IND vs NZ | Twitter reacts as Shubman Gill takes brilliant low catch to dismiss William Somerville first ball after lunch

11/29/2021

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Tom Latham and William Somerville guided New Zealand to 79/1 at lunch on fifth day of the Kanpur Test, inching safely towards the 284-run chase. India managed to sneak an opening first ball after lunch, courtesy of a brilliant low catch from Shubman Gill at fine leg to send back Somerville for 36.

New Zealand began Day 5 of the Kanpur Test at overnight 4/1, with Will Young falling leg-before to Ravichandran Ashwin in a rather unfortunate manner on the fourth evening. William Somerville, who was sent in as the nightwatchman, partnered with Tom Latham for an unbeaten 76-run stand-by lunch. Indian bowlers found the occasional false shots, but all to no avail as the edges kept falling short of fielders.

However, they found a breakthrough on the very first ball of the second session, with Umesh Yadav getting rid of Somerville with a well-directed bouncer from round the wicket, off which the right-hander mistimed a pull. The task wouldn’t have been completed without Shumban Gill’s brilliance, who sprinted and dived forward to take a well-judged catch.

New Zealand was 99/2 at the time of writing, with Latham joined by skipper Kane Williamson.

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— jennifer (@jennife74834570)

HAHAHA

Somerville against our Bowlers
— Venkata Abbiah (@VenkysViews)

See this

Will Somerville faced 7 short deliveries before Lunch, the one the got him out, after the break was the only short ball he faced which was delivered from round the wicket

👇 Umesh vs Somerville in this innings
— The Game Changer (@TheGame_26)

Lol, relatable!

Somerville

Pic 1 : India take the wicket of NZ's

10th batsman

Pic 2: But it's 2nd wicket
— Shivam Sonawane (@Shivam2209)

Kudos to Somerville though

Playing out a whole morning session in 5 th day! This guy,Somerville coming in as night watchman,batted better than top end batters.Solid defence and strokes against famed 3 pronged IND spin! That's awesome.
— Vijayakumar.K (@Vijayakumar1959)

Who did this?! Lol

Yey, Somerville out.

Fir se Williamson ko bhi out karenge 'Lord Umesh 👑 ✌

India will win.
— Abhishek Anand (@I_am___Abhishek)

Let's hope for more magic

Right after the lunch sends Somerville packing as India finally gets the much-required breakthrough. 🔥

79-2 after 35.1 overs

Maybe Indian bowlers can recreate the magic of Day 3. 🤞
— Aditya Singh Rawat (@Catslayer_999)

Lmao

Imagining an ultra positive/optimistic NZ dressing room to Somerville at lunch:

“We no longer require your services as pinch blocker, don’t waste any more balls, we’re going for the win”
— Sriranjan Thirumalai (@sambabriza)

True

No Bruh , Somerville was batting well so there was no need to call him back .

They needed 205 runs on 360 balls after lunch so they were not thinking of attack .

It was short ball barrage and rash shot of Somerville .
— Dhruv Raj (@being_ingenious)

Exactly

36 is nightmare for Indian team, Somerville's face 110 balls as tribute as tribute to Indian team 110 runs all out against new Zealand in recent this T20I world cup 😜😜😜
— př 17 🇮🇳 (@Impr17______)

IND vs NZ | Twitter reacts as Shubman Gill takes brilliant low catch to dismiss William Somerville first ball after lunch

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