Rishabh Pant failed to complete the run-out on the last delivery of the 22nd over in New Zealand’s first innings of the third Test match in Wankhede Stadium. Starting off, Daryl Mitchell attempted a reverse sweep off Washington Sundar, then turned to run the first one hard and called for Will Young to come back for a second. At the striker’s end, Pant was able to gather the ball but could not break the stumps. What he did not see was that Young had not yet crossed the halfway line when he received the ball. A cross to the bowler’s end would have had the New Zealand batter well out of his ground.
In the process of discussing the opportunity that went abegging, Dinesh Karthik a former wicketkeeper-batter of the Indian team said that in such situations, there is a need of alertness on the player’s part and one of Pant’s hand should have been free to throw the ball to the other end.
“There was a run-out chance for them. Look at Will Young, he thinks only a single person. Here comes Rishabh Pant. He was wearing the gloves so he did not want to remove them and you can see Will Young still in a bit of trouble. If he had taken his gloves off, look at where Young is and a throw towards the keeper’s end definitely would have been a higher percentage chance. There was so much time and because Rishabh Pant didn’t take off his hands there, he didn’t even get the chance to go for it at the other end. Keepers have to understand these situations. And (I) must say I think Rishabh Pant did lose a chance there for a run out,” Karthik said while on commentary.
India concluded day one at a score of 86 for the loss of 4 wickets, therefore losing to New Zealand by 149 runs. At one point in time, India were comfortably put at 78 for 1, however they lost three wickets within the span of 8 balls that gave the upper hand to New Zealand. Earlier, Ravindra Jadeja recorded his 14th five-wicket haul in Test matches and allowed India to come back and dismiss New Zealand for 235 runs. Washington Sundar also contributed to the hosts by taking four wickets. New Zealand’s top order scored deftly with Daryl Mitchell leading the team at 82, while Will Young scored 71 after the coin tossed in favour of New Zealand captain tom latham who chose to bat first.
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