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Sarfaraz out for duck; India 7 down

November 02, 2024

India 221-7 (50 ovs) vs NZ 235 | Scorecard

Sundar walks in at No 9 ahead of Ashwin, who not so long ago stroked a century against Bangladesh on a difficult pitch in Chennai. 

Gill looking to charge as he uses his feet to loft Phillips over mid-off for a boundary.

A low full toss as Gill reverse sweeps it on the bounce to the fielder at slip.

Phillips overpitches as Gill plays a cracking drive through the covers for the second four of the over.

Sundar looks to disrupt the spinners. He reverse sweeps Ajaz through the vacant thirdman region for the third four in the space of seven balls for India.

Two balls later, he plays the sweep to deep square leg for just a single.

Ajaz gets the ball to turn big as Gill is beaten by a long way trying to defend. The next ball stays low as the well-set Gill adjusts by getting his bat down in time.

The last ball again stays low but it is way down the leg side as Gill helps it fine on the leg side for a four to continue the flow of runs.

17 runs from the last two overs as India look to score quick runs.
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