India bag a series win with an all-time record in T20I cricket

India have won four T20I series under Pandya's captaincy

With a whacking victory of 168 runs at Ahmedabad against New Zealand, Team India - under Hardik Pandya's leadership - has bagged one massive record in T20I cricket. This win over the Blackcaps is the biggest T20I victory by a full member over a full member.

The game was heavily set up by Shubman Gill's classy hundred in the first innings, which helped the Men in Blue propel to 234 for 4 after their quota of 20 overs. He was well-supported by Suryakumar Yadav and Pandya with the bat. 

With an astonishing century, the 23-year-old became the only fifth Indian batter to notch centuries across all formats. Apart from that, he also broke Virat Kohli's record of the highest T20I individual score by an Indian batter.

While in the second innings, the Indian batter were on a rampage against the Blackcaps in a series-decider. series decider. The visiting batters were buried under the immense pressure of chasing colossal total under lights. 

With the new cherry, captain Pandya and Arshdeep Singh breathed fireballs and removed the top-four batters in the first three overs of the innings. Then, Umran Malik and Shivam Mavi took over from where the new-ball pair left, sharing four scalps between them.

The Indian captain returned for his second spell to whip the Kiwis' tail to bag a four-wicket wicket haul.

Now, India hold the record for the biggest-ever win in T20Is against a Test-playing nation, breaking Pakistan's record of winning by 143 runs versus West Indies in 2018 at Karachi.

Meanwhile, this series victory over New Zealand is Men in Blue's 25th straight bilateral win at home. 

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