ahmedabad: In the third and last T20 match being held in Ahmedabad, India has defeated New Zealand by 168 runs. With this, the T20 series has also been named by 2-1. India registered their biggest win in T20 Internationals by bowling out New Zealand for just 66 runs in 12.1 overs after posting 234 for four in the first innings.
3rd T20I. India Won by 168 Run(s) https://t.co/cBSCfiMLOa #INDvNZ @mastercardindia
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 1, 2023
India won the toss and decided to bat first. Which turned out to be correct. However, the opening partnership was not much success. Ishaan Kishan returned to the pavilion after scoring one run off three balls. He was lbw by Michael Braswell. After the fall of Kishan’s wicket, Rahul Tripathi and Shubman Gill handled the innings. Both shared 80 runs off 42 balls for the second wicket.
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Tripathi scored 44 runs in just 22 balls. Tripathi hit four fours and three sixes in his innings. At the same time, Shubman Gill scored an unbeaten 126 runs. He hit 12 fours and seven sixes in his 63-ball innings. His strike rate was 200.00. After Gill’s Test and ODI, now there have been centuries in T20 format as well. Deepak Hooda remained unbeaten with Gill. Deepak scored two runs in two balls.