India managed to avoid a disastrous fate during the Champions Trophy final after Rachin Ravindra was dropped twice, with one resulting in Mohammed Shami leaving the field.
When New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat, the talented opener gifted his side momentum early and was seemingly living a charmed life before eventually falling for 37.
The 25-year-old was on 28 off 20 deliveries when he was dropped off the bowling of Shami at 0-46.
Shami could only put a fingertip on the chance and had to receive medical attention after signalling to medical staff straight away.
Mohammed Shami drops a catch before receiving treatment. Â Amazon Prime/Getty
It continued an unfortunate trend after Shami dropped two catches off his own bowling against Australia in the semi-final.
"At least he got two hands to it, he's calling the physio on straight away," Nasser Hussain said on Amazon Prime.
"In the Aussie game, the semi-final he had one to his left and then one to his right, this time he got two hands to it, he's got some taping on his hand already. That's three caught and bowled chances Mohammed Shami has put down."
Ian Smith said it came back at an "awkward height".
"[It's] a very, very hard chance for fast bowlers because you're in your follow through, the last thing you want is it coming back at you at a great rate of knots," he said.
The next over brought more disaster for India when Ravindra was given out caught behind off the bowling of Varun Chakaravarthy.
Ravindra reviewed though and was given not out.
However, the chances kept coming because the next delivery was skied to deep mid-wicket.
Shreyas Iyer ran after it in the boundary and dived for the catch but couldn't take it cleanly.
Shreyas Iyer drops a catch. Â Amazon Prime
"This is a big moment, they wanted this wicket so desperately," Dinesh Karthik said.
"One of the safer hands in this team, making good ground there, he was balanced and he would be extremely disappointed. It is a tough catch, one you need to take in big games like this, is this the moment? Time will tell."
Aaron Finch said it was "Frustration all round for India".
Shami was off the field during that over but then returned to bowl the next.
Eventually he was taken out of the attack for Kuldeep Yadav, who bowled Ravindra with his first ball as Shami and Iyer undoubtedly breathed a sigh of relief.
Ravindra's fall made it 2-69 before Kane Williamson was gone two overs later for 11.