Then Washington fought alone. At the other end, Asha held on amid the fall of one wicket after another. But it could do nothing but reduce the margin of defeat.
Washington scored the first fifty of his career in just 25 balls. He got out in the penultimate ball after scoring 50 runs off 28 balls with 5 fours and 3 sixes.
Santner took 2 wickets for just 11 runs with a maiden in 4 overs in a brilliant display of spin bowling. Bracewell and Ferguson also took 2 wickets each.
Summary Score:
New Zealand: 176/6 in 20 overs (Allen 35, Conway 52, Chapman 0, Phillips 17, Mitchell 59*, Bracewell 1, Santner 7, Sodhi 0*; Pandya 3-0-33-0, Arshdeep 4-0-51-1, Washington 4-0-22-2, Hooda 2-0-14-0, Umran 1-0-16-0, Kuldeep 4-0-20-1, Mavi 2-0-19-1)
India: 155/9 in 20 overs (Gill 7, Kishan 4, Tripathi 0, Suryakumar 47, Pandya 21, Washington 50, Hooda 10, Mavi 2, Arshdeep 0*, Umran 4*; Duffy 3-0-27-1, Bracewell 4- 0-31-2, Santner 4-1-11-2, Ferguson 4-1-33-2, Sodhi 3-0-30-1, Tickner 2-0-23-0)
Results: New Zealand won by 21 runs
Man of the Match: Darrell Mitchell