Kieron Pollard grabs tremendous caught and bowled: The opposition captain put in a first rate fielding effort towards the end.
During the first T20I of the ongoing West Indies’ tour of India at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad, West Indies captain Kieron Pollard grabbed a tremendous catch off his own bowling to dismiss India batsman Shreyas Iyer.
It all happened on the last delivery of the 18th over when Iyer hit a ball towards the left of Pollard. The big man timed his dive to perfection to catch the ball with both his hands. The 32-year old player followed the catch with an apt celebration.
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Coming in to bat at No. 5 in the 17th over, Iyer scored 4 (6) before getting out. In the only over that he bowled, Pollard registered bowling figures of 1-0-10-1.
With India requiring 15 runs off the last two overs, it was bread and butter for captain Virat Kohli who sealed the chase with eight deliveries to go.
Having scored his 23rd T20I half-century, Kohli played the lead role in yet another successful chase. Not appearing in the best of forms in the first half of his innings, Kohli ended up scoring a magnificent 94* (50) with the help of six fours and sixes each.
Kieron Pollard grabs tremendous caught and bowled
— Utkarsh Bhatla (@UtkarshBhatla) December 6, 2019
How Twitterati reacted on the match:
Good way to start the series. Lots of positives to take from today’s win. 👍#INDvWI pic.twitter.com/UPrUz1fKUK
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) December 6, 2019
KL Rahul, Today:
– Completed 3000 T20 runs on Indian soil in 91 innings. (Fastest Indian and 3rd fastest overall)
– Completed 1000 T20I runs in 29 innings. (2nd Fastest Indian & joint 3rd fastest overall)#INDvWI
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) December 6, 2019
Amazing. Just amazing, @imVkohli
— Sir Vivian Richards (@ivivianrichards) December 6, 2019
Brilliant chase from team India #INDvsWI #virat #rahul
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) December 6, 2019
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