Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli absolutely furious as Harshit Rana drops Glenn Phillips in Indore ODI

Harshit Rana’s lazy effort in the field led to a lifeline for one of New Zealand’s most dangerous batters, Glenn Phillips. In the 5th over of Nitish Kumar Reddy’s spell, Phillips looped one up into the sky, and Rana dropped it with a late start from his position.

India have been able to exert enough pressure on the Kiwi batters with some accurate bowling and tight fielding. As said by cricket experts, fielding always wins matches for any side, and such has been the case for the Indians today.

Though India picked up early wickets, Daryl Mitchell, the in-form beast for New Zealand, once again scored another half-century against India and took control of the Kiwi innings that at one stage looked to fall apart. It was then that chances were dropped by the Indian fielders.

Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli disgusted as Harshit Rana’s poor fielding saved Glenn Phillips

Nitish Kumar Reddy has been handed the ball relatively more this time around in Indore. He has been very economical from his end, and Glenn Phillips, who saw the pressure building on him, looked to take down the fifth bowling option for India.

However, Phillips, who never looked comfortable with the shot, was cramped for room and top-edged it towards the square leg region. When the ball went up, Harshit Rana, who was positioned between the fine leg and square leg region, had the chance to grab the ball.

He could have easily made his ground had he started just in time, as the ball was in the air for a long time. Gautam Gambhir turned his eyes shut and banged his head back out of frustration, while Virat Kohli, who also looked interested for a moment, was not happy with how it ended with Harshit Rana misjudging the catch.