Watch - Shreyas Iyer's Brilliance Ends Shimron Hetmyer's Stay In Visakhapatnam
Published - 18 Dec 2019, 09:00 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:02 AM
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It was not only with the bat, but also Shreyas Iyer displayed his class on the field as well. He was on the receiving end in the first ODI at Chennai when he dropped a sitter at long-off; however, it was payback time for him in the second ODI at Visakhapatnam. His brilliant effort in the deep helped India to get a big fish in the name of Shimron Hetmyer.
It was in the 14th over of the match when Shimron Hetmyer knocked Ravindra Jadeja to the mid-wicket fence. Though it looked like a boundary, Shreyas Iyer chased it brilliantly to bring the ball back in the play. As soon as he saved a certain boundary with a dive, recovered quickly to hurl a throw into the hands of Ravindra Jadeja at the bowler end.
As usual, Jadeja was quick enough in knocking out the bails to get Shimron Hetmyer short of his crease. The celebrations from the Indian team followed by the dismissal proved how badly they required the wicket of Shimron Hetmyer. The wicket of Hetmyer was quickly followed by Roston Chase, who got no answers to the quality spin of Jadeja.
As it happened:
Coming to the match progress, initially, it was Kieron Pollard, who won the toss, asked Virat Kohli-led side to bat first. Accepting the challenge, the Indian openers showed their class in the middle with a fine partnership. Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul went on to score centuries for the team to dominate the initial 40 overs of the game.
Though West Indies bowlers was successful in keeping Virat Kohli quiet, the middle-order batsman Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant went after the bowlers to make things fall in place. The duo played at a strike rate of over 200 to get those quick runs in the end overs for the team. In the end, they registered 387 runs on the board for the bowlers to defend.
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In reply, Evin Lewis and Shai Hope started things well for the team. However, Shardul Thakur gave the breakthrough by dismissing Evin Lewis in the 11th over. Despite the wickets of Evin Lewis and Hetmyer, Shai Hope and Nicholas Pooran are fighting hard for the victory.
Here is the video:
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