Pant, Jadeja steady India
November 03, 2024 11:01Rishabh Pant
India Inns 2: 58-5 (13 ovs); Target to win: 147 | Scorecard
Phillips continues after the drinks break. Pant hits the second ball to long-on for a single and Jadeja drives a full toss to mid-on for another run.
An overpitched delivery is driven through the covers by Pant for two runs wide of long-off before taking a single off the last ball.
In the 12th over, Ajaz has a leg before shout against Pant turned down after the left-hander missed the pull shot. He clips the second ball on the leg side for a single.
Jadeja doing well to keep the scoreboard moving along with singles to turn the strike back to Pant.
Pant miscues the sweep as it goes off the top edge but it falls safely between two fielders for a single.
Pant might have just got a lifeline. New Zealand didn't review the leg before shout after Pant missed the pull shot. The ball struck in line and was going to hit the leg stump. A big mistake from the Kiwis. Will it cost them the Test match?
Pant and Jadeja keep the scoreboard ticking along with three singles off Phillips in the 13th over.