Watch: Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dube practicing right after India's emphatic win against New Zealand in 3rd T20I

Right after India claimed an emphatic win against New Zealand in the Guwahati T20I, which secured the five-match T20I series for the hosts with two matches yet to be played, two Indian pace-bowling all-rounders were busy with their bats at the net. 

Hosts India completely dominated in the third T20I last Sunday night (January 25), where they thrashed the Blackcaps by eight wickets with 60 balls remaining to secure the series by 3-0.

New Zealand were restricted to 153/9 in 20 overs in the first innings. While Jasprit Bumrah bagged three wickets (3/17), Ravi Bishnoi (2/18) and Hardik Pandya (2/23) took two wickets each, and Harshit Rana (1/35) got one wicket. Meanwhile, Kuldeep Yadav (0/32) and Shivam Dube (0/24) were wicketless.

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Indian top-order batters comfortably chased

Although the opener Sanju Samson (0) was dismissed on the first ball of the second innings. his opening partner Abhishek Sharma (68 not out off 20 balls) and the next batters Ishan Kishan (28 off 13 balls) and skipper Suryakumar Yadav (57 not out off 26 balls) thrashed the opponent bowlers to successfully chase the target in just 10 overs, the second fastest T20I chase for 150+ target. 

Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dube busy in net practice after IND vs NZ Guwahati T20I

As Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dube both didn't get batting opportunities in the match, they were busy in the nets right after the end of the match. 

Although Dube batted in the second T20I, where he played the key finisher role (36 not out off 18 balls) along with his skipper Suryakumar Yadav (82 not out off 37 balls) in the successful 209-run chase in 16 overs, Hardik didn't get the batting opportunity in that fixture too. 

In the series opener, while Dube scored only nine runs in the first batting, Hardik scored 25 off 16 balls.