In Ahmedabad, Shubman Gill won the hearts of the spectators with a stormy century. He played an unbeaten inning of 126 runs in 63 balls. In his innings, 23-year-old Shubman Gill hit 12 fours and seven sixes. Due to this innings of Gill, India scored a huge score of 234 runs for four wickets in 20 overs. In response, New Zealand’s team was reduced to 66 runs in 12.1 overs. India won this match by 168 runs. Along with this, the T20 series was also named after 2-1. This is Team India’s fourth consecutive T20 series win under the leadership of Captain Hardik. Many interesting moments were also seen in the match. Let’s take a look at the exciting moments of the match in pictures.
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Shubman Gill Bowed Down to Accept the Greetings of the Audience
Shubman scored his first century of T20 international career in 54 balls. After this, the style of his celebration won the hearts of the fans. He bowed and accepted the greetings of the audience. He also hit a six with one hand during the match. In the 17th over, Shubman Gill hit a six with one hand over mid-off off Blair Tickner.
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This Cute fan has Given her Heart to Shubman
Young Shubman has a lot of fan following among girls. Meanwhile, a poster of a fan present at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad is going viral. This fan reached the ground with a placard. It was written on it – Tinder, get Shubman Gill matched. Its picture is going viral on social media.
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Brilliant Attempt by Michael Bracewell
Michael Bracewell of New Zealand took a brilliant diving catch during the Indian innings. In the 13th over, Suryakumar Yadav played a shot in the leg side on Tickner’s third ball. The ball goes to mid on. Standing there, Bracewell dived to the right and took a spectacular catch in the air. However, the ball missed his hand during the dive. The ball was going outside the boundary, but Bracewell’s effort yielded only one run.
Hardik gave the trophy to Prithvi Shaw after the victory
After the match, Hardik was given the trophy for the series win in the presentation ceremony. After receiving the trophy, Hardik went straight to his players. To everyone’s surprise, he handed over the trophy to Prithvi Shaw. Actually, there is a trend of handing over the captain’s trophy to a young player. However, Prithvi did not play a single match during the series, so he was also shocked. This gesture of Hardik won the hearts of the audience.
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Hardik surprised to get the player of the series award
The Indian team went down 1-0 after losing the first match in the T20 series. After this, Team India made a comeback and won both the remaining matches and won the series. Captain Hardik was given the Player of the Series award at the award ceremony. However, he was shocked to hear his name up for the honour. Actually, Hardik has performed well in this series, but did not do anything that would get him the Player of the Series award. He went to receive the award with a smile and gave the credit of the victory to his players.