Top 10 moments of Champions Trophy 2017
It was the most exciting edition of the Champions Trophy with teams punching way above their weights.
10. Mohammad Amir’s fiery spell douses hopes of an Indian win
Even after getting 338 runs, the general consensus was that India can get the total due to the strong batting line-up that they possess. Amir doused every such hope by bowling one of the spells of the tournament. He swung the ball at pace and made batsmen play the ball as much as possible. His first wicket was of Rohit Sharma, in the first over itself, when he played an in-swinger across the line only to be thudded on the pads. The umpire had no hesitation in raising his finger.
Kohli wanted to make a statement against Amir. In an attempted drive, all he could do was to edge it to Azhar Ali who grassed a dolly at first slip. This didn’t deter Kohli at all as he wanted to throw caution to the wind. On the very next delivery, Kohli shuffled across to play one of the on-side but got a leading edge that went straight to point. India lost their two best ODI batsmen inside three overs of the chase.
Amir was very accurate and gave nothing away. Dhawan wanted to play a forcing shot off the backfoot in the 9th over but could only edge it to the keeper. Amir bowled it with a cross seam hence it got extra bounce which defeated Dhawan. His figures read 6-2-16-3. Watching a fast bowler bowl in that fashion was a delight for every cricket fan.
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