India has been playing New Zealand in a five-match T20I series. The Men in Blue have already sealed the series after leading it 3-0 away from home, which marked the first series victory for Shreyas Iyer as captain in SENA countries. Abhishek Sharma, who went berserk in the 3rd T20I, has climbed up the ICC rankings once again, becoming the No.1 T20I batter.

India were leading 2-0 in the series before they started a carnage in Wellington at the Hnry Stadium, which was led by Abhishek Sharma. They made a mockery of a good target of 199 runs as they chased it down in 13.2 overs, citing the powerful hitting from the two openers, Abhishek and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.

Abhishek Sharma rises to No.1 T20I spot

Abhishek Sharma has been in brilliant form in the series but could not convert it into a big score until last night. He played a blistering knock of 113 runs off 38 deliveries and smacked the Kiwi bowlers all over the park, smashing 9 fours and 11 sixes in his amazing innings as he was also the Player of the Match for his innings.

After his breathtaking innings, the Southpaw, who was the No.2 T20I batter right behind his team India teammate Ishan Kishan, has moved one place ahead of Kishan, as Abhishek Sharma now has 897 points at the moment, given his superb form from the last few series and also Kishan not playing this series due to an injury.

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