Tim Seifert’s aggressive fifty and Glenn Phillips’ quick knock powered New Zealand to a five-wicket win over Afghanistan in a Group D T20 World Cup clash in Chennai. Gulbadin Naib’s fluent fifty lifted Afghanistan to 182, but it was not enough
Dasun Shanaka, an all-rounder, has scored 1456 runs in 102 T20Is for Sri Lanka along with 33 T20I wickets to his name. He has also played 71 ODIs and 6 Tests for Sri Lanka.
Mitchell was batting on 53 at tea with Ish Sodhi on one as New Zealand added 100 runs to their score in the afternoon session, losing three wickets in the process
The batter added that he knew Ravindra’s capabilities with the bat. “I wasn't surprised at all. Obviously, I've played a lot of cricket with him back home and he actually plays a very aggressive brand of one-day cricket.
There were useful knocks by Jonny Bairstow (33) and captain Jos Buttler (43), but they failed to kick on against the 2019 finalists, who were led by stand-in captain Tom Latham.
