Abhishek Sharma's magnificent ton leads India defeat New Zealand by six wickets, clinch T20I series

The Indian team took on New Zealand in the third T20I of the ongoing series between the two sides. The teams met at the Hnry Stadium in Wellington for the clash on October 27th, and the game saw the Indian team win the game after a dominant performance by Abhishek Sharma and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in the run chase blew away the Black Caps. Abhishek Sharma scored 113 runs to his name with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi scoring 45 as India chased down 199 runs in 13.2 overs, winning the game by six wickets.

The clash began with the Men in Blue winning the toss and opting to bowl first, and as New Zealand came out to bat, the side got off to a subpar start as Tim Seifert departed



early on a score of two runs. Finn Allen played a good knock after the early wicket as he amassed 40 runs to his name in 25 deliveries. Furthermore, Daryl Mitchell continued his brilliant run of form and scored 89* runs off 52 deliveries, leading the charge for the Black Caps in the first innings. 

In-form Glenn Phillips failed to go big as he was sent packing on a score of 17 runs. Furthermore, Bevon Jacobs scored 39* runs off 23 deliveries as New Zealand posted a total of 198 runs in the first innings of the game. As for the Indian team, Arshdeep Singh, Axar Patel, and Nitish Kumar Reddy were the highest wicket takers with one wicket each to their names.