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T20 WC: New Zealand Stun India With Eight-wicket Win, Twitter Reacts
By Aditya Pratap - Oct 31, 2021 10:55 pm
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India and New Zealand are locking horns in a Super 12 round match of the T20 World Cup 2021 in Dubai. Both teams lost their first game against Pakistan and are now playing in a must-win match.

Ish Sodhi bowled beautifully against India

Kane Williamson won the toss and opted to bowl first. New Zealand brought Adam Milne in the playing XI and left Tim Seifert out for this game. On the other hand, India left Suryakumar Yadav and Bhuvneshwar Kumar out while Ishan Kishan and Shardul Thakur replaced them in the playing XI.

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Ishan Kishan and KL Rahul came out to bat while Trent Boult had the new ball in his hand to trouble the Indian openers like Shaheen Shah Afridi did the other night. Both openers played out Boult’s first over without taking any risk. However, Ishan Kishan went for a full-blooded heave on the second last ball of Boult’s second over and ended up giving a catch to Daryl Mitchell.

Rohit Sharma walked out at number 3 and played some shots before getting out to Ishan Sodhi. Tim Southee removed KL Rahul as India were in deep trouble. Virat Kohli went for a slog-sweep against Sodhi and hold out at long-on and India were reeling at 48/4.

Hardik Pandya and Rishabh Pant were battling in the middle to save India’s blushes but ended up being too defensive and couldn’t score a single boundary. Adam Milne disturbed Rishabh Pant’s stumps when he was going for a slog. Hardik Pandya got out to Boult for a 24-ball 23-run knock.

Ravindra Jadeja tried hard to towards the end but things had slipped too far by then. He scored 26 runs in 19 balls, which featured two fours and one sixes. India ended up scoring 110/7 in 20 overs.

Boult picked three wickets for 20 runs while Ish Sodhi grabbed two wickets for 17 runs. Meanwhile, Mitchell Santner conceded just 15 runs in his four overs.

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In response, Martin Guptill and Daryl Mitchell took cautious steps towards the target. Jasprit Bumrah dismissed Guptill for 20 in the fourth over. Kane Williamson walked out at number 3 and stitched a solid partnership with Daryl Mitchell, who was looking in the mood to finish the game early. He got out to Bumrah after scoring 49 runs but by then he had put New Zealand in an undefeatable position.

Kane Williamson kept his cool and took his team over the line with his unbeaten knock of 33 runs. New Zealand won the game by eight wickets with 33 balls to spare.

See how Twitter reacted to this game;

https://twitter.com/benjonescricket/status/1454854677422542848

https://twitter.com/Bazmccullum/status/1454855654640795652

Tags Ish SodhiJasprit BumrahKane WilliamsonNew ZealandRohit SharmaT20 World Cup 2021Team IndiaTrent Boultvirat kohli

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