Former Indian Wasim Jaffer heaped praise on Glenn Phillips as the New Zealand all-rounder stunned the cricketing fraternity by taking a one-handed blinder to see the back of Virat Kohli in the Champions Trophy 2-25 clash on Sunday. Taking to X, Jaffer wrote, “Whoever said Kiwis can’t fly never saw Glenn Phillips field.”
The dismissal of Kohli occurred in the seventh over of the innings bowled by Matt Henry as Kohli cut the ball hard for a boundary through point. However, Phillips dived full throttle to take the catch, leaving Kohli and his wife Anushka Sharma, who was at the stands, stunned. It was particularly gutting for Kohli, who was also featuring in his 300th ODI.
New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner opt to bowl first in Dubai
The toss in Dubai on Sunday fell in Mitchell Santner’s favour as the left-arm spinner opted to first first. Both teams have carried out one change, with the Men in Blue resting pacer Harshit Rana and bringing in Varun Chakravarthy. The Kiwis have brought in Daryl Mitchell, while Devon Conway misses out.
New Zealand playing XI: Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (wk), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, William ORourke
Team India playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy.
The winner of this match will play Australia in the semi-final, while the team losing will face South Africa.
