India have managed to put enough pressure on the Kiwi batters with accurate bowling and tight fielding. As cricket experts say, fielding always wins matches for any side and that is the case for the Indians these days.
Although India took early wickets, Daryl Mitchell, the beast in form for New Zealand, scored another half-century against India and took control of the Kiwi innings which seemed to be falling apart at one point. At that point, chances were dropped by the Indian fielders.
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Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli disgusted as Harshit Rana’s poor fielding saved Glenn Phillips
Nitish Kumar Reddy has received the ball relatively more often this time in Indore. He has been very economical from his side and Glenn Phillips, seeing the pressure mounting on him, seemed to want to take out the fifth bowling option for India.
However, Phillips, who never looked comfortable with the shot, ran out of space and pushed the shot towards the square leg area. As the ball went up, Harshit Rana, who was standing between fine leg and square leg area, got a chance to grab the ball.
If he had started just in time he could have easily gained ground as the ball had been in the air for a long time. Gautam Gambhir closed his eyes and hit his head back in frustration while Virat Kohli, who also seemed equally interested, was not happy with how things ended as Harshit Rana misjudged the catch.
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