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Gill, who did not find much success in the first two matches, thrashed the New Zealand bowlers at the world’s largest cricket stadium and put in a better batting display. Apart from Gill, Rahul Tripathi (44 off 22 balls), Hardik Pandya (30 off 17 balls) and Suryakumar Yadav (24 off 13 balls) also made important contributions with the bat. Batting first, Team India scored 234 runs for 4 wickets. Chasing a mammoth target, New Zealand got off to a terrible start as Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya dismantled their top-order.

Some brilliant reflex catches in the slips by Suryakumar Yadav also helped India. Hardik Pandya dismissed Finn Allen (3) in the first over. Arshdeep Singh got the wickets of Devon Conway (1) and Mark Chapman (0) in the second over. In the third over, Hardik also sent back Glenn Phillips. Michael Bracewell was bowled by Umran Malik in the 5th over. After 6 overs, New Zealand’s score was 30 runs for 5 wickets. Mitchell Santner and Darrell Mitchell added 31 runs for the sixth wicket. But once again the Indian bowlers did wonders.

Shivam Mavi dismissed Santner (13) and Ish Sodhi (0) in the 9th over. In the very next over, Captain Hardik did not even allow Lockie Ferguson to open the account. With the dismissal of Daryl Mitchell (35), New Zealand’s innings was reduced to 66 runs in the 13th over. Hardik Pandya was the most successful bowler for India with impressive figures of 4/16, while Umran Malik (2/9), Shivam Mavi (2/12) and Arshdeep Singh (2/16) also picked up two wickets each. Earlier, India won the toss and elected to bat but lost the wicket of Ishan Kishan early.

After Ishaan’s wicket, the pressure was on Shubman Gill and Rahul Tripathi to accelerate India’s score and they did. Gill played conventional shots, Tripathi made bold shots to hit fours and sixes to take India to 57/1 by the end of the power-play. Even after the power-play, Tripathi was in no mood to give up and continued to attack the Kiwi spinners to keep the run pace going. He looked aggressive and hit Ish Sodhi over extra cover for his third six of the innings. But in an attempt to play such a big shot, Ferguson was caught at deep square leg.

He added 80 runs off 42 balls for the second wicket with Gill. Suryakumar Yadav came to the crease after Tripathi’s dismissal and played some very fine shots. Gill stood at one end, Shubman Gill scored his first T20 half-century in 35 balls by scoring a single off Santner. Suryakumar Yadav (24 off 13 balls) also kept up the pace of adding runs, though he was dismissed by Bracewell at mid-off in the 13th over. Gill completed his century in the first ball of the 18th over by hitting Ferguson for a four at mid-off. Even after this, he continued to rain runs.

Captain Hardik Pandya (30 off 17 balls) also did not let the run rate slow down. Shubman Gill, continuing his excellent form, scored an unbeaten 126 in just 63 balls with the help of 12 fours and seven sixes. He has also become the batsman who played the biggest innings for India in T20 International. In the end, India scored 235 runs for 4 wickets and captured the series by including New Zealand for 66 runs.

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