ஏற்க முடியாத இந்திய அணியின் தோல்வி. தொடரை வென்றாலும் இந்த தோல்வி மோசமானது. அணி மாற்றம் காரணம்?

ஏற்க முடியாத இந்திய அணியின் தோல்வி. தொடரை வென்றாலும் இந்த தோல்வி மோசமானது. அணி மாற்றம் காரணம்? New Zealand 259 for 7 (Phillips 107, Bracewell 65, Mayank 3-48) beat India 172 for 9 (Tilak 35, Duffy 4-23, Santner 2-24, Fisher 2-40) by 87 runs New Zealand had to break all-time records to be a challenge for India. Glenn Phillips' century and Michael Bracewell with a balls-per-boundary ratio of just over two carried the team to the highest T20 score on these shores, including domestic matches. Faced with a target of 260, India felt scoreboard pressure for the first time and the options they took to dispel it didn't work. A changed Phillips For all the highlight reels he produces, Phillips uses orthodox methods to start his innings. He takes it slow, sets himself up and once he's around 30 or so, he explodes. But as a response to batting first at Eden Park, a ground famously chase-friendly, he changed his game. The second ball he faced was top of off stump but he short-arm pulled it in the air over midwicket. With the powerplay about to end, he moved across his crease to drag a length ball from Prince Yadav into the leg side for four. By that time he was already 26 off 14. He took a while to get to fifty - 31 balls - but his next 10 produced 40 runs. Nitish Kumar Reddy missed his yorkers. Phillips hit four sixes in a row to produce a 32-run over. Another six - which he knew would go - handed him his century. He was celebrating with the ball still in the air, a long way from hitting the sightscreen.