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Shami, Siraj, Hardik run riot as New Zealand register two lowest of lows in ODIs
Top five New Zealand batters were dismissed for single digit scores as Mohammed Shami emerged as the pick of the bowlers, claiming three wickets in the match.
Rohit Sharma and Co. bundled out visitors New Zealand for just 108 runs in 34.3 overs in the second ODI match at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur on Saturday. Top five New Zealand batters were dismissed for single digit scores as Mohammed Shami emerged as the pick of the bowlers, claiming three wickets in the match. All-rounders Hardik Pandya and Washington Sundar grabbed two wickets each to make things worse for the tourists.
Team India started off aggressively with the new ball in the powerplay and the duo of Shami-Siraj constantly tested the Kiwi batters with swing, bounce and their line and lengths. Shami drew first blood by getting rid of opener Finn Allen for a duck in the very first over and then Siraj scalped Henry Nicholls in the sixth over of the match. In the seventh over, Shami got Daryl Mitchell caught and bowled to reduce the visitors to 9/3 in 6.1 overs. Thenafter Pandya and Thakur picked one wicket each to bring the New Zealand top order to its knees at 15/5 in 10.3 overs.
15/5 in 10.3 overs got registered as the lowest score at the fall of 5th wicket vs India. And it also got recorded as the lowest score for New Zealand at the fall of 5th wicket against any team.
STAT: Lowest scores at the fall of 5th wkt vs India
15/5 NZ Raipur 2023 *
26/5 Eng The Oval 2022
29/5 Pak Colombo 1997
30/5 Zim Harare 2005
STAT: Lowest scores for NZ at the fall of 5th wkt
15/5 vs Ind Raipur 2023 *
18/5 vs SL Colombo 2001
20/5 vs Ban Mirpur 2010
21/5 vs Aus Faridabad 2003
After the top five batters got out very cheaply, No.6 Glenn Phillips, No.7 Michael Bracewell and No.8 Mitchell Santner played cameos to take the team total beyond 100 runs. Phillips scored 36 off 52 balls to emerge the highest run-getter for the visitors.
