Watch: Hardik Pandya's rocket throw sends back Mitchell Santner during IND vs NZ 4th T20I
India continued their superb fielding performance during the fourth T20I of the five-match series against New Zealand as Hardik Pandya's rocket throw sends back Mitchell Santner to the pavillion.
India’sfielding had already clinical during the third T20O of the five-match series as they continued the same brilliance during the fourth game at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. Rinku Singh had already grabbed a fine catch on the boundary rope, which reflected on his great judgment of pole speed and the timing of the jump.
Two overs later on the very first delivery of the 17th over, Hardik Pandya’s rocket throw runs the New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner out for 11 runs in six balls. The southpaw closed the bat face early, and the outside edge rolled towards short third man. Pandya was well aware of the situation as he gathered the ball quickly and fired a direct hit at the bowler’s end.
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Santner’s dive wasn’t enough to save him as he departed after playing a brief cameo. The left-handed batter smashed Ravi Bishnoi for a strong boundary, punched through the covers region after which he deposited the next delivery over the bowler’s head for a clean six.
Hardik Pandya runs out Mitchell Santner during IND vs NZ 4th T20I
Earlier in the game, New Zealand got a great platform thanks to their 100-run opening partnership between Devon Conway and Tim Seifert, where the former put up 44 runs in just 23 deliveries, thanks to his four boundaries and three sixes at a strike rate of more than 190.
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Seifert posted a strong knock of 62 runs in 36 relay breeze at a strike rate of more than 170, scoring on seven boundaries and three sixes. After this, Darry Mitchell took the onus on himself to give them a strong finish in the batting as he continued to smash the ball in all regions of the park.
It was not an easy job to bowl in the dew as India's captain Surya Kumar Yadav mentioned during the toss, where he felt that the due factor would be an advantage in the second innings during their chase which was accepted by the Kiwi captain Santner who had a woody face during the toss.
Brief Scores: New Zealand 215/7 (Tim Seifert 62, Devon Conway 44, Arshdeep Singh 2/33) vs India.
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