The platform was set yet again to shake off that concern – if not with a big score, but at least some time in the middle, the kind of which the other out-of-form batter, Shubman Gill, utilised with a 28-ball stay in the middle, even if it came in return for only 28 runs. But Suryakumar delayed his arrival to the crease, promoting the in-form Tilak Varma to No 3. By the time the skipper arrived in the middle, India were left needing only 26 runs.
