IND vs NZ, 3rd T20I Live: New Zealand have lost eight wickets against India in the chase of 235 runs in the third and final T20I match at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.

Team India take on New Zealand in the third and final T20I at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad

India skipper Hardik Pandya had termed the Ekana pitch a "shocker" after a tense 100-run chase, which was achieved in the penultimate delivery of the match. The curator was blamed for the fiasco and had been sacked.

In the second match, Team India's top-order miserably failed to get a big score. This might open a door for batter Prithvi Shaw in the Playing XI.

India's young top order will be under pressure to deliver in the series-deciding third T20Iagainst New Zealand in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.

In the must-win game for the hosts in the three-match series, New Zealand could not hit a single six batting first and managed just 99/8 in 20 overs.

Former India cricketer Gautam Gambhir didn't agree with Hardik Pandya's call to make Yuzvendra Chahal bowl only 2 overs. Hardik, instead, opted to get part-timer Deepak Hooda bowl 4 overs in the 2nd T20I against New Zealand.

Team India took a sigh of relief after they registered a six-wicket win over New Zealand in the second T20I, to level the three-match series 1-1.

Suryakumar Yadav and captain Hardik Pandya held their nerves to guide India to a hard-fought 6-wicket victory over New Zealand in the second T20I encounter.

Hardik Pandya on Sunday slammed the standard of pitches used in the ongoing series against New Zealand and called the track prepared for the second T20I a "shocker"