Shubman Gill’s ton and Hardik Pandya’s quick-fire 30 powered India to 234/4 in opposition to New Zealand within the third and ultimate T20I of the three-match collection right here at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.
Gill was the very best run scorer for India with 125 off 63 delivered whereas Rahul Tripathi slammed 44 and Pandya performed fast knocks of 30. For New Zealand, Michael Bracewell, Blair Tickner and Ish Sodhi bagged one wicket every respectively.
Opting to bat first, India acquired off to a nasty begin as they misplaced their star opener Ishan Kishan within the second over of the sport. Shubman Gill completed the second over with a boundary. Gill then hammered Lockie Ferguson for 11 runs, whereas slamming two fours.
The duo Rahul Tripathi and Gill performed their sport with aggression whereas slamming boundaries and taking singles at common intervals. In the fifth over of the innings, Gill opened his fingers and slammed Blair Tickner for 14 runs. Tripathi then joined fingers with India opener and piled 14 runs off Ferguson’s over.
The younger duo continued their carnage and took their crew’s complete past the 80-run mark within the eighth over of the sport.
However, within the ninth enthralling over, India misplaced the wicket of Tripathi off Ferguson’s supply. Tripathi went again to the pavilion after slamming a six in Ferguson’s over, scoring 44 runs in 22 balls.
Star batter Suryakumar Yadav then got here out to bat and dealt with the cost with Gill to take India’s complete past the 100-run mark within the tenth over. Gill slammed his maiden T20I fifty in 35 balls.
Suryakumar’s firework on the Narendra Modi Stadium got here to an finish because the star batter was dismissed by Tickner after scoring 24 off 13 balls. Michael Bracewell took a stunner to take away Suryakumar, who was trying harmful on the crease.
India captain and right-handed batter Hardik Pandya then got here out to bat on the crease. Gill continued his blistering type as he hammered Ben Lister for 2 back-to-back sixes, piling 14 runs from the over.
In the seventeenth over of the innings, Gill and Pandya hammered Tickner for 23 runs, with two sixes and two fours. With a surprising 4 off Ferguson, Gill introduced up his hundred in 54 balls.
India crossed 200 runs within the 18th over. Gill then ended the nineteenth over of the inning with 17 runs off Lister. Pandya’s stint on the crease got here to an finish as he was dismissed by Daryl Mitchell. Pandya went again to the pavilion after scoring a quick-fire 30 off 17 deliveries.
India solely managed to attain 6 runs within the final over and posted a difficult complete of 234/4 in 20 overs.
Brief rating: India 234/4 (Shubman Gill 126*, Rahul Tripathi 44; Daryl Mitchell 1-6) vs New Zealand.
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