India vs New Zealand 2017: 3rd T20I, 5 things we learnt from the match

#1 Batsmen fail to get going on sticky wicket

New Zealand's Martin Guptill was undone by a Bhuvneshwar knuckle ball

The pitch looked anything but free-scoring after rains poured down for a long duration but it still seemed like an 80 would be on the cards in eight overs. However, the pitch was a tad sticky as the ball stuck onto the surface, making run scoring a bit difficult. India perished by attempting a lot of shots early on and New Zealand, despite watching it all in one innings, made pretty much the same mistakes.

All batsmen seemed to be in a hurry to get things moving with boundaries and the value of running between the wickets was nearly forgotten. None applied themselves as the bowlers from either side mixed up the slower balls and cutters to devastating effects. Bhuvneshwar Kumar even unleashed his favourite knuckle ball to get rid of Martin Guptill.