#1 Sticking to Nadeem despite the hammering in the previous overs

Gautam Gambhir, who is known for showing immense faith in his bowlers, once again had his hand behind Shahbaz Nadeem. The slow left-arm bowler was taken for runs in his first two overs but the skipper backed him to bowl yet another over of his spell.
Nadeem was pumped as he didn't let his skipper down to send a dangerous-looking Uthappa back to the pavilion after going for runs in the previous overs. This was indeed a masterstroke from the skipper to back his bowler. This, in turn, brought the certain massacre of runs to rest for some time before Andre Russell arrived at the crease.
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