"Brings The Worst Out Of All Us": Ex-India Opener Aakash Chopra After Getting Targetted For 3rd India vs New Zealand T20I Prediction

Abhishek Sharma with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi during the third T20I.© X/@BCCI

It was carnage in Wellington on Tuesday. In the third T20I, when New Zealand posted 198/3 in 20 overs, one would not have imagined what was waiting for the hosts. During the chase, India raced to 100 within the first five overs, with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Abhishek Sharma in full flow. By the time Sooryavanshi departed on the first ball of the eighth over, India had already reached 133. At the end of 10 overs, India were 178/2, needing just 21 runs from the final 10 overs.

During New Zealand's innings, former India opener Aakash Chopra had written on X that a total of 170-plus looked tough to chase on the Wellington pitch. "Looks like 170+ will be a tough chase today. #NZvInd," he wrote. As India chased down the target in just 13.2 overs, Chopra was trolled on social media.

Looks like 170+ will be a tough chase today. #NZvInd

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) October 27, 2026

Later, in a video, he responded. "I think people should stay away from Twitter because it tends to bring the worst out of all of us. On a very serious note, I tweeted this and I was referring to a 10-over run chase. That it is a little tough to chase it down in just 10 overs. And see, I was right," he said on ESPNcricinfo.

"On a very serious note, what exactly is happening? If you were to see the first few overs, the ball was darting around. There was movement off the surface. And I thought 170-plus... The commentators were saying, 'It is a tricky surface. There is some sideways wind as well.' They made a mockery of it. That's what this Indian batting team is doing."

Abhishek Sharma smashed a blistering century off just 35 balls as India defeated New Zealand by six wickets in the third T20I of the five-match series in Wellington on Tuesday, taking an unassailable 3-0 lead.

The Indian opener struck a magnificent 113 off 38 balls, smashing 11 sixes and nine fours as India chased down New Zealand's target of 199 in just 13.2 overs, with 40 balls to spare

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