The uncharacteristic throw:
Glenn Maxwell is among the best fielders in the world, but he made an utter mess of an opportunity to run out Parthiv Patel for 22 in the sixth over. Parthiv had pushed the ball towards mid-on and hared down the pitch for a single, but Lendl Simmons was not moving at the non-striker's end because Maxwell had run in from midwicket to intercept the shot. Maxwell had plenty of time to throw because Parthiv was stranded in the middle of the pitch before he turned and tried to run back to his crease. He threw in haste, though, several feet wide of the stumps. Wriddhiman Saha collected where first slip would have been for a spinner and missed an under-arm throw at the stumps as well. He too could have caught Parthiv short.
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