Jimmy Neesham makes an acrobatic save on the boundary in opposition to India
India had a horrible begin to the match in opposition to New Zealand as their top-order crumbled in entrance of some actually good bowling from the Blackcaps. Ishan Kishan (4), KL Rahul (18), Rohit Sharma (14) and Virat Kohli (9) had been dismissed one after the one other as they tried to pressure the difficulty after the Kiwis had pegged the Indians again within the early overs. The stress was an excessive amount of to deal with in an important conflict because the famed Indian batting was shut out utterly. Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya joined forces within the eleventh over as India had been down and out at 48/4. The duo tried their finest to get some fast runs however even they struggled in entrance of some disciplined bowling by the Kiwi spin duo of Mitchell Santner and Ish Sodhi.
On the second supply of the 14th over, Sodhi bowled a flat and quick supply exterior the leg stump and Hardik Pandya tried to smack it out of the park, however as an alternative bought a prime edge. The ball flew excessive within the air in the direction of the deep sq. leg boundary the place Jimmy Neesham was stationed.
The New Zealand all-rounder jumped excessive within the air and by some means managed to get his hand on the ball. The ball hit Neesham’s forearm and fell contained in the boundary rope even because the all-rounder tumbled over it. The trouble ensured Hardik didn’t get a a lot wanted six for India.
ICC posted the video on Instagram and captioned it, “REJECTED! Jimmy Neesham stretches his arm out to disclaim Hardik Pandya the utmost.”
Rishabh Pant departed quickly after, scoring simply 12 runs. Hardik continued his battle and was ultimately dismissed for 23 runs off 24 deliveries. Ravindra Jadeja was the one Indian batsman to get some high quality runs underneath his belt as he scored an unbeaten 26to push India over the 100-run mark.
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