ZIM vs IND | Twitter in splits as bail teases Raza with hope before gently falling off after direct-hit

India seemed on-course to register a fourth straight win in the series after putting Zimbabwe severely under the pump during their chase of 168. The hosts' hopes largely relied on skipper Sikandar Raza to pull off a surprise victory with some heroics but the veteran's knock came to an unfortunate end in a slightly comical fashion.

On the fourth ball of the 14th over, Raza swept a Ravi Bishnoi length delivery to fine leg towards Shivam Dube. Johnathan Campbell immediately sprinted towards the striker's end for a single but his captain hesitated before committing to the run, offering the Men in Blue a chance to affect a run out. The southpaw cleanly picked up the Kookaburra and slung a throw towards the danger end and the Kookaburra bounced off the deck before going past the stumps with no visible damage. Raza must have heaved a sigh of relief but in hilarious fashion, a bail slowly slid off the stumps as replays showed the white rock had grazed the polls, sending the Indian team into jubilation.

Twitterati expressed missed sentiments about the dismissal.

Crazy communications

Lucky

Noice

Superb

Gone

Yup

Gone

This is big

It somehow managed

Another one