In the third T20I against NZ in the strangest watt, Harshal Patel got out.
The Harshal Patel incident did not inform many people, including the commentators, about the on-field action.
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India’s Harshal Patel got out in the strangest manner against New Zealand in the third T20I in Kolkata. The Haryana cricketer, playing the second match of his career, was dismissed by a hit wicket. Everything happened so quickly that even the commentators missed what was happening. Coming back to the incident, Patel was out hit wicket, and as soon as he realized this, he went back to the dressing room. Kiwi players began celebrating, leaving commentators and fans awestruck. Some of them even speculated that Herschel may have knocked the ball, but replays later confirmed that he had inadvertently hit his wicket for a boundary off Lockie Ferguson. Meanwhile, he has become the second Indian cricketer after KL Rahul to be dismissed in this way in T20 Internationals.
Captain Rohit Sharma batted first, hitting 56 off 31 balls with five fours and three sixes to test the team’s character, but despite a blistering start, Indian player Harshal Patel (18 runs) before the middle Fell in the overs. 11 balls) and Deepak Chahar (21 not out off 8 balls) used their long handles to get 50 runs in the last five overs. Ishan Kishan (29 off 21 balls), Shreyas Iyer (25 off 20 balls) and Venkatesh Iyer (20 off 15 balls) all got starts but could not convert it into big scores.
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Rohit did not look back after hitting two fours one after the other in the very first over of Trent Boult. There was no preferential treatment as all fast bowlers were treated with equal disdain as he and Kishan made full use of the powerplay overs, scoring 69 runs. Rohit pulls Boult behind square for his first six and hits Adam Milne (0/47 in 4 overs) over long-on for a second maximum and Lockie Ferguson’s third ball into the stands under the giant electronic scoreboard. There was another bridge behind the square.
(with agencies)
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