New Delhi. Daryl Mitchell hit many fours and sixes for the New Zealand team in the World Cup 2023 match. Indian bowlers were seen struggling to take his wicket. Indian captain Rohit Sharma was not only tensed due to the storm of fours and sixes, but there was also a time during the match when he gave a big blow to the umpire. The umpire collapsed on the field in shock. The ball missed him a few times.
What actually happened was that Jasprit Bumrah was on the bowling attack during the 43rd over. When the over started, Mitchell was playing on 102 runs. Daryl Mitchell hit a brilliant straight shot off the fifth ball. The ball avoided hitting the umpire standing in front. The impact of the fast arrival of the ball caused the umpire to fall to the ground to protect himself. He was lucky that the ball did not hit him. Shreyas Iyer stopped the ball going for a four by brilliant fielding. Mitchell got only one run on this ball.
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Mitchell led New Zealand’s innings
In this match, India won the toss and asked New Zealand to bat first. Daryl Mitchell hit 130 off 127 balls against India today with the help of nine fours and five sixes. In this World Cup match, the New Zealand team has given India a target of 274 runs to win. New Zealand’s first two wickets fell cheaply. After this, the partnership between Kiwi batsman Rachin Ravindra and Daryl Mitchell for the third wicket also put captain Rohit Sharma under stress.
Gavaskar-Srikanth record broken
Both the batsmen scored 159 runs together for this wicket. Due to the partnership between the two, the New Zealand team, which was in trouble at one point, made a strong comeback in the match. Along with this, both of them broke the 37-year-old record of Sunil Gavaskar and Kiss Srikanth. Earlier in the World Cup, the partnership between Gavaskar and Sri Lanka was the highest partnership in India-New Zealand matches.
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First published: October 22, 2023, 20:00 IST