Watch: Shreyas Iyer’s Short-ball Turmoil Continues, Falls For 33 in World Cup Game vs New Zealand – News18

Shreyas Iyer’s trouble with the short ball continued as the Indian batter succumbed to another unlucky dismissal during the India vs New Zealand ICC ODI World Cup 2023 clash. Iyer has had his troubles with the short balls in the past and he perished trying to pull the ball away for a six, but Trent Boult found a way to get rid of the 28-year-old.

India were given a target of 274 to chase and Indian openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill started well but were dismissed in quick succession. Rohit narrowly missed out on a quickfire fifty as he scored 46 in 40 balls, while Gill scored 26 in 31 balls.

Shreyas Iyer then joined hands with Virat Kohli to steady the ship, as the pair stitched together a partnership before Boult struck to get rid of Iyer on 33.

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Shreyas had tried playing the pull shot on a couple of occasions but in the 22nd over of India’s inning, Iyer fell for the short ball. He couldn’t middle the ball properly and managed to edge the delivery to deep square leg where Devon Conway was stationed. The opener dived full length in front of him to take the catch.

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After Shreyas Iyer departed, India were struggling at 128/3, however, Kohli joined hands with KL Rahul and the duo stitched together a partnership of 54 runs before Mitchell Santner dismissed Rahul on 27, which was his first dismissal in the ODI World Cup 2023.

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New Zealand had earlier scored 273 runs riding on a century from Daryl Mitchell who scored 130 runs. Rachin Ravindra also scored 75 runs, after the Kiwis lost Conway and Will Young early.

Mitchell smashed his first century in the World Cup as the Black Caps fought their way to a total of 273 and continued to fight with the ball as well.