The third and decisive match of the T20 series between India and New Zealand was played at the Ahmedabad Stadium. In this match, the Indian team won the toss and decided to bat first and put 234 runs on the board with the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs. In response, the run-chasing Kiwi team appeared to falter from the start and the away side lost their first wicket in the first over. New Zealand lost this ground in the form of Finn Allen.
New Zealand’s first wicket fell on the fourth ball of the first over of the second innings. Hardik Pandya took this ground. Captain Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav also contributed at this wicket. Surya took Finn Allen’s catch on the slide and made him walk. Surya caught this catch brilliantly.
His video was shared on social media by BCCI. In this video you can see that Surya jumped very high in the air to take this catch. After taking the catch, she fell to the ground. Finn Allen’s entries ended with this brilliant. He scored 3 runs off 4 balls.
ICYMI – WHAT. A. CATCH 🔥🔥#TeamIndia second captain @surya_14kumar it takes a blast to get finn allen#INDvNZ , @mastercardindia pic.twitter.com/WvKQK8V67b
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 1, 2023
Significantly, in this match, the Indian team’s star batsman Shubman Gill played a brilliant innings of the century. He scored 126 runs on 63 balls with the help of 12 fours and 7 sixes. During this, his strike rate was 200. As well as scoring a century in T20, Gill became the fifth Indian batsman after Virat Kohli to score a century in all three formats. Apart from this, he got the highest score for the Indian team in T20 International. Previously this record was held by Virat Kohli with 122* runs.