ZIM vs IND, 3rd ODI Live: Watch - Shubman Gill survives after mixing up with Ishan Kishan
Zimbabwe and India are currently engaged in the 3rd and final ODI match of the series at the Harare Sports Club in Harare. Coming to the game, KL Rahul once again won the toss and opted to bat.
The Indian skipper opened the innings with Shikhar Dhawan and gave a good start before being dismissed for 30 runs. Following his dismissal, Shubman Gill come in at no.3 and showed his fabulous skills with the bat.
After sending back KL Rahul, Brad Evans once again gave a breakthrough for his side by removing Shikhar Dhawan for 40 runs. Then Ishan Kishan joined with the right-hander and put up a brilliant partnership of 140 runs for the 3rd wicket before the left-handed batter walks back to the dressing room, scoring 50 runs.
In the end, India posted a quite challenging total of 289 runs with the help of Shubman Gill's maiden hundred who has scored 130 runs with the help of 15 fours and a six.
India took Test cricket seriously under Virat Kohli: Graeme Smith
The former South African skipper Graeme Smith has reckoned that the Indian cricket team took the longest format of the game quite seriously during the leadership of Virat Kohli.
While speaking on Sky Sports, the former Proteas skipper said, "With Test cricket, it’s just iconic nations or the big cricketing nations that are contributing to Test cricket at the moment. I think it’s fantastic especially under Virat Kohli that India took Test cricket seriously.
They lead the way with that. But as long as we’ve got competitive teams, you’re not going to have 10, 11, 12, 13, or 14 competitive teams. You might only be down to five or six nations that play Test cricket at this level," was quoted as saying by CricTracker.
"People also look at those three ODIs wrong. Yes, South Africa hasn’t handled ODI cricket as well and it should never be in this position. But for South Africa to be in Australia out of their key part of the summer financially is a huge stress for them.
It’s like asking England not to play during your summer. The commitment that South African cricket made to go for the three Test matches is good for the game. It’s something that won’t happen often," he added.
"For four weeks of an entire year, the priority will be the league. I feel that if we hadn’t done this South African cricket could have probably lost eight to ten players to this UAE league," he further added.
Besides, during the game, Shubman Gill and Ishan Kishan engaged in an unwanted mix-up in the 43rd over of game which cost Ishan Kishan to return to the dressing room. scoring just 50 runs.
Watch the video here:
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