Twitter Reactions: Colin Munro on carnage destroys Mohammed Siraj's debut
Munro scored his 2nd T20I hundred blasting the Indian bowlers to all parts of Rajkot.
View : 2K
2 Min Read
The wicket at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot was a killer for the bowlers. A flat deck with absolutely no juice and Sunil Gavaskar during the pitch analysis described it as a belter. Having faced the burnt of chasing a target last time, Kane Williamson who yet again won the toss decided to bat first and post a total. New Zealand brought in Adam Milne and Glenn Philips in the XI and India handed Mohammed Siraj his debut cap.
Both the Kiwi openers who had rather struggled on tour thus far enjoyed the time in the middle against helpless Indian bowlers who aren’t used to being dominated especially in limited overs cricket of late. While Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled the opening over, Siraj partnered him and it was not an ideal start. He spent 10 runs in the first over and things were going to get worse.
Martin Guptill and Colin Munro loved how well the ball came on to the bat and thrashed all the bowlers who came their way. While Guptill was the aggressor at the start Munro soon matched him shot for shot. The Indian spinners who’ve enjoyed such a wonderful time this home season faced the heat. Both Yuzvendra Chahal and Axar Patel didn’t quite get their act together on a surface where the ball just landed on the sweet spot of the ball from the pitch.
Guptill was dismissed caught on 45, while Munro had all the luck in his favour. As many as three catches were dropped by Bhuvneshwar, Shreyas Iyer and Chahal along with a missed run out opportunity. He went on to score his second T20I hundred while the two other Kiwi batters Williamson and Tom Bruce who got the opportunity to bat couldn’t kick in.
Bhuvi and Bumrah finished with decent figures, their economies were 7.25 and 5.75 respectively. Siraj spent 53 runs in his 4 overs and also picked his maiden International wicket. Patel also cost India runs at a rate of 13. Some tight death bowling again helped Team India pull things back towards the end and the Black Caps finished with 196/2.
Here is how Twitterati reacted to the disdainful batting effort from the Kiwis:
Colin Munro just wiped and cleaned the Indian bowling attack. #IndvNz pic.twitter.com/c38DvuJ4Ne
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) November 4, 2017
Two 100s in T20Is by…
Brendon McCullum
Chris Gayle
Evin Lewis
Colin Munro#IndvNZ— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) November 4, 2017
C Munro's 101* is 1st IT20 100 v India in India beating BB McCullum's 91 at Chennai on 11 September 2012 #IndvNZ
— Arthur_S (@allanholloway) November 4, 2017
Batsmen to hit T20I tons v India
Shane Watson
Evin Lewis
Colin Munro#INDvNZ— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) November 4, 2017
May have been lucky today, a deserving century nevertheless. #Munro #INDvNZ ?
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) November 4, 2017
*Teams for playing against India*
A: I am a left-handed opening batsman.
You're playing.#INDvNZ
— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) November 4, 2017
Well played Munro + the fielders who got him to ?
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) November 4, 2017
Colin Munro – Only batsman to score 2 Twenty-20 International Hundreds in a calendar year. #INDvNZ
— Israr Ahmed Hashmi (@IamIsrarHashmi) November 4, 2017
Most runs conceded on T20I debut by an Indian:
57 – Joginder Sharma, 2007
53 – MOHAMMED SIRAJ, Today
52 – Ashish Nehra, 2009#INDvNZ— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) November 4, 2017
Mohammed Siraj couldn't control his emotions after receiving the T20I cap. #INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/mGj09LnJo5
— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) November 4, 2017
Mohammed Siraj becomes the first fast bowler from Hyderabad to play for India since Syed Abid Ali (1975)#INDvNZ https://t.co/8QqT75SItk
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) November 4, 2017
What a ? from @manuz05 that was some quality hitting of a cricket ball
— Luke Ronchi (@ronchi04) November 4, 2017
Wow! Two brilliant national anthems and two teams that looked so proud to be standing side by side for them @BCCI @BLACKCAPS #INDvNZT20
— Adam Gilchrist (@gilly381) November 4, 2017
First fifty opening stand for NZ on this tour in 5 matches. #IndvsNZ
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 4, 2017
No. of centuries in T20 Internationals:
2005 to 2015 – 15 100s
2016 to 2017 – 13 100s#IndvsNZ— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 4, 2017
India will feel they bowled badly in the middle overs. Too many length balls to get under and not to forget the dropped catches. Need work.
— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) November 4, 2017
Commentary will always make it sound like NZ were chasing India's 199 – and had to score 200 in order to win the match.#IndvsNZ
— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) November 4, 2017
Players to hit two ?s in T20Is
Gayle (117 & 100*)
McCullum (116* & 123)
Lewis (100 & 125*)
COLIN MUNRO (101 & 109*)#INDvNZ— Cric Stat (@Cric_Stat) November 4, 2017
NZ I reckon 10 runs short here #INDvNZ
— Ian Pont (@Ponty100mph) November 4, 2017
Bumrah, brilliant! As has been all series. India need 197 to win. #INDvsNZ
— Kritika Naidu (@Kritzika) November 4, 2017
Highest individual T20I score in India:
109 C MUNRO tonight *
106 Rohit v SA, Dharamsala, 2015
103*Tamim v Oman, Dharamsala, 2016
100*Gayle v Eng, Mumbai WS, 2016#INDvNZ— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) November 4, 2017
Download Our App