IND vs NZ / Gill's century and New Zealand all out for 66 runs, India won the series 2-1

Zoom News : Feb 01, 2023, 10:19 PM
IND vs NZ: Team India defeated New Zealand by 168 runs in the third T20 match and won the series 2-1. In the last match of the series in Ahmedabad, India scored 234 runs losing 4 wickets in 20 overs thanks to Shubman Gill's first century in this format. In reply, the Kiwi team got all out for 66 runs in 12.1 overs. Hardik Pandya took maximum four wickets. Pandya took the wickets of Blair Tickner one run, Loki Ferguson zero, Glenn Phillips 2 runs and Finn Allen 3 runs.

This is India's biggest win and New Zealand's biggest defeat in terms of runs in T20 cricket. India's previous record was a 143-run win. Team India defeated Ireland by 143 runs in 2018. At the same time, the New Zealand team had earlier lost against Pakistan in 2010 by 103 runs.

Apart from Pandya, Arshdeep Singh dismissed Mark Chapman (zero) and Dwayne Conway (one run). At the same time, Shivam Mavi made Ish Sodhi (0) and Mitchell Santner walk.

Umran Malik got one wicket. He bowled Michael Bracewell (8 runs).

This is how the wickets of the Kiwi team fell

First: Captain Pandya got Finn Allen caught by Surya standing at slip on the 5th ball of the first over.

Second: On the first ball of the second over, Arshdeep Singh got Dwayne Conway caught by Pandya.

Third: On the last ball of the second over, Arshdeep got Mark Chapman caught by Ishaan Kishan.

Fourth: Captain Pandya got Glenn Phillips caught by Surya standing at slip on the 4th ball of the third over.

Fifth: Umran Malik bowled Michael Bracewell in the 5th over.

Sixth: Mavi got Santner caught by Surya.

Seventh: Mavi got Ish Sodhi caught by Tripathi.

Eighth: Pandya got Loki Ferguson caught by Umran Malik.

Ninth: Blair Tickner was caught by Hardik Pandya at the hands of Ishaan.

Tenth: Daryl Mitchell was caught by Umran Malik at the hands of Shivam Mavi.

Watch the Indian innings from here...

Gill broke Kohli's record, became India's top scorer in T20

Gill, who flopped in the first two matches of the series, scored an innings of 126 off 63 balls in this innings. He scored 12 fours and 7 sixes. Rahul Tripathi scored 44, Captain Hardik Pandya scored 30 and Suryakumar Yadav scored 24 runs.

Gill has become the batsman who played the biggest innings for India in T20 International. He broke the record of Virat Kohli. Virat had scored an inning of 122 runs against Afghanistan last year.

Gill shared a 103-run partnership off 40 balls for the fourth wicket with Hardik Pandya.

Daryl Mitchell, Michael Bracewell, Blair Tickner and Ish Saadi got one wicket each.

This is how India's wickets fell

First: Bracewell made Ishaan Kishan LBW on the second ball of the second over.

Second: Ish Saidi caught Rahul Tripathi at deep square leg on the second ball of the 8th over by Ferguson.

Third: On the third ball of the 13th over, Tickner got Surya caught by Bracewell.

Fourth: On the first ball of the 20th over, Daryl Mitchell got Hardik Pandya caught by Bracewell.

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India: Ishan Kishan, Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Suryakumar, Hardik Pandya, Deepak Hooda, Washington Sundar, Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep Yadav, Umran Malik, Arshdeep Singh.

New Zealand: Finn Allen, Dwayne Conway, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Michael Bracewell, Ben Lister, Ish Sarhi, Lockie Ferguson and Blair Tickner.

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