Watch: Abhishek Sharma’s celebration after his 35-ball century during NZ vs IND 3rd T20I

With scores of 27 and 29 in the first couple of T20Is against New Zealand in the five-match series, Abhishek Sharma was due for a big score, and he blasted his way to his fourth T20I century with a cool celebration during the third clash of the series at the Hnry Stadium in Wellington.  

Abhishek Sharma, who had opened with Sanju Samson for the last couple of months, got a new opening partner, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, as the pair smashed the highest T20I score in the powerplay of 118/0, nailing the Kiwi bowlers all around the park. 

Watch Abhishek Sharma’s celebration after his 35-ball century

Abhishek opened his account with a massive six against Jacob Duffy before going after Adam Milne for two successive sixes and one boundary in the very second over of the chase. When Mitchell Santner brought Michael Bracewell into the attack, the left-handed batter drilled him for more sixes.

Watch Abhishek's celebration here- 

There was no way the hosts were able to stop the Punjab-born, who celebrated his half-century off just 15 balls. With the flurry of boundaries and over boundaries, he went on to celebrate his fourth T20I century off just 35 balls with a boundary behind the wicket.

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Soon after smashing his century, he sat on the turf and started meditating. That has been his celebration style for the last couple of series whenever he has been getting into the three-figure marks. All the Indian players and the management stood on their feet applauding.  

How India made the record chase against New Zealand

New Zealand posted a huge score of 198 runs for the loss of three wickets in their allotted 20 overs. Finn Allen started well for his 40 runs off 25 balls with five sixes before Daryl Mitchell propelled them to the mark with an unbeaten knock of 89 runs off 52 balls at a strike rate of 171.15 with five boundaries and as many sixes.

The Indian side, who completed 100 runs in five overs, earned the victory and took a 3-0 series lead by six wickets with 40 balls to spare. Abhishek smashed 113 runs off just 38 balls at a strike rate of 297.37.

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Brief Scores: India 199/4 (Abhishek Sharma 113, Kyle Jamieson 2/45) beat New Zealand 198/3 (Daryl Mitchell 89*, Arshdeep Singh 1/33) by 6 wickets.