Twitter reactions on India scoring 92 in 4th ODI: Twitter was furious after India were bowled out on 92 in the fourth ODI.
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During the fourth ODI of the ongoing India’s tour of New Zealand at Hamilton, India put on display a shambolic performance with the bat which saw them getting bundled out for 92 in 30.5 overs. Coming on the back of gaining an impenetrable 3-0 lead in the five-match series, such a batting collapse was the least expected form the Indian team.
After New Zealand captain Kane Williamson won the toss and chose to field, the Indian batsmen had no answer whatsoever against a testing spell of bowling from Trent Boult. After a cautious start, India lost their first wicket in the form of Shikhar Dhawan (13), who was pinned in front of the stumps by a fuller delivery from Boult.
After tasting blood in the first powerplay, Boult made further inroads into the Indian batting line-up, dismissing India captain Rohit Sharma (7) and debutant Shubman Gill (9). Co-incidentally, both of them were caught and bowled by Boult in an identical manner.
By the time Gill was dismissed, New Zealand all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme had already sent back India’s middle-order batsmen in Ambati Rayudu and Dinesh Karthik, both off loose shots.
At 33-5, the onus was majorly on the all-rounder-duo of Kedar Jadhav (1) and Hardik Pandya (16). It was such a day for the visitors that even they surrendered against Boult as India were further reduced to 55-8. It is worth mentioning that India had surpassed their lowest ODI total (54) by this time.
It was a 25-run stand for the ninth wicket between India’s wrist-spinners in Kuldeep Yadav (15) and Yuzvendra Chahal (18*) which aided India to near the 100-run mark. Leg-spinner Todd Astle and all-rounder James Neesham, who were brought into the squad for the last two ODIs, picked up a wicket each to put a halt to the Indian innings in the 31st over.
India’s fragmented batting unit ended up being part of an embarrassing record, breaking a 37-year old feat. The Top six Indian batsmen ended up scoring a total of 30 runs, which is their lowest in an overseas ODI. Earlier, it was 39 runs against England at The Oval in 1982.
The disheartening and third-rate batting performance by the Indian batsmen allured plentiful criticizing remarks for them on social media platform Twitter. Read some of them below:
A Ten-Over spell by Boult. Broke the back of India’s batting. But two dismissals that disappointed more came from the other end—Rayudu and DK. Both loose shots. #IndvNZ @StarSportsIndia
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) January 31, 2019
Ten overs on the trot. Fiver. What a spell! #TrentBoult
— Chetan Narula (@chetannarula) January 31, 2019
Kuldeep Yadav carries India past their lowest ODI score with a cover drive. India fans, ✋ if that debacle against Sri Lanka still haunts youhttps://t.co/2EjudLYuy5 #NZvIND pic.twitter.com/xNgADBfEmR
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) January 31, 2019
22 balls
4 wickets
3 runsTrent Boult at his devastating best against India in the fourth ODIhttps://t.co/qGxkYycd9g #NZvIND pic.twitter.com/SjWAj2M2Mo
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) January 31, 2019
#INDvsNZ 39/6 🤔 God must be crazy 😀
India🇮🇳 is badly missing #Dhoni today.He is the only player who can show great strength n resilience in this type of situation.
