Some effervescent stroke-play from captain Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant, backed by Eden Park’s infamously short boundary line, played a part in their commanding chase. AdvertisingThis result locked the three-match series at 1-1, leaving India with a tantalizing prospect of ending a memorable three-month sojourn in the southern hemisphere without a series loss. The chase was fundamentally built upon the rock-solid platform built by the opening combo of Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan. In the process, he went past Martin Guptill’s tally of 2,272 runs to become the highest scorer in T20s. The ongoing series is seen as an audition to the big-ticket World Cup in England, scheduled to begin on May 30.

Source: Indian Express February 08, 2019 20:03 UTC