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Kiwi hearts break in another Super Over defeat

Hosts New Zealand stumble badly in run chase during fourth T20I, ultimately losing second consecutive Super Over thriller to India

India snatched the fourth Twenty20 against New Zealand on Friday after yet another Super Over was needed to separate the two sides after the scores were tied following the regulation 20 overs.

New Zealand, batting first in the tiebreaker, made 13 with Tim Seifert dropped twice before he was eventually dismissed.

In reply, Indian captain Virat Kohli hit the winning runs with a ball to spare.

The third match also ended in a Super Over with Rohit Sharma hitting sixes off the last two balls to get India home.

Rohit-man breaks Kiwi hearts in another Super Over

New Zealand famously ‘lost’ last year’s World Cup final after tying a Super Over against England, who were declared champions on countback.

England also beat the Kiwis in another Super Over at the start of the summer.

"What's happened in the last two games is unbelievable," Kohli said.

"It feels good when you are out of the game and then somehow find a way to come back and that shows the character of the team."

The win puts India 4-0 up in the five match series with New Zealand stand-in captain Tim Southee not happy that his side could not wrap the game up in the 20 overs.

"It's very tough, especially in the position we got ourselves into and then to give them a chance at the end, they're going to grab it with both hands," he said.

New Zealand went into their last over only needing seven runs to win and with seven wickets in hand.

However, they were restricted to six runs and lost four wickets to finish on 7-165 and set up the Super Over.

New Zealand had already suffered an earlier setback with talismanic captain Kane Williamson a late scratching having not fully recovered from a shoulder injury suffered while fielding in game three.

It was left to lusty hitting by Colin Munro and Seifert to provide the backbone of their innings with Munro making 64 and Seifert out in the final over for 57.

India, sent into bat first, made 8-165 on a flat track with the innings anchored by an unbeaten 50 from Manish Pandey and his partnerships with Shardul Thakur and Navdeep Saini.

India were 6- 88 in the 12th over before Pandey and Thakur arrested the slide in a 43-run stand with Thakur contributing 20. 

Saini, who was not out 11 in his first appearance on tour, put on 22 with Pandey off the last 13 deliveries.