Krunal Pandya looked upwards - perhaps for some divine intervention - after Glenn Maxwell clobbered him for the fourth six in a span of six deliveries. After all, he still had a delivery to go to complete his full quota. Help did come, not exactly in the manner or from where Pandya had asked for but from a few kilometres below it, the spider cam.
Just like the other four occasions, Maxwell went for a mighty heave but did not make a good connection and the ball flew straight up in the air in the last ball of the 16th over. But the spider camera came to Maxwell's rescue. The ball ricocheted off the camera and landed a few yards away from the playing area when originally it could have resulted in a wicket.
The on-field umpires had no option but to declare it a dead ball and Pandya had to rebowl it which did not hurt India much as the next ball yielded only two runs and Pandya ended with figures of none for 55 in his four overs.
The spider cam or fly cam is generally used only in T20 cricket to get an aerial view of the playing area and according to the rules, if a ball hits the spider cam or any part of it then it will be declared a dead ball irrespective of where it falls or what happens with it afterwards.
Moments later, it started pouring down and the game had to be reduced to a 17-over affair. Australia came out to bat for five balls but could only 5 runs to their total and finished off 158 for 4 in their allotted 17 overs. Maxwell was the top scorer for Australia with 46 off 24.