Abhishek and Sooryavanshi added 133 runs in 7.1 overs in third T20I in the chase of 199 runs.
Allen made 40, while Daryl Mitchell top-scored with 89* as New Zealand made 198/3 in 20 overs after being asked to bat first. In response, Abhishek Sharma hammered 113 in 38 balls with 11 sixes and 9 fours, while Vaibhav Sooryavanshi made 45 in 19 balls with 4 fours and 4 sixes.
The duo helped India post 50 runs in 2.2 overs, a world-record 118 runs in 6 overs of the powerplay, and added a total of 133 runs for the opening wicket in 7.1 overs. Thanks to their blitzkrieg, India won the game by 6 wickets in 13.2 overs and pocketed the series 3-0 with two more games to go.
Finn Allen feels the batting onslaught, spearheaded by Abhishek Sharma and teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in the third T20I, provides them with useful lessons for a possible clash with India at the T20 World Cup in a couple of years.
"I think the amount of learnings we can take from it and plans we can put in place for when we come up against them here, potentially in a couple of years, is really good for us. And you have to enjoy it. You know, cricket's always a lot of ups and downs. So you have to find enjoyment in whatever you do,” Finn Allen told the media ahead of the fourth T20I in Auckland on Wednesday, as quoted by ANI.
Allen remarked that once the Indian pair of Abhishek and Sooryavanshi got going, they were hard to stop, and he added that New Zealand would examine the loss and come up with new plans for the next match.
"When someone like Abhishek gets going like that, it's pretty hard to stop him. So just one of those things and you just move on to the next one. I think it's just one of those things, as I said, when someone like Abhishek gets going and Vaibhav, you know, they're pretty hard to stop for anybody,” Allen added.
Allen stated that the team had posted what it viewed as a competitive total, but he conceded that batting conditions could get easier as the match went on. He added that the players would need to quickly move past the defeat, since the fast-paced nature of T20 cricket leaves little time to dwell on results.
"I think, you know, with the bat we probably gave ourselves a competitive score, what we thought was a competitive score, and then naturally conditions in these times probably get a little bit easier. We'll have a couple of days now to review and move on to the next one. Different dimensions out here again, kind of the opposite to what we had the other night, so I'm sure bowlers will come up with different plans and batters as well. So, you know, it's a fast-paced game, and games come thick and fast, so we have to move on pretty quickly," he said.
The fourth T20I will be played on October 30 in Auckland, and the fifth and final game will be played in Hamilton on November 1.
(ANI inputs)