{"id":815513,"date":"2026-10-27T14:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T14:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/815513\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T14:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T14:14:10","slug":"abhishek-sharma-hits-35-ball-century-as-india-seal-t20-series-win-over-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/815513\/","title":{"rendered":"Abhishek Sharma hits 35-ball century as India seal T20 series win over New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"

Third T20, Wellington<\/p>\n

New Zealand 198-3 (20 overs): Mitchell 89 (52); Singh 1-33<\/p>\n

India 199-4 (13.2 overs): Abhishek 113 (38); Jamieson 2-45<\/p>\n

India won by six wickets; lead series 3-0<\/p>\n

Scorecard<\/a><\/p>\n

Abhishek Sharma struck a 35-ball century in India’s astonishing chase of 199 in just 13.2 overs in the third T20 against New Zealand in Wellington.<\/p>\n

Abhishek and teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi blitzed 133 in seven overs for the first wicket, with their powerplay score of 118 setting a new record for international T20s.<\/p>\n

Fifteen-year-old Sooryavanshi’s 45 from 19 balls was merely a supporting act to Abhishek, who raced to his fifty from 15 deliveries as New Zealand’s bowlers wilted.<\/p>\n

After the youngster’s departure in the eighth over, Abhishek helped India cruise towards their target, falling for 113 from 38 balls – which included nine fours and 11 sixes.<\/p>\n

He fell short of equalling his record for India’s fastest T20 hundred, which came off 30 balls against Afghanistan last month. <\/a><\/p>\n

India’s middle order then ticked off the remaining 21 runs required with ease, with New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner’s figures of 1-17 off three overs an outlier in a painful match for bowlers.<\/p>\n

The Black Caps’ 198-3 was set up by Daryl Mitchell’s 89 from 52 balls and Finn Allen added 40 off 25, and their total looked competitive until India barely broke a sweat in their pursuit. <\/p>\n

The result gives India an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series, which is followed by five one-day internationals and two Tests. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Third T20, Wellington New Zealand 198-3 (20 overs): Mitchell 89 (52); Singh 1-33 India 199-4 (13.2 overs): Abhishek…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":815514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-815513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=815513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/815514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=815513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=815513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=815513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}