110/7 India have recorded their second-lowest total in T20 World Cup – the lowest being 79 off 18.1 vs New Zealand in Nagpur on March 15, 2016. This total is the lowest when they have batted first in a T20 WC game. –Rajesh Kumar
One more wicket, just one more wicket, guys.” Rishabh Pant’s constant exhortations from behind the stumps lacked the ring of conviction and may as well have fallen on deaf ears.
As New Zealand, without any scoreboard pressure chasing 111, cantered along merrily, with Darryl Mitchell (49 off 35; 4x4, 3x6) at times toying with the much-vaunted attack, India’s shoulders drooped, the faces went grim and their pre-tournament billing appeared manufactured.
Even the usually exuberant-till-the-last Virat Kohli seemed to have a black cloud hovering over him. Professional sportsmen learn to accept defeat with equanimity but the smile left the Indian captain completely as he kept shuffling nervously with hands behind his back.
New Zealand, all the while, marched inexorably towards victory. When they eventually did so, by 8 wickets with 33 balls remaining, it was a completely dominant and thoroughly clinical performance.
Was Kohli thinking about whether his captaincy was destined to end without an ICC trophy? Was Rohit Sharma, as he trudged back to his fielding position after every ball, still smarting about being demoted from his usual opening slot? Had the Indian Premier League left India’s top players drained?
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