Martin Guptill batted brilliantly in the warm-up match
T20 World Cup 2021 has started in UAE and Oman. From Sunday where the group round matches started. On the other hand Super 12 direct entry teams are playing warm matches. The warm-up match may not have been given official status, but despite this, the enthusiasm and passion of the players on the field is not less. The batsmen are seen raining fiercely for fours and sixes. Something similar was also seen in the T20 match played between Australia and New Zealand.
Martin Guptill of New Zealand scored a brilliant 30 runs in this match. He scored almost half of these 30 runs in a single over. Guptill’s bat ran fiercely in the over of Australia’s Mitchell Marsh. In this same over, Marsh gave 25 to New Zealand. The over proved to be very expensive for Marsh. He gave 53 runs in the spell of his over and he could not get a single wicket.
Guptill’s stormy batting
When Marsh brought the over, Guptill was on strike. No run came off the first ball of the over. After this, on the next ball, Guptill hit a four at backward square leg. After this, he hit a four on the same side on the next ball as well. On the fourth ball of the over, he took two runs and kept the strike with him. Pulling on the fifth ball of the over, hit the third four of the over. The next ball was wide and the wicketkeeper could not catch the ball and five runs were added to the Kiwi team’s account. Guptill ended this expensive over with a six. He played a brilliant shot at long. Marsh gave a total of 25 runs in this over.
Kiwi team awaits first title
Guptill has challenged all the teams in this innings. His aggressive batting can become a threat to everyone. Guptill is the batsman with the most number of sixes in T20 format. He has hit 147 sixes in 102 matches. His stay in form is very important for the Kiwi team, which has come out with the intention of winning the title for the first time. New Zealand were hoping that they would get a chance to practice on the tour of Pakistan before the World Cup, although they had to cancel the tour and return to the country. In such a situation, this warm-up match was very important for the team.
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