#2 Dhawan plays the waiting game
Fans are so used to seeing Shikhar Dhawan start off with a bang, and true to his style, the southpaw raced off to a fine start with a slew of boundaries. Even as Rohit Sharma perished to a heedless shot, Dhawan looked patient, mature and responsible.
While ensuring that Kohli was under no pressure to get the scoring rate up, Dhawan played the situation quite well, nudging the ones and twos while making the bad balls count. He eventually fell for 68 but not before giving India a sturdy platform.
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Edited by Arvind Sriram