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The India captain defended MS Dhoni emphasising the latter's fitness despite his age, and his contributions and importance to the side

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson said the team will have to improve on clinching the small margins in close matches, after they lost both the ODI and T20I series deciders in India by six runs

India completed a 2-1 T20I series win after their bowlers defended 67 in a decider shortened by rain to eight overs a side

India may have to rethink their six-bowler plan, and perhaps also the role of MS Dhoni, while New Zealand will hope they can deal with the heat and humidity of Thiruvananthapuram

In the format he loves, the New Zealand opener, on his way to a century, aced a test he had failed earlier in the tour

The opener scorched his way to a 54-ball hundred - his second in T20Is this year - to break India and force the series into a decider in Thiruvananthapuram

The visitors need to bulk up their middle order and tighten fielding if they are to avoid losing their first T20I series to India in Rajkot

The New Zealand captain emphasised that conditions could not be used as an excuse for the side's fielding lapses

Ashish Nehra said he hadn't spoken to the selectors about whether or not he would continue to be picked before deciding to retire

Full transcript of Ashish Nehra's post-match interview with host broadcaster Star Sports following his final international appearance

Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma hit 80 apiece, putting on the highest opening partnership for India in T20Is, to carry the hosts to 202, a score they defended by 53 runs to register their first T20I win against New Zealand

Two innings into the opening slot, Munro didn't feel that good. He had just 38 runs from 52 balls over two ODIs. He then texted the man who had tweeted his support earlier

New Zealand will look to extend their T20I dominance over India, who are yet to beat the visitors in the format after five completed attempts

Virat Kohli's 889 rating points is the best ever for an India batsman in the ICC ODI rankings

New Zealand captain pleased with fight shown despite losing a second successive ODI series decider in India

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli's second-wicket stand of 230 led India to a total of 337, and New Zealand fell narrowly short of chasing it down despite the heroic efforts of Colin Munro and Tom Latham

The two sides will square off in an ODI series decider for the second time in two years

Bhuvneshwar Kumar's 3 for 45, followed by fifties from Shikhar Dhawan and Dinesh Karthik, led India to a series-levelling six-wicket win in Pune

Pandurang Salgaoncar was allegedly caught in a sting operation promising to manipulate the Pune pitch, which was hosting the second ODI between India and New Zealand

India have not lost successive home ODIs in a bilateral series since 2013, but will have to come up with an improved performance in Pune to force a decider