'Have you ever been dropped twice?': Young reveals chat with Kohli

NEW DELHI: New Zealand batter Will Young made India pay heavily for two dropped catches as he scored a brilliant 125 to help the visitors post 333 in the fourth ODI at Bay Oval on Friday. Young was dropped twice in the second over of New Zealand's innings. Rohit Sharma missed a chance at first slip off Auqib Nabi, and wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan then failed to hold on to the next delivery. Young was batting on just five at the time. He made full use of the two lifelines, scoring 125 off 88 balls to register his fifth ODI century. It was also his first hundred against India and his highest score in the format. The right-hander had managed just nine runs in the first ODI and six in the second. The third match was abandoned due to rain. After his dismissal, Young spoke about the two dropped catches and revealed a funny conversation with Virat Kohli .

Young's chat with Kohli after two dropped catches

Young admitted that he was disappointed after the first dropped catch but was relieved to get another chance. The second miss left him laughing. "Well, the first one, obviously a little bit disappointed, but at the same time relieved. The second one, you just got to laugh it off. Virat came up to me and I said, "Have you ever been dropped twice in an over?" He laughs and said no, so just brush it off and next ball." Young also explained how he changed his batting approach after getting those two lifelines. "Yeah, I did actually notice that I was a little bit stuck on the crease after that, those two drops. I decided to walk at them and get my weight through the ball a bit more, and that seemed to work in my favour."

'A little bit of relief': Young on his century

Young said he was relieved to spend time at the crease and convert his start into a big score. "A little bit of relief, firstly, but no, it's been amazing to spend some time in the middle. Obviously a little bit of fortune early in my innings, but I managed to stick at it and put a decent score together with a few partnerships in the middle."

Young credits partnerships for New Zealand's 333

Young also spoke about the contributions of his fellow batters, including opening partner Tim Seifert. He said New Zealand's total was built through a series of partnerships.

"I try to enjoy myself the whole time. Obviously, having Seifert at the other end in the opening partnership was brilliant. He played really well, and I think it was just a story of small partnerships throughout the innings, which got us to that 333. When Finn came to the middle, he talked about enjoying it and playing with a smile on his face, so that was great to see too."

Is 333 enough for New Zealand?

Young felt New Zealand had hoped to score a few more runs but was happy with the final total after losing wickets at regular intervals. "Yeah, I think at a certain stage in the innings we would have liked a little bit more, but we did keep losing wickets. So to scrap through to 333 I think is a decent score. Obviously it might be a little bit easier chasing, but I think stats say that 314 is the average first innings winning score. So hopefully that's enough. Early wickets, feel like demons, hopefully it is."

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