifert and Ross Taylor, to force a tie and a Super Over.

KL Rahul, Virat Kohli shine in Super Over

In what was their 8th Super Over in international cricket (7th in T20I cricket), New Zealand batted first and made 13 runs. Jasprit Bumrah was once again tasked with the responsibility of bowling the Super Over and the India pacer did better than Wednesday wherein he gave away 17 runs.