India vs New Zealand 2017, 2nd T20I: Hits and Misses

#3 Hit: Trent Boult

If one bowler stood out amidst the flourishing batsmen on Saturday, it was this left-arm seamer from Rotorua. Tim Southee was unavailable to New Zealand for this game, but Boult ensured that he was not missed by the kiwis.

Bowling with fire and fight in the second innings, he removed Rohit Sharma as well as Shikhar Dhawan in his very first over of the game. The fact that both the Indian openers were sent back to pavilion in the second over of the innings put India on the defensive right from the beginning of the chase.

The credit for this goes entirely to Boult. His out-swinging delivery, which was invariably an in-swinger for Dhawan, was the predator of both him and Sharma. After oozing brilliance in his initial spell of the innings, Boult came back to dismiss MS Dhoni and Axar Patel at its end.

On a pitch that was paradise for the men with the willow, Boult stood out with the cork ball in his hand and picked up 4 wickets with an economy of 8.5