Watch: Arshdeep Singh dedicates special celebration to his girlfriend during NZ vs IND 1st ODI

India’s left-arm pacer, Arshdeep Singh, during the innings break of the opening ODI of the five-match series against New Zealand at Eden Park in Auckland, has dedicated a special celebration for picking up a wicket to his girlfriend, as it went viral on social media platforms. 

Arshdeep has featured in 17 innings of ODIs before this contest and picked 30 wickets at an average of around 25 and a strike rate of 27.5, with the best bowling figures of 5/37 in an innings. He played in the England series before this trip and wasn’t part of the home West Indies series.

What did Arshdeep Singh say about his special celebration? Full comments after the 1st ODI

Just after taking the wicket of Henry Nicholas for nine runs, Arshdeep was seen to be showing a new celebration with his arms, which went viral. He later revealed that he dedicated the celebration to his girlfriend, Samreen Kaur, who was crowned ‘Miss India’ in 2018.

Watch the moment here- 

“That's for my girlfriend. We do these dance steps when we're out walking or something like that. Whenever the mood is a little low, we cheer each other up with that celebration. So this was for her.” The Punjab-born expressed in the ceremony.

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“Loving the weather here and there is good purchase off the surface. After coming from the subcontinent, when you get some life in the wickets, it's always a pleasure to bowl here. And yeah, the wind is helping as well.” He addressed.

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Arshdeep drew the first blood for India with the wicket of Will Young for nine runs off 11 balls. The left-arm seamer went shot of a length as the right-handed batter attempted the pull and got the top edge into the hands of the square leg region. The pacer also dismissed Nicholas in the ninth over of the innings.  

The Punjab-born also got the wicket of Kyle Jamieson for one run before picking up the fourth wicket of Glenn Phillips for 30 runs with a fuller-length delivery outside the off stumps. He returned with figures of 4/70 in his 10 overs at an economy rate of seven.

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Brief Scores: India 103/1 (Virat Kohli 59*, Kyle Jamieson 1/34) vs Zealand 185 (Tim Seifert 38, Arshdeep Singh 4/70, Gurnoor Brar 3/44)