Thiruvananthapuram, Jan. 31 -- A scintillating, sixes-filled century by Ishan Kishan and his 137-run partnership with skipper Suryakumar Yadav powered India to 271/5 in the fifth and final T20I of the series against New Zealand at Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday.

After Sanju Samson failed to make his mark in his home state, Ishan (103 in 43 balls, with six fours and 10 sixes), skipper Surya (63 in 30 balls, with four boundaries and six sixes) and Hardik Pandya (42 in 17 balls, with a four and four sixes) played entertaining knocks to take India to a massive total.

After India opted to bat first after winning the toss, India got off to a fine start with Abhishek Sharma's lofted drive through extra cover sailing for a six on the third ball...