India report their greatest win in T20Is after beating New Zealand by 168 runs in third T20I

Hardik Pandya’s India beat Mitchell Santner’s New Zealand by 168 runs on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad and racked up their greatest win in T20Is by margin of runs.

UPDATED: Feb 1, 2023 22:26 IST

IND report their greatest win in T20Is after beating NZ by xxx runs in third T20I. Courtesy: AP

By Sabyasachi Chowdhury: India, on Wednesday, February 1, registered their greatest win in T20Is by a margin of runs after beating New Zealand by 168 runs within the third and remaining T20I on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

India’s earlier greatest win was in opposition to Ireland by a margin of 143 runs at The Village in Dublin again in June 2018. The win in opposition to the Kiwis was additionally India’s greatest win in T20Is at residence. It was additionally the third time that India gained a T20I by a margin of above 100.

With the win, India additionally gained the collection 2-1 and saved intact their profitable streak in bilateral T20I collection at residence since their loss to Australia in 2019. The different win got here in opposition to Afghanistan by 101 runs within the Asia Cup 2022 on the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

After opting to bat first, India racked up an enormous rating of 234 for the lack of 4 wickets in 20 overs. Shubman Gill was the star of the present after he scored his maiden T20I hundred off 54 balls.

Gill turned the seventh Indian after Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Suresh Raina and Harmanpreet Kaur to attain lots of for India in T20Is.

The right-handed Gill additionally broke Virat Kohli’s report of the best particular person rating by an Indian batter in T20Is. Apart from Gill, Rahul Tripathi additionally impressed with 44 runs.

The Black Caps utterly tousled of their run-chase and had been bowled out for 66 in 12.1 overs. Hardik Pandya was the choose of the Indian bowlers after he completed with figures of 4-0-16-4.

The different quick bowlers, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik and Shivam Mavi picked up two wickets apiece. Barring Daryl Mitchell, who scored an unbeaten 35 off 25 balls with one 4 and three sixes, not one of the Black Caps’ batters made an impression.

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Feb 1, 2023