pulled off an amazing one-handed catch off his own bowling to dismiss Mark Chapman during the first T20I encounter between India and New Zealand in Ranchi on Friday. India skipper
decided to hand the ball to Sundar early in the innings to take advantage of the movement off the pitch and the all-rounder did not disappoint. Sundar foxed the in-form
with a slower delivery as the opener was caught in the deep for 35. Just a few balls later, Chapman miscued a shot off his bowling and Sundar pulled off the caught and bowled by diving full length towards his right.
The ball looked almost out of his reach, but the all-rounder was able to complete the one-handed catch.
India skipper Hardik Pandya won the toss and elected to field against New Zealand. India stuck with the opening pair ofand
, leaving out a returning
, while
was preferred over
.
and
also missed out on the playing XI.
For New Zealand, Mark Chapman andwere brought in for
and
, both of whom left following the ODI series.
Teams:New Zealand:
Finn Allen,
(w), Mark Chapman,
,
,
(c),
,
, Ish Sodhi,
,
.
India:
Ishan Kishan (w), Shubman Gill,
,
, Hardik Pandya(c),
, Washington Sundar,
, Kuldeep Yadav,
, Arshdeep Singh.
(With PTI inputs)