Nidahas Trophy 2018, Sri Lanka vs India 4th T20I: 5 things that went right for India

#2 Raina's quickfire knock

Raina laid the perfect platform for the batsmen to follow

There are very little margins in T20Is to play with, especially when the fielding team has a not-so-big target to defend. The Sri Lankans must have been smiling in their huddle after seeing the backs of Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan early, but before they could figure out their next plan of action, Suresh Raina came in and ran away with the mounting pressure, playing a quickfire, counter-attacking knock to lay the perfect platform.

Manish Pandey and Dinesh Karthik quietly lapped up the runs, but it was Raina, whose flourishes just after the fall of the openers' wicket helped keep the run-rate down, even as an indifferent KL Rahul tried to provide some sort of a contribution after being drafted into the side for Rishabh Pant.

Seemingly unbothered even against the short ball, his sworn enemy, a sharp looking Raina ran hard, dived around and swung his bat hard, collecting two fours and as many sixes in a blazing 15-ball 27 that took the sting out of the chase.