New Delhi: Indian middle-order batsman Manish Pandey survived in strangest fashion despite a Ben Stokes delivery hitting the wicket on Sunday.


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It happened off the fifth ball of the 15th over, and Stokes' off cutter brushed the off-stump with the bail lighting.


But to the amusement of everyone, the bail remained stuck, giving a new lease of life to Pandey. It's another matter that he failed to take advantage of it.



Pandey scored 30 runs off 26 balls, with his first boundary, a six coming late in the innings.


India scored a below-par 144 for 8.