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New Zealand needed 193 as per DLS method calculations but managed only 147 in 21 overs as India emerged group toppers with six points
Atharva Ankolekar celebrates a wicket against NZ and Leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi with the player-of-the-match award yesterday
Bishnoi, a R2 crore buy for Kings XI Punjab, is fast turning out to be the biggest star in the junior line-up with his variation and control. He bowled googlies, sliders and top-spinners to end with 4-30 from five overs as vice-captain Dhruv Jurel was fantastic behind the stumps with some neat glovework. India will now meet Australia in the Super League quarter-final at Potchfestroom on January 28.
Bishnoi, who now has 10 wickets from three group league games, said that he tried to bowl wicket to wicket which yielded results. “I want to be like Shane Warne as every aspiring leg-spinner,” Bishnoi said after the match.
Brief scores
India 115-0 in 23 overs (Y Jaiswal 57*, D Saxena 52*) beat New Zealand 147 in 21 overs (R Mariu 42, F Lellman 31; R Bishnoi 4-30, A Ankolekar 3-28) by 44 runs (DLS method)
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