Abhishek Sharma's fiery ton helps Team India secure win by six wickets

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In the third T20I match against New Zealand, Team India emerged victorious by six wickets at the Wellington Regional Stadium in Wellington. With this, the visitors have sealed the five-match T20I series against the hosts. Shreyas Iyer-led men are also leading the series by 3-0, with two games yet to be played.

With an aim of chasing the target of 199 runs, the “Men in Blue” scored 199 runs for the loss of four wickets in 13.2 overs.

Team India’s opening batsman Vaibhav Sooryavanshi departed after scoring 45 runs in just 19 balls. His knock included four boundaries and the same number of maximums. Fellow opening batsman Abhishek Sharma delivered a fiery knock of 113 runs off just 38 deliveries, which was laced with nine boundaries and 11 maximums.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson accumulated 18 runs in 13 balls, including two boundaries, whereas skipper Shreyas Iyer returned to the pavilion after scoring five runs in 10 balls.

Tilak Varma and Naman Dhir stayed unbeaten. Varma scored one run in one ball, whereas Dhir smashed a boundary on the very first ball.

New Zealand’s Kyle Jamieson returned with the figures of two wickets for 45 runs in 3.2 overs. Captain Mitchell Santner and Matthew Fisher bagged one wicket each. Jacob Duffy, Adam Milne, and Michael Bracewell went wicketless in the third T20I match against the “Men in Blue”.

IND vs NZ 3rd T20I: First innings’ summary

Earlier, having been put to bat first, New Zealand‘s wicketkeeper-batsman Tim Seifert scored two runs in six balls. Fellow opening batsman Finn Allen departed after scoring 40 runs in 25 balls, including five maximums.

Glenn Phillips managed to score 17 runs in 14 balls, with the help of three boundaries.

Daryl Mitchell and Bevon Jacobs stayed unbeaten. Facing 52 balls, Mitchell garnered 88 runs, with the help of five boundaries and the same number of maximums, whereas Jacobs smashed 39 runs in 23 deliveries, which included four boundaries and a maximum. With this, the “Black Caps” posted 198 runs for the loss of three wickets in 20 overs.

Team India’s Arshdeep Singh, Axar Patel, and Nitish Kumar Reddy bagged one wicket each. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Prince Yadav went wicketless in the third T20I match against New Zealand.

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