Shubman Gill has raced to the very best rating by an Indian in a T20 worldwide because the hosts thrashed New Zealand by 168 runs to safe a 2-1 collection victory.
The elegant right-hander’s masterclass on Wednesday additionally maintained India’s unbeaten collection report at house in any format since March 2019.
Gill cracked an unbeaten 126 from 63 balls, which included 12 fours and 7 sixes and dominated India’s large 4-234 after skipper Hardik Pandya had received the toss.
The 23-year-old has taken an actual liking to the New Zealand assault, having additionally compiled a double hundred and century towards them within the ODI collection.
His innings surpassed Virat Kohli’s earlier Indian T20I better of 122 not out, racked up towards Afghanistan within the Asia Cup.
Rahul Tripathi (44 from 22 balls) and Suryakumar Yadav (24 from 13 balls) additionally offered helpful contributions earlier than Gill and Pandya, who made 30 from 17 deliveries, shared a fourth-wicket partnership of 103.
New Zealand, needing 11.75 runs per over for victory, have been by no means within the hunt after a disastrous begin as Pandya and Arshdeep Singh lowered them to 4-7 in simply the third over.
Only Daryl Mitchell (35) and skipper Mitchell Santner (13) reached double figures because the Black Caps have been dismissed for simply 66 in 12.1 overs.
Pandya returned finest T20 figures of 4-20, whereas Singh, Umran Malik and Shivam Mavi took two wickets every.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
