Tim Southee dismissed Indian captain Rohit Sharma with an unplayable delivery on the sixth delivery of the third over in Pune. He didn’t have any significant movement, but the ball deflected enough to beat Rohit’s outside edge.

Southee bowled a long delivery on middle and outside the line of stump, which Rohit tried to defend from the crease. However, the ball moved away very late after hitting the ground and passed the batsman’s defense to rattle the stumps.

It was such a beautiful delivery from Southee, who was precise with his lines and lengths from the first delivery of the innings. Rohit probably played for an incoming delivery, so he didn’t cover the stumps completely, but Southee is a smart operator and he gauged it right away.

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Therefore, he decided to cut the ball and faced Rohit, who has had so many good deliveries early in the innings during this home Test season. Perhaps Rohit could have played better considering the outside edge, but the bowlers have been very accurate with him at the top, and the Indian captain recorded another low score, coming out with a 9-ball duck.