Every once in while life gives you a chance to become hero and pacer Arshdeep Singh surely recognized his opportunity to bowl one of the best final overs in the cricketing history. Defending 10 runs in the IND vs AUS 5th T20, Arshdeep Singh gave away just three runs to help his side to clinch the series by 4-1. However, Arshdeep Singh also got a little help from the on-field umpire as one his deliveries went on to hit the official resulting in saving a certain boundary.
Arshdeep finished with 2/40 in his quota
Speaking more about the final over, Arshdeep Singh started the final over with a bouncer which ended in a dot ball. On the second delivery, Matthew Wade could only manage to dig out a perfect yorker length delivery resulting in another dot ball. On the third ball, Arshdeep got the better of Wade with 10 needed off last 3 balls.
The fourth delivery went for a single run. However, the main drama occurred on the fifth ball of the final over. As Ellis smashed a delivery straight back to umpire. However, the official had no time to move which probably helped the Indian side in preventing a boundary. After so much drama, Arshdeep Singh bowled another pinpoint delivery to help the home side win the match by 6 runs.
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After the match, Arshdeep Singh spoke about his antics with the ball in the final over. The left-arm pacer said that he backed his basics and credited the bowlers for achieving an over-par total on a slightly tricky strip of the Chinnaswamy Stadium.
“To be honest, before the final over, I thought, I gave away too many runs in the first three overs. But thanks for the belief shown by the captain, team and the coaches for backing me up. I just got some confidence back and stuck to my basics. Credit should go to the batters for giving that extra 15-20 runs cushion for us in the end,” said Arshdeep Singh after the IND vs AUS 5th T20.
I said it was only par total (chuckles back at Iyer). I think it was just a par series for me personally. I need to rethink and perform even better in the future. I will take all the learnings from this series. The bowling wasn’t near par, according to the standards of the Indian team, but a lot of lessons learnt but I will come back from the mistakes,” he added.
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