Published 03:08 IST, December 12th 2019

Manish Pandey pulls off a special effort at the boundary, batsmen take no run

Manish Pandey had saved a certain boundary in the series-deciding 3rd T20I at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday; the batsmen failed to take a run

Reported by: Karthik Nair
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Manish Pandey h put in an outstanding effort at boundary during series-deciding third and final T20I at Wankhede Stium in Mumbai on Wednesday. It was neir an incredible catch r an unbelievable run-out but a great fielding effort that saved a certain boundary.

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Manish Pandey saves a certain boundary

During third ball of 11th over bowled by Kuldeep Yav, Kieron Pollard h whacked one that was bowled outside off-stump as even umpire moved out of way. In first instance, it appeared that ball would clear boundary with ease. However, Manish Pandey h or ideas as he covered some distance, put in a brilliant drive and stopped ball from crossing fence. It was West Indian skipper Kieron Pollard who was taken aback after what he h witnessed. After having struck ball, he thought that it was a boundary straight away and he did t run while his batting partner came a long way down track. neless, on kwing that Pandey h fielded ball on boundary, Pollard changed his mind and decided to take a single. It was too late by n as fielder h thrown ball back to bowler who threw it to striker's end. Caribbean power-hitter who could t take any run n h to avoid getting run out. video was posted by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on ir official Twitter handle.

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India seal series

After losing toss and being asked to bat first, India riding on stellar cameo kcks from Rohit Sharma (71), KL Rahul (91) and Virat Kohli (70*) posted a mammoth 240/3 in ir 20 overs. In reply, visitors were reduced to 17/3. Skipper Kieron Pollard and Shimron Hetmyer n ded 74 runs for fourth wicket stand. Hetmyer scored a 24-ball 41 while Pollard top-scored for two-time World T20 champions with a 39-ball 68 at a strike rate of 174.36 including five boundaries and six maximums. After ir dismissals, Windies could t keep up with required run rate and were restricted to 173/8. Deepak Chahar, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and Kuldeep Yav starred for India with two wickets each as India sealed series by 67 runs. By virtue of this win, Men In Blue also avenged bitter loss that Windies h handed m in ICC World T20 2016 semi-final at same venue. 

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