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The incident took place during the first T20 match played between New Zealand and Australia.
Australia cricket team is currently on New Zealand tour for three-match T20 and 2-match Test series. So yesterday, on 21st February, the first match of the T20 series was played between the two teams.
Let us tell you that before this match, when both the teams go on the field for the national anthem, then the Australian players take the hands of small children with them and go with them on the field for the national anthem.
However, by the time Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Ellis arrive, the number of young kids is gone. After this, both the players hold hands and go towards the field. On the other hand, the video of this incident goes viral on social media within no time.
Watch the viral video of this funny incident
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Status of New Zealand vs Australia first T20 match
So if we give you information about this match, Australia team has won the match by 6 wickets. New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat first and the entire team scored 215 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in 20 overs.
Devon Conway (63) and Rachin Ravindra (68) played half-century innings for the Kiwi team. So Glenn Phillips remained unbeaten on 19* and Mark Chapman scored 18*. On the other hand, if we talk about Australia’s bowling, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Marsh got one wicket each.
After this, when Australia set out to chase the strong target of 216 runs given by New Zealand, it achieved it in a thrilling manner by hitting a four on the last ball of the innings, losing 4 wickets. Australia all-rounder and captain Mitchell Marsh played a brilliant inning of 72* runs, for which he was awarded the Player of the Match award. After this, the quick inning of 31* runs scored by Tim David in 10 balls also decided the direction of the match.
