World Cup - Did Keshav Maharaj bowl ‘ball of the tournament’ to clean bowl Shubman Gill? WATCH
CWC: Did Maharaj bowl ‘ball of the tournament’ to clean bowled Gill? WATCH
It required perhaps the ‘ball of the tournament’ thus far from South Africa’s Keshav Maharaj to dismiss India opener Shubman Gill in the ongoing high-octane World Cup clash at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday. With India on top, having scored more than 90 despite losing captain Rohit Sharma, Keshav, in his first over, bowled a jaffa to stun the 60,000-plus crowd and clean bowledGill.
The unplayable delivery ball, pitched on the middle-leg stump, turned square, removed the bails from the off stump.
Such was the surprising factor that India waited for the replays to confirm the ball did hit the wickets, and it was not Quinton de Kock’s gloved that removed the bails.
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Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat first at his favourite venue. The Indian openers began blazingly, smashing seamers Lungi Ngidi and Marco Jansen to all parts of the ground. With the crowd right behind the Indian Team in this top-of-the-table clash, Rohit and Gill opened their arms, with the Indian captain taking the lead.
Making the most of the excellent start, Rohit smashed everyone left, right and centre, and as he got close to yet another fifty in this tournament, he got caught at mid-of off Kagiso Rabada on 40 off 24 balls.
Walked in next was the birthday boy and modern-day game’s greatest batter, Virat Kohli. Alongside Gill, who continued finding gaps, Kohli opened his arms, much to everyone’s cheers. With seamers bowling inside the first ten overs, India managed 91 for one.
Maharaj was introduced in the 11th over and he soon provided South Africa a big breakthroughas he clean bowled Gill on 23. That, however, came as a boost for South Africa, who, in the next ten overs, conceded just 33 runs, putting brakes on the accelerating Indian innings.
