Siraj getting the ball to slant away as Khawaja opens the face of the bat and guides it past gully for two runs and then takes a single.
McSweeney guides the last ball wide of the fielder at point for a single to get off the mark from the 17th ball faced.
In the next over, the right-hander steers Bumrah past the gully fielder for two runs.
McSweeney gets a lifeline as he edges Bumrah trying to defend but Pant diving to his right puts down the catch as the ball strikes Rohit on the hand at first slip.
Pant reacted quite late and ended up as he gets some glove on it and Rohit, who was initially shaping up for the catch, is done by deflection and hit on the wrist.
Bumrah started celebrating immediately and was left dejected after seeing the catch being put down.
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