India vs New Zealand 2017, 1st T20I: Hits and Misses

#5 Miss: Trent Boult

Trent Boult's poor performance aggravated skipper Kane Williamson's woes

Trent Boult is one of those rare modern-day fast bowlers who excel across multiple formats on varied pitches. Admittedly, T20 cricket is not the left-armer's forte when considering his much better record in the other two premier formats. But his capacity to make use of the new ball as well as operate at stifling pace in the death overs makes him a key weapon in New Zealand's bowling arsenal. Eager to bounce back from the disappointment of Kanpur, the touring team looked towards their experienced pacer for early breakthroughs.

While he could have accounted for Dhawan were it not for Santner's drop, Boult was certainly not at his best in this game. Spraying the ball all over the place, the left-armer struggled to find his rhythm and ended up conceding a whopping 49 runs from his full quota of four overs. Among all bowlers who sent down more than one over, his economy rate of 12.25 was comfortably the worst. By the time he picked up the wicket of Rohit, the damage had already been done.