3rd T20i : Abhishek's 35 balls ton powered India to upset New Zealand by 6 wickets and led 5-match series 3-0

3rd twenty20i match of five t20i match series will be played between New Zealand vs India at Westpac Stadium, Wellington on Tuesday, October 27, 2026.

Putting into bat first by India, New Zealand with Daryl Mitchell's unbeaten 52 balls 89, Finn Allen's 25 balls 40 and Bevon Jacobs's unbeaten 23 balls 39 runs set good target of 199 runs for India to get.

Following 199 runs, India's opening batsmen Abhishek and Sooryavanshi went after New Zealand bowlers rudely and got firing start initially. Both added 133 runs just in 7.1 overs before Soorvanshi left the field scoring quick 19 balls 45 runs. Abhishek completed his century just in 35 balls and made quick 113 runs just in 38 balls with 11 massive sixes and 9 fours. India made chase of 199 runs just in 13.2 overs and won the match comprehensively by 6 wickets with 40 balls remaining. Abhishek declared man of the match and India led 5-match series 3-0 as well.

Man of the match :- Abhishek Sharma (Ind)

New Zealand vs India 3rd t20i scorecard Toss : India, elected to field first Result : India won by 6 wickets (with 40 balls remaining) Man of The Match : Abhishek Sharma (Ind) Series Status - India led the 5-match series 3-0   New Zealand 1st Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Tim Seifert (w) c Patel b Arshdeep Singh 2 6 0 0 33.33   Finn Allen c Naman Dhir b Nitish Kumar Reddy 40 25 0 5 160.00   Daryl Mitchell not out 89 52 5 5 171.15   Glenn Phillips c & b Patel 17 14 3 0 121.42   Bevon Jacobs not out 39 23 4 1 169.56   Michael Bracewell               Mitchell Santner (c)               Kyle Jamieson               Jacob Duffy               Adam Milne               Matthew Fisher                               Extras (lb 7, w 4) 11           Total (20.0 overs) 198/3 RR: 9.90   India       Bowling O M R W NB WB Eco   Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4 0 40 0 0 2 10.00   Arshdeep Singh 4 0 33 1 0 2 8.25   Prince Yadav 4 0 44 0 0 0 11.00   Axar Patel 4 0 36 1 0 0 9.00   Nitish Kumar Reddy 4 0 38 1 0 0 9.50   India 2nd Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Vaibhav Sooryavanshi c Mitchell b Fisher 45 19 4 4 236.84   Abhishek Sharma c Phillips b Jamieson 113 38 9 11 297.36   Sanju Samson (w) b Jamieson 18 13 2 0 138.46   Shreyas Iyer (c) c Phillips b Santner 5 10 0 0 50.00   Tilak Varma not out 1 1 0 0 100.00   Naman Dhir not out 4 1 1 0 400.00   Axar Patel               Nitish Kumar Reddy               Bhuvneshwar Kumar               Arshdeep Singh               Prince Yadav                               Extras (lb 1, nb 2, w 10) 13           Total (13.2 overs) 199/4 RR: 14.92   New Zealand       Bowling O M R W NB WB Eco   Jacob Duffy 2 0 44 0 1 1 22.00   Adam Milne 2 0 33 0 0 1 16.50   Michael Bracewell 2 0 36 0 0 1 18.00   Kyle Jamieson 3.2 0 45 2 0 0 13.50   Matthew Fisher 1 0 23 1 1 2 23.00   Mitchell Santner 3 0 17 1 0 1 5.66