Taylor hit 10 boundaries and 4 sixes during his stay in the middle and brought up his 21st ODI century in the process.
“What a knock @RossLTaylor well done. Tell me why do u put the tongue out every time score 100. Good game of cricket,” Harbhajan tweeted.
What a knock @RossLTaylor well done.. tell me why do u put the tongue out every time score 100??? 😜good game of cricket #indvsnz pic.twitter.com/XjNuXVxrTW
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) February 5, 2020
In an interview to Wide World of Sports in 2015, Taylor’s celebration could be a cheeky dig at selectors and for his family.
“Right back when I was at age group I got dropped a couple of times when I got hundreds. Then I poked my tongue out – (after) I got dropped – against Australia, my second ODI hundred.
“Ever since then my daughter has been pretty happy when I poke my tongue out and that’s pretty much for her as well,” Taylor had said.
In the absence of regular captain Kane Williamson, Taylor will be expected to play a key role for New Zealand in the remainder of the ODI series