6.3 – Mohammed Shami to Ravindra, 1 run, Shami fingertips a catch, it’s a drop and he calls the physio. He was in his follow-through, looked like he was getting upright but then realised the ball was going highish to his left. The hands might have come in the way of the eyes, he tried to take it with fingers pointing up. Left leg was dangling in the air as he tried to take it on the move. Ball burst past and landed behind him. Was a fullish length ball angling in towards middle and leg, Ravindra tried to punch it to the bowler’s right, but the bat twirled upon impact
Ravindra was on 28 at the time and got another life in the next over, on 29.
7.1 – Varun to Ravindra, 2 runs, Another chance down, toughie again. Shreyas was running to the right from deep midwicket, he was sliding for a lowie, was fully outstretched and he made contact. He started quickly, ran 21 metres, slowed down towards the end, ball didn’t pop off the hands so much as poured below. He nearly fell face first and stayed there in disappointment as a team-mate cleaned up.
The two chances didn’t cost India much as Ravindra was bowled by Kuldeep Yadav’s first delivery at the start of the 11th over for 37. But the misses kept coming.
34.5 – Patel to Mitchell, 2 runs, Rohit drops a one-hander at midwicket. He leapt up, got his right hand up but tipped it over. He falls on his back as the ball rolls into the deep. He was 27 metres away, timed his jump okay, but was done for pace. Likely to be marked as a tough chance – 93ks ball wasn’t that short, Mitchell went for a powerful pull nonetheless, went flat.
35.6 – Jadeja to Phillips, 1 run, Gill drops one this time, running to the left from deep square leg. He slid, a bit of the turf came off as the knee went into the ground. He reached out low to the left, got both hands on it but it popped to the left, into the ground. Replays show he tried to claw the ball with ball palms coming towards the centre from the side, but the grabbage doesn’t work. Jadeja raises his hands but manages half a smile. Was a shortish ball on middle, 102ks, didn’t rise as much as Phillips expected. He, like Mitchell, went through with the pull. Got it off the base of the bat.
Phillips’ chance didn’t cost India much either. He was on 27 when Gill put him down and he was gone soon after for 34, foxed by Varun Chakravarthy’s googly. Mitchell, however, went on to make a half-century – he had been dropped when on 40 – and was eventually dismissed for 63 in the 46th over by Shami.
New Zealand, in the second half, also put down a couple of chances, although the first of them was arguably the toughest chance that went down in the game. The last, though, was the simplest.
6.2 – Jamieson to Shubman Gill, 1 run, Mitchell puts down a one-hander at midwicket. India missed a few half-chances, NZ have lost one. He leapt to his right, tried to take it just over head-height, his dive was stunted by the fact that he was too near to the ball. The hands extended, his left leg was up but the right leg and hand were flailing to the right, and the ball burst through. Graphic shows he was 24 metres away. Gill came down the track and tried to whip it. Off the bottom of the bat it came
36.4 – Phillips to Iyer, 1 run, DROPPED by Jamieson at long-on! That is such a huge moment in the game. Floated on off, he charges down, gets too close to the ball and hits this straight to Jamieson who has dropped an absolute sitter.
Iyer was on 44 when he was dropped. He added just four more runs before being dismissed. Gill, too, failed to cash in on his life in a major way, He was on 6 when he was dropped, and eventually fell for 31.
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