India went from 138/1 to 188/6 while chasing 298 ©AFP
It was an unusual race towards the 297-run target by India. Shardul Thakur, the team's developing all-rounder, who can and likes to swing his bat, curbed his natural instincts on the slow surface for as long as victory seemed out of reach at Boland Park. Taking an unconventional approach, he settled in, threw his bat around a bit and played a cautious hand with the tail but never really threatened to chase down the total.
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