Get well soon @msdhoni 🤗 indian team desperately needs you😘
He is a sun & our team a solar system#4thODI pic.twitter.com/DmX9AXFQHT
— Harish Nilange🇮🇳 (@Nilangeharish) January 31, 2019
#NZvIND #4thODI #Indvnz
Meanwhile When Virat opened his T.V pic.twitter.com/qgu5YPPFqz— HIMANSHU (@UnIndian_) January 31, 2019
VS WI 2009: MSD in at 7/3, from 22*(47) to 95(130)
VS Pak 2013: MSD in at 29/5, from 33*(75) to 113*(125)
VS Aus 2013: MSD in at 76/4, from 25*(45) to 139(121)
VS Eng 2017: MSD in at 25/3, from 21*(45) to 134(122)
Name a better player under crisis. I’ll wait.#Dhoni #4thODI— Prateek Sank Sinha (@sank_sinha) January 31, 2019
35/6 this is exactly how our class behaved when our lecturer, HOD & Principal where out of college.#4thODI #NZvIND #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/Kuf8Oly4VS
— Harshad Chauhan (@Harshad35630652) January 31, 2019
Kohli be like ~40/7 are you kidding me..😂😂(India without MSD 😒) #INDvsNZ #4thODI 😐 pic.twitter.com/s2d84BthVK
— Ananya chauhan ❤ (@Ananyachauhann) January 31, 2019
Now you know why Dhoni plays slow in these conditions. #4thODI
— Prateek Sank Sinha (@sank_sinha) January 31, 2019
#4thODI #NZvIND
Rohit : I can handle team well than Virat…Meanwhile Virat : pic.twitter.com/wzaTMX1OL1
— $iđđhēsh🇮🇳 (@IamSiddhesh89) January 31, 2019
Now those a**hole haters will understand why Team India need MS Dhoni after top order collapsed 👍#4thODI #NZvIND #INDvNZ
— Arsalan (@iBeing_Arsalan) January 31, 2019
Where is the player
– who stops the crumbling of wickets at one end
– who knows how to bat with tail
– who takes the game deep
– who try to play the full quota of overs
– who is getting oldMissing Dhoni……..???#NZvIND #4thODI
— Dilli Se Hoon BC (@_DilliSeHoonBC) January 31, 2019
we need Dhoni in our team for situations like today. He may have gotten old and a little slow but adds a lot of stability to the team #4thODI
— Gourav (@gouravg13497007) January 31, 2019
Indian team is showing how employees behave when the boss is on leave 🤷🏻♂️#NZvIND#4thODI
— Apurva Kumar Singh (@apurvaksingh) January 31, 2019
……..because #kohli is on rest #4thODI
— Shefali bagga (@shefali_bagga) January 31, 2019
#4thODI Questioning mark for WC 19. Tough looking tournament
— Selenophile○ (@Bekar_ladka) January 31, 2019
That moment when boys gave tough competition to @RCBTweets‘s 49 all out but Hardik Pandya ruined it by hitting three boundaries😜
Never thought we hv to depend on Kul-Cha for scoring runs😂#NZvIND #4thODI
— Abhipsa 💥🏏 (@Ap_0718) January 31, 2019
This is why you need MS Dhoni in the squad. Finishing matches are great but saving team from collapses is not everyone’s cup of Tea.#4thODI #INDvsNZ
— Prahalad Yadav (@Prahalad47) January 31, 2019
Honestly, no Indian cricket fan should be surprised ! You get d top 3 out cheaply & make Dhoni play out his infamous slo-mo game & 9/10 times, India wud be found tottering in d world cup wd <100 scores wd d ball moving in d english air as in Hamilton today !#4thODI #NZvIND
— nitesh (@ouchh_potato) January 31, 2019
India without Virat 😯😯
result is in front of us #NZvIND #4thODI
— B R I J W A (@BrijwaSRKman) January 31, 2019
Frankly, it is embarrassing to see @cricketaakash defending India at this stage. There is no shame in accepting India being outplayed and giving due credit to the amazing bowling spells. @bhogleharsha #4thODI #INDvsNZ
— Puspangshu Chowdhury (@puspangshu) January 31, 2019
5.5 – Dhawan (LBW)
7.6 – Rohit (Caught & Bowled)
11.6 – Gill (Caught & Bowled)
13.1 – Jadhav (LBW)
19. 4 – Hardik (Caught behind)@trent_boult‘s five wickets have come thick and fast, putting his side in the driver’s seat in the #4thODI. #NZvIND #ThisIsNewDelhi #DelhiCapitals— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) January 31, 2019
New Zealand to Indian side without Kholi and Dhoni#4thODI pic.twitter.com/X5Lpq6BkkL
— AKSHAY SHARMA (@akshaygoutam7) January 31, 2019
So chahal is highest scorer in the team
and
also made his highest ODI score
— Mohith (@MohithIamIndian) January 31, 2019
This is why you need MS Dhoni in the squad. Finishing matches are great but saving team from collapses is not everyone’s cup of Tea.#4thODI #INDvsNZ#4thODI
— Bharat Teaser Blockbuster ❤️❤️❤️ (@badass_Salmania) January 31, 2019
#4thODI
Chahal_””_. Top !
😂— run__jithu (@imrunjith) January 31, 2019
#TeamIndia with @imVkohli and @msdhoni Vs without them #4thODI #NZvIND pic.twitter.com/HxGdhWEWr6
— Reshma Narayan (@reshmanarayan5) January 31, 2019