India (India vs New Zealand 3rd T20I Match, Ahmedabad 2023) defeated New Zealand by a huge margin of 168 runs in the third and deciding match of the T20I Series played against New Zealand at the Narendra Modi International Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad on Wednesday, February 1. This was India’s biggest win in T20 Internationals considering the huge margin of runs.

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In this match, the opener of the team is from s. In this match, Gill Shubman Gill scored 126 runs in just 63 balls at a strike rate of 200 with the help of 7 sixes and 12 fours and remained not out. Captain Hardik Pandya, while performing tremendous all-round, scored 30 runs in 17 balls with the help of 4 fours and 1 six and also took 4 wickets while bowling. Rahul Tripathi also played his part while batting stormy with the help of 4 fours and 3 sixes, playing an innings of 44 runs. Batting first, India scored 234 runs for 4 wickets and gave New Zealand a target of 235 runs to win. But, thanks to the Indian bowlers and fielders with the agility of a cheetah and the keen observation of a hawk, the entire New Zealand team was bundled out for 66 runs in 12.1 overs.

What happened after this wonderful victory, that picture is currently in headlines. In fact, from the era of former India’s most successful captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni), this tradition was going on that, after taking the trophy of Team India’s victory, the youngest player of the team or to debut in that match or that series. Used to hand over the trophy to the player. But, Captain Hardik Pandya broke that tradition. He went straight to Prithvi Shaw with the trophy and handed over the trophy to Shaw.

Significantly, although Prithvi Shaw was in the squad for the India vs New Zealand T20I series, he did not get an opportunity to play in the series. Yes, he was definitely taken off for fielding in the Ahmedabad match.

-Vinay Kumar