Watch: Ishan Kishan smashes a helicopter shot for a boundary during NZ vs IND 5th T20I

The left-handed batter of the Indian side, Ishan Kishan, smashes a superb helicopter shot for a boundary during the first innings of the fifth T20I of the five-match series against New Zealand as the game took place at Seddon Park in Hamilton. On his second game after returning to the action, 

Kishan didn’t do well in the previous encounter at the Eden Park in Auckland when he was dismissed for a duck. During the opening T20I of the series, he was sent back home for just one run at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch.

Ishan Kishan’s helicopter shot: Watch the boundary that lit up the Hamilton T20I

It was the third delivery of the ninth over of the first innings when Jharkhand’s Kishan gave a shade of the former Indian captain, MS Dhoni, with a helicopter shot. It, however, was a little different from Dhoni as Kishan’s shot went for a lightning-fast boundary to the rope.

Watch Ishan Kishan's shot here-

It was very full on the middle stump from Michael Bracewell to Kishan, who went on the back foot and deep into his crease before just whipping it through the vacant mid-wicket region for a boundary. There was no chance for the deep mid-wicket and long-on regions.

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Two balls later, Kishan got forward and lofted Bracewell over the wide long-on region for a huge six. He became the third fastest to score 2000 T20I runs in terms of balls as he took 1345 deliveries for the Indian side and completed his fifty off 28 balls.

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India didn’t make a great start to the innings with both openers falling cheaply. However, the 93-run stand for the third wicket between captain Shreyas Iyer and Kishan, along with a few contributions from the lower order, shouldered the home side to 191 runs for the loss of eight wickets in their allotted 20 overs. Adam Milne returned with figures of 4/19 in four overs.

New Zealand’s Tim Seifert smashed a superb knock of 93 runs off 50 balls at a strike rate of 186, with 11 boundaries and five sixes, while Glenn Phillips continued his good form in the series. The hosts won the chase by seven wickets with two overs to spare, while India claimed the series by 3-2 margin. 

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Brief Scores: New Zealand 195/3 (TIm Seifert 93, Glenn Phillips 65*, Nitish Kumar Reddy 1/19) beat India 191/8 (Ishan Kishan 61, Shreyas Iyer 50, Adam Milne 4/19) by 7-wickets