#3 Giving young Ankit Rajpoot four straight overs at the start
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With Mohit Sharma not in the team, the onus was on young Ankit Rajpoot to give Punjab a good start with the new ball and boy he did exactly that.
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First, he castled Prithvi Shaw with an absolute peach of a delivery who was looking to take the game away from the away team.
Second, he got the better of the dangerous Glenn Maxwell with a good delivery. Ashwin gave the youngster four overs on the bounce who ended with economical figures of two for 23 in four overs.
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Edited by Alan John