In the third T20I, when New Zealand posted 198/3 in 20 overs, one would not have imagined what was waiting for the hosts. During the chase, India raced to 100 within the first five overs, with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Abhishek Sharma in full flow. By the time Sooryavanshi departed on the first ball of the eighth over, India had already reached 133. At the end of 10 overs, India were 178/2, needing just 21 runs from the final 10 overs.
It was carnage in Wellington on Tuesday.
Abhishek Sharma smashed a blistering century off just 35 balls as India defeated New Zealand by six wickets in the third T20I of the five-match series in Wellington on Tuesday, taking an unassailable 3-0 lead.
And I thought 170-plus… “On a very serious note, what exactly is happening? If you were to see the first few overs, the ball was darting around. There was movement off the surface. The commentators were saying, ‘It is a tricky surface. There is some sideways wind as well. They made a mockery of it. That’s what this Indian batting team is doing.”
