Abhishek Sharma's 113 From 38 Balls Seals the Series for India in Wellington
India chased 199 in 13.2 overs at Sky Stadium, with 118 on the board after the powerplay, to go 3-0 up with two matches to play.
India beat New Zealand by six wickets with 40 balls to spare in the third T20I at Sky Stadium, Wellington, on 27 October, and took an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the five match series.
The scorecard in short
| | Score | |---|---| | New Zealand | 198/3 (20 overs) | | India | 199/4 (13.2 overs) |
New Zealand: Mitchell's 89 not out
India won the toss and chose to bowl. Daryl Mitchell batted through to 89 not out from 52 balls, Finn Allen made 40 from 25 and Bevon Jacobs 39 not out from 23. Arshdeep Singh, Axar Patel and Nitish Kumar Reddy took a wicket each.
India: 118 in the powerplay
Abhishek Sharma made 113 from 38 balls, with 11 sixes, and reached his hundred from his 35th ball. It was his fourth T20I hundred. He and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (45 from 19) put on 133 for the first wicket, and India had 118 without loss after the six powerplay overs.
Sooryavanshi, Abhishek, Sanju Samson (18) and Shreyas Iyer (5) were out before Tilak Varma and Naman Dhir finished the chase in the 14th over. Kyle Jamieson took 2 for 45. Abhishek was player of the match.
What came next
With the series won, India lost the last two matches. The full series story is here.