India is clashing with New Zealand on October 22, 2023. The match is being played at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala.
Both teams came into this encounter having won all four of their matches thus far. India won the toss and Rohit Sharma chose to bowl first. Suryakumar Yadav replaced Hardik Pandya and Mohammed Shami came in for Shardul Thakur in Indian XI. On the other hand, New Zealand was unchanged.
Mohammed Siraj gave India their first breakthrough when he had Devon Conway caught by Shreyas Iyer for a duck. Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah build pressure on the Kiwi batters right from the start.
Then Mohammad Shami entered the scene and in his first match of this CWC 2023, the right-handed pacer got rid of Will Young. Young was bowled off an inside edge leaving New Zealand 19/2 in 9th over.
This could very well have been three wickets as in the 11th over, Mohammad Shami got Rachin Ravindra, who was playing some good shots, to uppishly drive a ball outside off, straight to Ravindra Jadeja at backward point. Jadeja, one of the most brilliant fielders in the world, dropped the catch, as the ball hit his palms and popped out.
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This was a shocking miss from Jadeja, who had won the best fielder medal in India’s last game against Bangladesh. From commentators to his teammates, even his wife Rivaba Jadeja was stunned and disappointed at this lapse of fielding from Jadeja.
Fans on social media were also quite shocked at Jadeja dropping an easy catch and shared their reactions.
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