Cricket-Kishan smashes 10 sixes as India crush NZ

Kishan clobbered 10 ⁠sixes in an incendiary 103 off 43 balls to anchor India's imposing 271-5 at the Greenfield International Stadium. New Zealand opener Finn Allen hammered six sixes in a 38-ball 80 to ​give the chase early momentum but they were bowled out for 225 with two ‍balls left in the innings after India seamer Arshdeep Singh took a career-best 5-51.

Ishan Kishan smashed a 42-ball hundred as India showcased their batting firepower ahead of next month's Twenty20 ‌World Cup, beating New Zealand by 46 runs in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday to seal a 4-1 series win. Kishan clobbered 10 ⁠sixes in an incendiary 103 off 43 balls to anchor India's imposing 271-5 at the Greenfield International Stadium.

New Zealand opener Finn Allen hammered six sixes in a 38-ball 80 to ​give the chase early momentum but they were bowled out for 225 with two ‍balls left in the innings after India seamer Arshdeep Singh took a career-best 5-51. Earlier, Kishan, who missed the previous game in Visakhapatnam with a niggle, returned at number three and tore into the attack ⁠from the ‌outset. Ish Sodhi bore ⁠the brunt in the 12th over, when Kishan lashed four fours and two sixes in a seven-ball ‍over that cost 29 runs.

After playing second fiddle to Kishan for much of their rapid 137-run ​stand off 58 balls, India captain Suryakumar Yadav (63) exhibited his own power-hitting prowess ⁠by smashing three sixes in a Jacob Duffy over. Kishan brought up his 100 with a six before Duffy ⁠deceived him with a slow bouncer and Hardik Pandya smacked four sixes in his 42 off 17 balls down the order.

New Zealand lost opener Tim Seifert cheaply but ⁠Allen and Rachin Ravindra (30) kept them in the hunt with a century stand before their ⁠chase was derailed. After ‌spinner Axar Patel (3-33) removed Allen and Glenn Phillips, seamer Arshdeep demolished the New Zealand middle order to claim his maiden five-wicket haul ⁠in T20 Internationals.

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