Captain Gill held his head as soon as he missed the catch.Image Credit source: PTI
The match for which everyone was eagerly waiting has finally arrived. With the start of the first ODI match between India and New Zealand, Men’s International Cricket made its debut at Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara. Indian players and fans were very excited about playing in this new ground, but even in the new ground, an old weakness of Team India did not go away. Within just 32 balls, this weakness of Team India came to the fore again, due to which India had to bear the loss. This is weakness – dropping the catch and once again Kuldeep Yadav committed this ‘crime’.
at Kotambi Stadium team india Won the toss and chose to bowl first but had to wait a long time for its first success. The reason for this was not only the balanced batting of New Zealand’s openers but also the mistake of Kuldeep Yadav. All this happened in the sixth over, when Harshit Rana was bowling. On the second ball of his over, Henry Nicholls played a cut shot and the ball bounced towards the third man boundary, where there was a chance of catch. But Kuldeep Yadav lost this opportunity.
Kuldeep again dropped the catch, huge loss for the team
Kuldeep Yadav has made the mistake of dropping catches in many previous matches, due to which Team India has been suffering losses. This time also it happened and Nicholls played a strong innings and scored a half-century. When his catch was missed, Nicholls was playing on only 4 runs. With the help of this donation of life, he gave a strong start to New Zealand and made a century partnership with Devon Conway and added 117 runs. Ultimately Nicholls was out in the 22nd over and it was Harshit who brought success. But by then he had added 58 more runs to his score. He scored 62 runs in 69 balls, which included 8 fours.
Sundar also made a mistake
Not only Kuldeep, Washington Sundar also made a similar mistake and coincidentally the bowler was Kuldeep. In the 19th over, Devon Conway bowled a slog sweep but Sundar, positioned at deep backward square leg, was far ahead of the boundary instead of standing close to it. Due to this, he could not judge the speed and direction of the ball properly and an easy opportunity was missed. Conway also got 6 runs. At that time he was on 38 runs and finally he was out after scoring 56 runs.