India defeated New Zealand by 6 wickets in the third T20 match played in Wellington. In this match, a historic opening partnership was seen from the Indian team. Due to injury to Ishan Kishan, Vaibhav Suryavanshi was given a chance in the second consecutive match. However, unlike the previous match, this time Vaibhav was sent to open the innings with Abhishek Sharma. Chasing the target of 199 runs, both the batsmen added 118 runs in just 6 overs. This is the fastest opening partnership ever in men's T20 International. Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored 45 runs in 16 balls, while Abhishek Sharma scored the fourth century of his T20 International career. After the match, Abhishek shared an interesting anecdote related to Vaibhav. It is related to a dialogue from the Bollywood film 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag'.
There is a scene in the film 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag', in which Farhan Akhtar, playing the character of Milkha Singh, goes to the track for a race. Just then the voice of the Pakistani coach comes from behind saying, Milkha Singh, this may prove to be the last race of your life. On this Milkha Singh replies, 'I will run the same way.' After this he leaves his opponent behind in the race. Abhishek Sharma told that during the net practice before the match, Vaibhav Suryavanshi had told him something inspired by this dialogue. Vaibhav had said that he will also bat in the same style.
Abhishek Sharma narrated an interesting story
After the match, Abhishek Sharma and Vaibhav Suryavanshi talked about their respective innings. In the video released by BCCI, Abhishek said about Vaibhav, 'Vaibhav told me one thing in the nets yesterday. He had said that today I will play in the same way, just like there is a dialogue in 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' that Bhaiya, I will play in the same way.
After this Abhishek asked Vaibhav whether he had already decided to hit a four on the very first ball? On this Vaibhav said, 'Of course, it was in my mind. In the last match I thought of taking some time. I was trying to go against my style of playing T-20. This time I was getting a chance to play in the powerplay, so I wanted to give the best start I could. This would have made the run chase easier for the team.
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What did Vaibhav say on Abhishek's century?
Abhishek Sharma played a stormy inning of 113 runs in 38 balls with the help of 9 fours and 11 sixes. This was the fourth century of his T20 International career. For this brilliant performance he was also chosen Player of the Match.
Praising Abhishek's batting, Vaibhav said, 'No one can say anything about Abhishek Sharma's batting. We all know how Abhishek bhaiya plays. The way he was batting, the New Zealand team was out of the match early. If this match had not come live, people in the village would have said that cricket is going on on the terrace.
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What did Abhishek Sharma say about Sanju Samson?
To give Vaibhav Suryavanshi a chance to open in the third T20, Sanju Samson had to bat at number three. Talking about this decision, Abhishek Sharma praised the team environment and Sanju's attitude.
Abhishek said, 'I would like to say one more thing. Today we opened, while Sanju Bhai had been opening. We see in the team that everyone is selfless. What the team showed today, the atmosphere there, was fantastic. After the kind of innings Sanju Bhai has played in the last two matches, one can feel that someone is playing in his position. But Sanju paaji showed his character. The entire team showed character.