#5 Prizing out Kane Williamson
Virat Kohli's field settings were impressive right through the series, and he never allowed the pressure to ease out on the batsmen. However, the play against Kane Williamson stood out.
The New Zealand is easily one of the best batsmen in the team, and thus his threat had to be contained. Both Kohli and Ashwin came out with a very effective ploy against Kane. They kept the point region open and Ashwin kept bowling on the off stump, enticing the cut or the drive. Williamson obliged but did not account for the sharp off-break and was dismissed in a similar fashion on 3 occasions.
In the final innings in Indore Williamson decided to shun that stroke and instead he decided to play with the turn, but then walked across too far and was trapped right in front of the stump. A brilliant tactic worked richly for the Indians!
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