Watch: Arshdeep Singh celebrates fifer during IND vs NZ 5th T20I
The left-arm pacer of the Indian cricket team, Arshdeep Singh, has celebrated his maiden T20I five-wicket haul during the fifth and final fixture of the series at the Greenfield International Cricket Stadium.
India’s left-arm pacer, Arshdeep Singh, started very badly during the second innings of the fifth and final T20I of the series against New Zealand at the Greenfield International Cricket Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram. On the last delivery of the opening over, he picked up the wicket of Tim Seifert, who was caught by Hardik Pandya for five runs.
But in the next over, the Indian pacer was smashed for four boundaries and one six in the last five balls as his figure read 1/40 in two overs. On the first ball of the 12th over, the Punjab-born sent back Rachin Ravindra for 30 runs in 17 balls, with the help of two boundaries and a pair of sixes.
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Two balls later, the Punjab-born bowled for another wicket of the opposition captain, Mitchell Santner, for a two-ball duck. The left-handed batter got a top edge that flew towards the cover region, where the Indian captain, Suryakumar Yadav, held on to the easiest catch of the evening as wickets kept tumbling from one end.
Arshdeep Singh finishes with 5/51 against New Zealand
On the first couple of balls of the 16th over, the pacer was drilled for two successive boundaries by Kyle Jamieson, who got dismissed for nine runs, thanks to nine boundaries. The right-handed batter swung his willow early and ended up getting an inside edge that clattered the stumps. The Kiwis got their seven wickets down, and the pacer celebrated every single moment.
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Two balls later, Arshdeep Singh got his fifth and final wicket of the spell. Daryl Mitchell made room and looked to play a big shot. It was a yorker-length delivery outside the off stump as the batter tried to play the reverse-sweep for 26 runs in 12 balls. He ended up playing it back onto the stumps, and India inched closer to an emphatic victory.
India put up a massive score of 271 runs for the loss of five wickets in their allotted 20 overs as Ishan Kishan claimed 103 runs in 43 balls with the help of six boundaries and 10 sixes. New Zealand, in reply, got bundled out for 225 runs, losing the contest by 46 runs and the series by a 4-1 margin.
Brief Scores: India 271/5 (Ishan Kishan 103, Suryakumar Yadav 63, Lockie Ferguson 2/41) beat New Zealand 225 (Finn Allen 80, Ish Sodhi 33, Arshdeep Singh 5/51) by 46 runs.
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