India’s mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy made an quick impact in the primary T20I of the five-match series against Recent Zealand, removing Tim Robinson with just his third delivery of the spell. The sport is being held on Wednesday, January 21, on the VCA Stadium in Nagpur.
The wicket fell on the third ball of Recent Zealand’s seventh over. Chakravarthy, bowling a 95 kmph leg-break, saw Robinson charge down the pitch and attempt a cross-bat slog. Nonetheless, he mistimed it, giving a simple catch to Shivam Dube at mid-wicket.
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The opener managed 21 runs from 15 deliveries, hitting two crisp fours and a towering six. Robinson’s wicket left Recent Zealand reeling at 52/3 after 6.3 overs.
India Strikes Early As Recent Zealand Lose Three Wickets Inside 10 Overs
Chasing a formidable goal of 239, Recent Zealand got off to a shaky start as Devon Conway was quickly dismissed for a two-ball duck in the primary over by Arshdeep Singh. Hardik Pandya then struck within the very next over, sending back Rachin Ravindra for only one run off five deliveries.
Tim Robinson and Glenn Phillips tried to stabilize the innings, putting on 51 runs from 30 balls for the third wicket, before Robinson fell for 21 off 15. On the halfway mark, Recent Zealand were 87/3, still needing 152 runs to win, with Phillips unbeaten on 48 and Mark Chapman on 15.
Earlier, Abhishek Sharma starred for India with a blistering 84 off 35 balls, featuring five fours and eight sixes. Captain Suryakumar Yadav (32 off 22) and Hardik Pandya (25 off 16) provided crucial support in the center overs. In the ultimate overs, Rinku Singh shone with a quickfire 44 not out off 20 balls, hitting 4 fours and three sixes, helping India finish their 20 overs at 238/7.
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