Watch: Glenn Phillips celebrates his 46-ball century during NZ vs IND 4th T20I in Auckland

With the series already being sealed with India’s 3-0 lead in the five-match T20I series, the hosts New Zealand made a solid comeback in the fourth game, and the platform was laid by Glenn Philips, who smashed a 46-ball century at the Eden Park in Auckland and helped the Kiwis to cross the 250-run mark. 

The Indian captain, Shreyas Iyer, won the toss for the fourth time in the series and went for the same decision without any hesitation of bowling first on a ground which gives the advantage to the chasing side. They dropped Vaibhav Sooryavanshi as fit-again Ishan Kishan returned to the XI.

Glenn Phillips’ 46-ball hundred: Watch his celebration after the century vs India

Glenn Philips smashed his first big shot of the evening through a boundary against Prince Yadav over the infield before nailing Arshdeep Singh and Prince Yadav for two sixes. Nitish Reddy was put into the stands by the right-handed batter, who notched up his fifty with a couple of runs against Prince.

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The in-form batter was in a different mood in the encounter as he smacked Nitish Reddy for three consecutive sixes after the boundary on the second ball of the 16th over of the innings. On 94*, he lofted the slot ball from Arshdeep over long-off for a six and celebrated his century off just 46 balls.

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He was dismissed for 107 runs off 49 balls with 10 sixes and six boundaries at a strike rate of 218.37. It has become the third-fastest T20I century for New Zealand. His 276 runs in the series so far are also the most by any batter in a T20I series against the blue brigade.

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New Zealand lost Tim Seifert in the opening over of the innings before Philips and Finn Allen put a 59-run partnership for the third wicket. But the biggest contribution came from the 115-run fifth-wicket stand between Philips and Michael Bracewell, who nailed 65 runs off just 25 balls at a strike rate of 260.

India, in reply of the Blackcaps' masisve score of 259/7 off the 20 overs, lost both Ishan Kishan and Sanju Samson in the chase. Jacob Duffy’s superb start in the chase kept the Kiwis ahead in the fixture. 

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Brief Scores: India 56/4 (Abhishek Sharm 27, Jacob Duffy 2/17) vs New Zealand 259/7 (Glenn Phillips 107, Michael Bracewell 65, Mayank Yadav 3/48)