Poor fielding of Team India was seen in the fourth ODI between India and New Zealand. In Aaqib Nabi's over, Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan dropped catches of Will Young on two consecutive balls, which the Kiwi batsman took advantage of and scored a half-century.
IND vs NZ 4th ODI: The fourth match of the five-match ODI series between India and New Zealand is being played at the Bay Oval Stadium in Mount Maunganui. In this match, the fielding of the Indian team once again disappointed. In the second over of New Zealand's innings itself, Rohit Sharma and wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan dropped catches of Will Young on two consecutive balls. The special thing was that both the catches were dropped on the ball of Aaqib Nabi, who was continuously creating opportunities to take wickets.
New Zealand opener Will Young took full advantage of this mistake of the Indian players. After getting two lives, he batted aggressively and completed his half-century in just 49 balls. The Indian team's fielding was very good in the first two matches, but in the fourth ODI, this mistake by the players spoiled the hard work of the bowlers.
IND vs NZ: Will Young took full advantage of his life
When New Zealand's opening batsman Will Young was batting, he was on a personal score of just 5 runs. During this time, he got life on two consecutive balls. After this, Young batted openly against the Indian bowlers and scored runs rapidly. He completed his half-century in 49 balls. Even after scoring his half-century, his aggressive style continued. Dropping these two catches proved to be very costly for the Indian team, as missing the opportunity to dismiss Young in the initial overs gave New Zealand's opening pair a chance to stay at the crease.
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IND vs NZ: Rohit-Ishaan made a big mistake in Aaqib Nabi's over.
Aaqib Nabi was bowling the second over of New Zealand's innings. The fifth ball of the over hit the outer edge of Will Young's bat and the ball reached Rohit Sharma standing at first slip. The height of the ball was good and Rohit had every chance to catch it, but the catch slipped out of his hands. Right after this, the next ball once again hit the edge of Young's bat. This time the ball started passing between the slip and the wicketkeeper, Ishan Kishan dived to catch it, but he also failed to catch it. In this way, in the same over of Aaqib Nabi, the Indian team lost two catches on two consecutive balls. This was no less than a big shock for the bowler.
IND vs NZ: Team India made three changes in the playing XI
Shreyas Iyer is captaining the Indian team in this match. They won the toss and decided to bowl first. However, fielding mistakes came in the way of the Indian team getting initial success. Team India has made three changes in its playing eleven for the fourth ODI. Rituraj Gaikwad has been given a chance in place of Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan in place of KL Rahul and Kuldeep Yadav in place of Anshul Kamboj. At the same time, the New Zealand team has come on the field with six changes. In such a situation, it was a big challenge for the Indian bowlers to stop the new batting order of New Zealand.