Twitter Reacts As Manish Pandey Saves India From Embarrassment After Ish Sodhi Scare

Finally, New Zealand came up with a brilliant show in the ongoing 5-match series against the Indian National Cricket Team. Spinner Ish Sodhi alongside the other bowlers in the attack restricted India to put a moderate target on the board. If there was no Manish Pandey, India would have added quite a few embarrassing records to their name.

Getting into the details, earlier, it was Tim Southee, who replaced Kane Williamson as the skipper of this clash, won the toss, to bowl first. They have made a couple of changes by bringing in Tom Bruce and Daryl Mitchell in place of Kane Williamson and Colin de Grandhomme.

The Indian team also made three changes by resting Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Shami to give game time for Sanju Samson, Navdeep Saini and Washington Sundar. Though Samson started his innings brilliantly with a handsome six, he failed to repeat his magic in the middle. He was quickly followed by Virat Kohli when Mitchell Santner grabbed a superb catch.

On the other hand, KL Rahul carried his form in the middle for a while but failed to make it a big one. Ish Sodhi, who entered into the scene after powerplay completely changed the complexion of the game by removing Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul and Shivam Dube to give a massive advantage for New Zealand. Those three wickets were followed by Washington Sundar, who dragged Santner’s delivery on to his stumps.

However, Manish Pandey, who remained unbeaten in the series so far, rotated strike in the middle with the support of Shardul Thakur to move the scoreboard inch by inch. Santner, who collected man of the match for his bowling performance at this venue before, looked brilliant in the field by registering three catches to his name.

In the end, India finished with a decent score of 165 on the board with Manish Pandey being unbeaten on 50 while Navdeep Saini added a crucial 11 in 9 balls.

Here are a few Tweets:

Ball is turning, India in disarray! Now, where have you read that before!

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) January 31, 2020

https://twitter.com/smit_pujara/status/1223161195802304512

Ish Sodhi & Adam Zampa both went unsold at the #iplauction ??..both troubling Indian Batsmen.@BCCI #selectdugout @StarSportsIndia @CricCrazyJohns @ProfDeano @anilkumble1074 #NZvsIND #NZvIND

— Ankit Shah (@ankitshah1091) January 31, 2020

The way things are going, Ish Sodhi seems to be anti-national.. ???#INDvsNZ #NZvIND

— AB (@Fittey_muh) January 31, 2020

ish sodhi on a bender to prove that he is truly on the NZ side today. #NZvIND

— niyati ♡ (@niyatifr) January 31, 2020

Sab ish sodhi ko wicket de do…??

— Anju #TeamIndia (@Deep_Point_) January 31, 2020

To all those who were questioning him, this is why Manish Pandey is in the playing XI!#INDvsNZ

— Nikhil Patil (@nikhilpatil233) January 31, 2020

#INDvsNZ Manish Pandey Right Now pic.twitter.com/dAoN6DYlvi

— S Ravind King (@sravindking) January 31, 2020

https://twitter.com/chris_virat/status/1223165579898437632

#NZvIND

Manish Pandey T20 World Cup slot confirmed by today innings. He is our Indian Steve Smith. Saviour of the game.

— Palmist (@KGFRockyBhai) January 31, 2020

Shivam Dube plays like retired Yuvraj Singh. #NZvIND

— ANSHUMAN? (@AvengerReturns) January 31, 2020

https://twitter.com/VinzCric/status/1223156502057209861

RCB's potential middle-order:
Shivam Dube
Washington Sundar
Chris Morris pic.twitter.com/MzFKsNFX80

— Retired RCB fan (@rcbszn) January 31, 2020

Well played @im_manishpandey the inning came at the time when team India needed the most. Tricky chase for New Zealand. There is help for bowlers in this pitch with straight long boundaries #NZvsIND

— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) January 31, 2020

https://twitter.com/CricANkit/status/1223163173261520897

https://twitter.com/HarishSItagi/status/1223163635968561158

https://twitter.com/listentonav/status/1223163510332379137

Impressive innings under pressure @im_manishpandey should have scored more if was sent above shivam dubey. #manishpandey is a proper middle order batsman he should not be given a finishers role. #INDvsNZ #NZvIND

— Meet Shah (@meetshah99) January 31, 2020

Navdeep Saini vs Shardul Thakur. Its getting tougher to decide who can bat better.#NZvIND

— ` (@FourOverthrows) January 31, 2020

Navdeep Saini with a Zaheer Khan-like back-lift.#NZvIND #INDvNZ

— Suneer (@suneerchowdhary) January 31, 2020

#NZvIND

Rishabh Pant after watching Sanju Samson's inning : ? pic.twitter.com/SvOBd05CEx

— Rahul (@iamRahul66) January 31, 2020