Sarfaraz out for duck; India 7 down
November 02, 2024 12:45New Zealand players celebrates the wicket of Ravindra Jadeja, who was dismissed by Glen Phillips.
India 227-7 (53 ovs) vs NZ 235 | Scorecard
India are 221/7 in 50 overs, just 14 runs behind New Zealand now.
The full delivery from Phillips stays low as Sundar is beaten outside the off-stump. The left-hander leans well forward to block the flighted delivery, inside edging on to his pads.
The pitch is offering a lot more assistance to the spinners, with the ball not only turning sharply but also staying low on a regular basis.
Sundar drives Phillips down to long-on for a single and Gill blocks the last two balls.
Ajaz from over the wicket bowling into the rough to Sundar. He sweeps the second ball from outside the line of off-stump for a single to fine leg.
Gill takes one off the last ball, hitting it past the bowler to long-off.
In the next over, Gill uses his feet to hit Phillips to long-off for one as the deficit comes down to 10.
Sundar looking quite solid, playing to the merit of the ball and not trying anything rash.
The last ball is a half-tracker down the leg side as Gill misses out, pulling it to the fielder at backward square leg just for a single.